Other funding opportunities for voluntary and community organisations

Funding for Wandsworth projects

Available funds for Wandsworth:

London-specific funders

  • City Bridge Foundation (City Bridge Trust) - established over 900 years ago to maintain the old London Bridge, to the Foundation offers funding across London to support communities and tackle inequality
  • Greater London Authority (Mayor of London) - provides a range of regularly updated funding opportunities for organisations across London
  • London Councils - offers funding and programmes to support local services and community initiatives across the capital

National Lottery distributors

  • National Lottery Community Fund - distributes National Lottery funding to support community-led projects that improve lives and strengthen neighbourhoods across the UK
  • National Lottery Heritage Fund - funds projects that protect, preserve and share the UK’s heritage, from historic sites to cultural traditions
  • Arts Council England - invests public and National Lottery funding to support arts, culture and creativity across England
  • Sport England (Lottery) - part of Sport England's funding comes form the National Lottery and they use it to increase participation in sport and physical activity, and improve access to facilities

Large independent trusts and foundations

  • Wellcome Trust - a global charitable foundation funding health research, science and innovation to improve lives
  • Sainsbury Family Charitable Trusts - a group of independent trusts that collectively fund a wide range of charitable causes, including education, environment and social justice
  • Paul Hamlyn Foundation - supports organisations working to improve opportunities and life chances, particularly through the arts, education and social justice
  • Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - funds organisations tackling social and environmental challenges, with a focus on long-term systemic change
  • Garfield Weston Foundation - provides grants to charities across the UK in areas such as welfare, youth, heritage and community
  • London Marathon Charitable Trust
  • Lloyds Bank Foundation - supports small and local charities helping people facing disadvantage, alongside providing development support
  • Henry Smith Charity - funds organisations working to reduce poverty and disadvantage and improve people’s life chances
  • John Ellerman Foundation - supports work in the arts, environment and social action, with a focus on building stronger communities
  • Rayne Foundation - funds initiatives that improve quality of life, particularly in health, wellbeing, arts and social issues
  • Pilgrim Trust - supports projects in heritage preservation and social welfare, focusing on the UK’s most vulnerable people and historic assets
  • Wolfson Foundation - supports research and education, as well as capital projects in science, health, heritage and the arts

Social investment and hybrid funders

  • Big Issue Invest - provides social investment finance to charities and social enterprises to help them grow and deliver positive social impact
  • Access – Foundation for Social Investment - improves access to social investment for charities and social enterprises, particularly smaller organisations, through blended finance and support
  • CAF Venturesome - offers flexible social investment, including loans and grants, to help charities and social enterprises become more financially sustainable
  • Groundwork - delivers grant programmes on behalf of funders, distributing funding and providing tailored support to help community organisations design and implement local projects
  • The Fore

Free fundraising tools

  • Funding Finder - hosted by the Charity Excellence Framework, a free one-stop shop for charity funding, policies, help and resources
  • My Funding Central - free for organisations with an annual income below £30,000
  • GOV.UK - for government grants
  • 360 GrantNav - allows you to search, explore and download grants data published by UK funders

Up to Grants for the community and voluntary sector

Updated: 11/06/2026