Find the Money

AP for East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.

Member-driven funding allocated to local causes nominated and selected by Co-op members. Average award £4,000–£6,000 over a 12-month round.

Grants across Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral, St Helens and Knowsley.

Grants for Cornish community groups including sport and active-living rounds.

Boosts physical activity in under-represented groups — older adults, disabled people, ethnically diverse communities, lower socio-economic groups.

Grants across Hertfordshire for community groups including sport-and-activity rounds.

Sport NI distributes a range of grant programmes for community sport clubs across Northern Ireland — including the Active Clubs Fund and capital programmes.

Grants across Warwickshire, Coventry, Solihull and the wider West Midlands. Multiple programmes open at any time.

Discretionary grants across Leicester city, Leicestershire and Rutland — rolling rounds plus thematic funds.

Capital funding for sports equipment to clubs and governing bodies in Northern Ireland. Awards £500–£10,000.

Grants across County Durham and Darlington — discretionary funds plus several named rounds.

Up to 10,000 for projects helping disadvantaged children. Easier and faster than the Main Grants programme.

AP for Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

Grants up to £1,500 alongside free mentoring for community sport groups. Especially useful for governance, safeguarding and fundraising capability.

AP for Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

AP for Suffolk. Small-grants schemes and links to national rounds.

AP for Greater Manchester. Runs small-grants rounds and matches local clubs to Sport England programmes.

Registered charities can apply for up to £10,000 per year for up to two years to support activities that benefit people living in Tyne & Wear, Northumberland, County Durham, and Teesside.

AP for Cumbria. Small grants and signposting.

Grants for community groups across Dorset, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.

AP for Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes. Small-grants rounds and partner funds.

National community foundation covering all of Wales. Multiple grant programmes including Active Wales rounds.

Registered charities, community interest companies, and other not-for-profit organisations across the UK can apply for grants of up to £15,000 to fund IT projects that benefit communities.

AP for Cheshire, Warrington and Halton. Small grants and partnership funds.

This programme funds initiatives that use sport to bring people together across culture, language, gender and social class. It aims to use sport as an alternative engagement method to clinical or traditional services.

Covers North Yorkshire, East Riding, Hull and York. Runs sport-specific rounds via partner funds.

Community groups and charities in the vicinity of Edinburgh Airport can apply for grants of up to £7,000 to improve opportunities, facilities, and services for local people. Priority is given to enhancing community facilities and addressing specific local needs.

Grants to grassroots organisations across Greater London. Funding includes sport-and-activity rounds, community-building rounds and stepping-up grants.

Discretionary grants across Kent and Medway covering community projects, equipment, and small capital works.

AP for Norfolk. Runs small-grants rounds and signposts to Sport England programmes.

The largest UK community foundation by grants made. Covers Newcastle, Gateshead, Sunderland, North/South Tyneside and Northumberland.

National foundation for NI. Administers dozens of named funds for community groups including sport and physical activity.

Grants for groups across Cheshire, Halton and Warrington. Discretionary rolling rounds with funds for sport facilities.

AP for Essex. Runs the Find Your Active Essex small grants pot and partners with national programmes.

Range of grant programmes including Cost of Living, Investing in Spaces & Places, and Community Boost — directly relevant for kit washing, equipment and venue costs.

AP covering Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. Small grants and partnership rounds.

Grants across East and West Sussex and Brighton & Hove.

Distributed through local Community Foundations. Funds community-led projects tackling inequality. Football clubs eligible when serving identified priority communities.

Up to £1,500 for community-led projects in the area around an Asda store. Decisions made by the local store's Community Champion.

Local store-led grants between £500 and £1,500. Customers vote in-store on which projects get funded.

Stormont-funded community sport grants administered alongside Sport NI.

sportscotland's main facility funding programme, aimed at improving sports facilities in Scotland. Funding is available for a range of projects, from minor upgrades to new builds, to benefit community sport.

National community foundation for Scotland. Administers dozens of named funds including many sport-and-recreation rounds across all Scottish local authority areas.

Equipment + capacity grants for community groups running sport in disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Especially relevant for youth football outreach.

Grants across Essex, Southend and Thurrock for grassroots community groups, including community sport.

England has 43 Active Partnerships covering every locality. Most run their own small-grants schemes and signpost national funding rounds. Find your local AP via Sport England.

Network of 47 accredited Community Foundations across the UK. Each one runs multiple grant programmes for community organisations including grassroots football clubs. Find your local foundation and browse their open funds.

Grants for community groups across Devon, Plymouth and Torbay. Funds rotate through the year — check the live list.

Funding up to £15,000 for facility improvements. Open to not-for-profit sports clubs or community groups in Wales.

Free grass-pitch consultancy and matched maintenance funding to lift pitch quality grade by grade.

Cash grants of up to £1,000 to support grass pitch maintenance and small equipment. Pairs with the Pitch Improvement Programme.

Grants across the Lake District, West Cumbria, Carlisle and Furness.

Grants for community groups across Norfolk — including the Active for Life Fund focused on sport and physical activity.

FA-funded support for National League System clubs to protect, maintain, and grade their playing surfaces. Site assessment + matched grant.

Covers Bristol, South Gloucestershire, North Somerset, Bath & North East Somerset. Multiple sport-relevant funds.

Distributes grants across Lancashire, Blackburn with Darwen and Blackpool. Multiple open rounds including community wellbeing and small grants.

Offers up to £15,000 for physical activity projects in the community. The focus is on people who face barriers to activity and projects designed to help them.

Community benefit funds attached to SSE wind farms across Scotland, Northern Ireland, Wales and England. Multiple regional pots.

Grants across Hartlepool, Middlesbrough, Redcar & Cleveland, Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington.

The Active Partnership for Greater London. Administers small-grants rounds, the Mayors Sport Unites programme and partner funds.

Charitable trust supporting community sport, youth and disability projects across the UK.

Funded by players of Peoples Postcode Lottery. Tackles inequality — grants for community sport and inclusion projects.

Grants across Oxfordshire — multiple programmes with rolling and fixed deadlines.

The Lionesses HERe to Play Fund focuses on enhancing facilities and support for women and girls in football, providing funding for facility improvements and team development specifically targeting female participation.

The Premier League Stadium Fund offers financial support aimed at improving stadium infrastructure across the football pyramid in England, with a specific focus on FA Women's National League clubs.

Provides funding for disability sports programmes and equipment. They focus on creating sporting opportunities for young people with disabilities, promoting inclusion and active lifestyles through sport.

Grants of up to £5k for building repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of community facilities. Quarterly application rounds. Over 3,000 projects funded since 2013.

Up to £1,500 from in-store community grants. Voted by customers via the blue token scheme. Open to community groups working with under-18s.

Discretionary grants for community football initiatives, particularly those addressing mental health, social inclusion and ex-player welfare.