Directory of funders
Here is a list of national and local funders of voluntary groups and projects. Feel free to browse this list but if you would like some help, please contact us.
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Funding a broad range of inclusive music programmes delivered by the Camden Music Service.
Funding for arts and events and the use of public space in Camden
One of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK, helping people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, particularly focusing on supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts.
Giving grants 'that benefit people who live, work and play in Camden'.
Funding a broad range of inclusive music programmes delivered by the Camden Music Service.
Funding for arts and events and the use of public space in Camden
Distributing income from a capital fund to the London Boroughs of Camden, Brent, Barnet, Harrow and Westminster, in accordance with the charity's objectives.
Gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in nine boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster.
Origin Housing is offering local community groups and organisations the opportunity to secure up to £2,000 Community Grant funding. This funding will be invested in projects that make a difference to Origin’s communities as part of their vision to build strong communities where people can thrive (link to OH page: . If you’d like to enquire about the Origin Housing Community Fund, please contact them by emailing community.development@orginhousing.org.uk
The Philological Foundation is a charity that has been making grants to individual students and state-funded schools in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster since 1982. Our aim is to help schools and young people whose families cannot provide them with financial support so that they can pursue educational and training opportunities.
Educational charity to aid poor schoolchildren. Gives grants to schoolchildren in need. Restricted to people who live in the Covent Garden area of Camden.
The principal objectives of The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust are the alleviation of poverty and the advancement of health in the Trust’s area of benefit. We make grants to organisations, individuals and families. In addition, a small number of older local residents receive regular pension awards from the Trust.
Since its inception, Young Camden Foundation has awarded more than £400,000 in small grants to members, which include Camden-based charities that offer services and support to children and young people. And, over 2,000 children and young people in Camden have directly benefited from Young Camden Foundation's small grant giving programmes.
Provides grants to projects in the UK which focus on children and young people who are disadvantaged.
Makes grants to programmes and projects that benefit young people aged 11-25.
Gives grants to benefit children and young people up to the age of 25 who live in nine boroughs in northwest London: Barnet, Brent, Camden, Ealing, Hammersmith & Fulham, Harrow, Kensington & Chelsea and the Cities of London and Westminster.
One of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK, helping people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, particularly focusing on supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts and supporting young people.
The Philological Foundation is a charity that has been making grants to individual students and state-funded schools in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster since 1982. Our aim is to help schools and young people whose families cannot provide them with financial support so that they can pursue educational and training opportunities.
Funding for young people's education and training. If you have a project that needs funding and fits with their priorities, they would like to hear from you.
Promotes the education of young people in inner London through its grant programmes for individuals, educational institutions and organisations.
Benefits disadvantaged and disengaged young people in our society here in the UK by ensuring their funding reaches those most in need.
Awarding small grants to local charities and not for profit organisations working with woman who have experienced abuse, as well as organisations helping children growing up in poverty.
Check their funding page for a list of current funding opportunities for organisations and projects focused on improving lives for young people.
Since its inception, Young Camden Foundation has awarded more than £400,000 in small grants to members, which include Camden-based charities that offer services and support to children and young people. And, over 2,000 children and young people in Camden have directly benefited from Young Camden Foundation's small grant giving programmes.
Awards grants to charities in the UK who primarily work with prisoners; refugees and asylum seekers; and human rights (especially access to justice). These priorities reflect ABCT’s concern to focus on the least popular causes.
Makes grants to voluntary and other civil society organisations to improve the quality of life of people experiencing disadvantage or discrimination.
Tackles disadvantage in London through grant making.
An independent charity that raises funds for free legal services in London & the South East.
Makes grants to voluntary and other civil society organisations to improve the quality of life of people experiencing disadvantage or discrimination.
Provides grants to projects in the UK which focus on children and young people who are disadvantaged.
Tackles disadvantage in London through grant making.
One of the largest independent grant-making foundations in the UK, helping people overcome disadvantage and lack of opportunity, particularly focusing on supporting young people and a strong belief in the importance of the arts.
Provides grants to support knowledge, skills and innovation to give disadvantaged people the confidence to discover and create a new world of opportunities.
Provides grants to support knowledge, skills and innovation to give disadvantaged people the confidence to discover and create a new world of opportunities.
Promotes the education of young people in inner London through its grant programmes for individuals, educational institutions and organisations.
Educational charity to aid poor schoolchildren. Gives grants to schoolchildren in need. Restricted to people who live in the Covent Garden area of Camden.
Supports efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice.
Makes grants to organisations that want to improve the physical and natural environment.
Supports work that addresses the pressures and conditions that risk global environmental breakdown.
Awards grants between £5,000 and £20,000 that will alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health, and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment.
Makes grants to support a wide range of community and environmental projects throughout England and Wales.
Awards grants to charities in the UK who primarily work with prisoners; refugees and asylum seekers; and human rights (especially access to justice). These priorities reflect ABCT’s concern to focus on the least popular causes.
Makes grants to voluntary and other civil society organisations to improve the quality of life of people experiencing disadvantage or discrimination.
Supports efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice.
Funds the charitable work of organisations that are building an inclusive, creative and sustainable society.
