Funding opportunities

The latest opportunities to procure funding for your project or organisation. Please make sure to read any guidance on the funder's website before applying, as location and eligibility may have changed since publication.

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UN Voluntary Fund for Victims of Torture

Capacity building training that strengthens the provision of direct assistance to torture survivors and their families.

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Registered non-governmental organizations (NGOs), that provide direct support to torture victims and have been in operation for at least 1 year.

Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
01 Mar 2027

Fondation Mérieux’s Small Grants Programme

Projects which improve the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. The Foundation will prioritise projects which have strong local involvement: links with local authorities, local associations and beneficiaries and those whose beneficiaries are mothers and children.

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Registered organisations.

Location
Various - see site
Closing date
01 Mar 2027

Rainforest Trust

Rainforest Trust always welcomes new applications for protected and conserved area creation or expansion. The proposed protected or conserved area serves to: Protect globally significant populations of Critically Endangered and Endangered species; AND/OR Protect large areas of Tropical and Sub-tropical High Integrity Forests; AND/OR Protect Tropical and Sub-tropical habitat critical for mitigating global climate change.

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The Project Implementer must be a legally registered non-government organization and authorized to conduct work in the country of the project.

Location
Worldwide
Grant size
50
Closing date
01 Mar 2027

BBC Radio 4 Appeal

The BBC provides the opportunity for charities to have an appeal broadcast on BBC Radio 4 or BBC One Lifeline to audiences across the UK. These access appeals demonstrate the range of work charities do to benefit people and our planet, both in the UK and internationally. If your work is international you must be able to demonstrate that you are having a national impact across one or more low or middle-income countries

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You must be a UK charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. It must be at least 3 years since your charity last broadcast a Radio 4 or Lifeline appeal It must be at least 1 year since any unsuccessful application by your charity for a Radio 4 or Lifeline appeal. You must be able to provide at least one set of audited or independently examined financial statements and up-to-date management accounts within a 3 month period.

Location
UK & overseas
Grant size
10
Closing date
01 Mar 2027

Hazel’s Footprint Trust

Hazel’s Footprints Trust was established with an aim to support access to education for children in developing countries. We are interested in providing grants to a small number of projects each year. While varied in nature, all projects supported to date have access to education at their core, be that in helping prepare and motivate children to learn, creating and equipping effective environments for learning or helping to address specific learning needs. Examples include projects to provide a school with IT equipment, build a library, build and refurbish classrooms, build a school kitchen and fund specific educational programmes.

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We fund via UK charity partners only and cannot accept applications directly from schools or projects in-country. Charities must be registered with the Charities Commission or the Scottish Charity Register (OSCR).

Location
Global majority
Closing date
12 Feb 2027

Beatrice Gilmore Trust

The Trust funds UK registered charities that are looking to run locally led projects in Africa and the Indian sub-continent. We will only consider making grants to a those charities with objectives that enable the following: The prevention or the relief of poverty, The provision of services to improve the educational attainment and opportunities for those who are most disadvantaged, The provision of health services, To enable those who are vulnerable because of their youth, old age, ill health, disability or financial hardship to take greater control over their lives, The support of the communities of those who are most disadvantaged.

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Up to  £15,000 for short term projects and up to  £45,000 for multiyear projects. Due to the number of applications we receive, we are unlikely to award the maximum amount. If you’d like to apply for a multi-year grant, please contact us in the first instance with an outline of your project.

Location
Various - see site
Closing date
28 Feb 2027

Embassy of Japan in Uganda

Any project geared towards the improved welfare for the grassroots is considered for financing. It is preferable that projects fit into one of the following areas: Primary/Secondary Education, Vocational Training, Primary Health Care and Reproductive Health, Water and Sanitation, Agricultural Development, Reconstruction for Disaster areas. In addition, projects to support the most vulnerable groups, such as women, children, and persons with disabilities, are given high priority in the selection process.

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Registered international or local NGOs may apply

Location
Uganda
Grant size
10
Closing date
15 Feb 2027

The Paristamen Charity

Please note this is the last round of this grant funding ahead of the Charity winding up. Unrestricted grants under the Charity’s Responsive grants is support of small to medium-sized charities where we believe a small grant is more likely to make a difference. Focus areas are very broad. We do not currently support organisations or projects where the main object is: advancement of education, advancement of arts, heritage, culture or science, sport, animal welfare, work linked to the armed forces (including young people’s cadet groups linked to the forces). In the final stages of choosing which charities to support, we place considerable attention on the organisation’s charity accounts in terms of conformity to charity law and indication of a well-managed organisation.

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Charities registered with OSCR. Most applications for responsive grants are from charities based in Scotland, but we will consider charities working UK-wide or where the main focus of the work is overseas development so long as you have sufficient support or activity in Scotland to have achieved registration with OSCR.

Location
Scotland & overseas
Closing date
01 Feb 2027

BBC Radio 4 Appeal

The BBC provides the opportunity for charities to have an appeal broadcast on BBC Radio 4 or BBC One Lifeline to audiences across the UK. These access appeals demonstrate the range of work charities do to benefit people and our planet, both in the UK and internationally. If your work is international you must be able to demonstrate that you are having a national impact across one or more low or middle-income countries

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You must be a UK charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales, Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR) or the Charity Commission for Northern Ireland. It must be at least 3 years since your charity last broadcast a Radio 4 or Lifeline appeal. It must be at least 1 year since any unsuccessful application by your charity for a Radio 4 or Lifeline appeal. You must be able to provide at least one set of audited or independently examined financial statements and up-to-date management accounts within a 3 month period.

Location
UK & overseas
Grant size
10
Closing date
07 Dec 2026