Gives grants to people who address the root causes of conflict and injustice.
Distributes millions of pounds of the National Lottery’s good cause money every year to community groups and charitable projects around the UK.
Giving grants 'that benefit people who live, work and play in Camden'.
Funds the charitable work of organisations that are building an inclusive, creative and sustainable society.
Provides grants throughout London and England for different needs.
Offers funding on a rolling basis for a number of causes.
Supports a huge range of charities and community groups across London. They specialise in funding smaller organisations that do not attract mass public support.
The Philological Foundation is a charity that has been making grants to individual students and state-funded schools in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster since 1982. Our aim is to help schools and young people whose families cannot provide them with financial support so that they can pursue educational and training opportunities.
A grant making charity which improves the quality of life in local communities.
Over the past decade we’ve supported almost 800 socially motivated tech initiatives in the UK, with more than £31m in funding. We work closely with our portfolio, supporting their growth, scaling their social impact and preparing them to take on further investment.
Helps small and mid-size charities to transform their digital presence to reach more people, raise funds and better serve their beneficiaries. They do this through giving grants.
Connects entrepreneurs and investors.
Ventures with social objectives. NESTA prizewinner.
For details of Council funding, along with other Camden specific funders and support available, compiled by Camden Council.
A valuable tool for researching potential corporate partnerships.
A free service that enables businesses to compete for contract opportunities linked to major public and private sector buying organisations.
Get funds for a project of your choice.
An A to Z directory of crowdfunding platforms
A directory of Crowdfunding websites by NESTA to help you find the platform most suited to your financing needs. This directory lists information on those platforms currently open to fundraising from individuals and businesses in the UK.
Public and private crowdfunding for legal issues.
Provides access to funding searches, training, research and consultancy services.
A free, smart website for the whole voluntary and community sector, including social enterprise.
Businesses looking for low cost loans and investors looking for better returns through having no middlemen.
A database with over 8,000 funders with the potential to give away billions of pounds overall to organisations and individuals.
Brings together all the regional, local and national government funding schemes in one place.
UK’s leading database on EU and UK government grants and loans, charitable trusts and corporate sponsors. At Voluntary Action Camden, we provide free access for local groups to use the GRANTfinder software, which includes a short introductory training session and use of our hot desk computer.
An open access, easy and free service from Grantfinder to help you find suitable funding.
Helps identify grants for individuals experiencing hardship or for educational purposes.
Individual giving at massive scale for charities, health, arts, culture and heritage organisations
A searchable directory of Big Lottery Funding Programmes.
My Funding Central is a new database of grant funding and social investment sources. This service is available to organisations with an annual income below £1m and is free for organisations under £30k.
Here we capture current funding opportunities for local charities across England.
Global site for artistic and entrepreneurial projects.
For the information you need to make applications to the trusts most likely to fund your cause and increase your fundraising success.
Makes grants to voluntary and other civil society organisations to improve the quality of life of people experiencing disadvantage or discrimination.
Tackles disadvantage in London through grant making.
Funds grants in the UK and internationally, working to reduce poverty all over the world.
Supports efforts to achieve social, economic and environmental justice.
Providing grants for people experiencing financial hardship with no restrictions on who they can help.
Makes grants to charitable organisations with the aim of helping homeless people.
Making grants to any individual who lives in the Highgate area of London in need of financial assistance for any reason that results in the lack of some basic necessity.
Funds are used for the relief of poverty, sickness and distress and any other charitable need within the City of London and other London boroughs.
Provides grants to those in need, hardship or distress.
Awards grants between £5,000 and £20,000 that will alleviate poverty, disability, age or ill health, and advance urban regeneration through the improvement of the built environment.
Grants are awarded to individuals in need and organisations that support them, irrespective of background or religious belief.
Funds charitable purposes including the relief of poverty in the Greater London Area, relief of poor members of the Goldsmiths’ Company and poor members of the goldsmiths’ trade, advancement of education and any other charitable purposes. Smaller grants will be given for purposes involving general welfare, culture, medicine and disability.
Funding for projects focused on the alleviation of poverty and the advancement of health in North and West Camden. See their area of benefit map to ensure you're eligible.
Making grants to organisations, individuals and families. In addition, a small number of older local residents receive regular pension awards from the Trust.
Grants are available for local voluntary and community groups and charitable organisations undertaking social welfare or community projects throughout England and Wales.
A medium-sized grant making foundation giving grants to small, well-established organisations in the UK who address local issues in areas of extreme urban deprivation, or in remote and fragile rural communities.
Awarding small grants to local charities and not for profit organisations working with woman who have experienced abuse, as well as organisations helping children growing up in poverty.
Helps you to find current funding opportunities across London for physical activity and sport.
The Philological Foundation is a charity that has been making grants to individual students and state-funded schools in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster since 1982. Our aim is to help schools and young people whose families cannot provide them with financial support so that they can pursue educational and training opportunities.
Funds organisations with projects that get people more active and involved in sport.
If you still can’t find what you’re looking for then please send your query to Donna Turnbull at dturnbull@vac.org.uk and we’ll get back to you as quickly as possible.