Disability988+ Funders

Disability Grants & Funding

There are 988 UK funders offering grants for disability charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,150,000.

UK funders have a long history of supporting disabled people and the organisations that serve them. Grants in this area cover independent living support, accessible transport, assistive technology, employment programmes, advocacy, and social inclusion. Many funders support the social model of disability — focusing on removing barriers rather than treating impairment — and look for projects led or co-designed by disabled people themselves. Learning disability, physical disability, sensory impairment, and neurodivergence each have dedicated funding streams. Large foundations like the Henry Smith Charity, Lloyds Bank Foundation, and the National Lottery Community Fund all have significant disability funding. Smaller specialist trusts may focus on specific conditions or age groups. Capital grants for accessibility improvements to buildings and public spaces are available from several funders. The emphasis across the sector is on person-centred approaches, rights-based practice, and projects that enable genuine participation and choice for disabled people.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
988
Grant Range
£100 - £1,150,000
Open to Applications
54%

Disability Funders

54 of 988 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 183 of 988 funders. 805 not yet verified are listed below; 129 that don't fit were excluded.

Agnes Hunter Trust SCIO

Matching programme: Grants Programme

Agnes Hunter Trust SCIO, an independent Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation founded in 1954 from the legacy of Miss Agnes H Hunter and conve...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Bank of Scotland Foundation

Matching programme: Enable

Bank of Scotland Foundation is an independent charitable foundation with a mission to combat persistent social exclusion, disadvantage, and deprivatio...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Matching programme: Barbara Ward Children's Foundation Grants

The Barbara Ward Children's Foundation, established in December 2001 by Barbara Irene Ward, is a UK-registered grant-making charity dedicated to trans...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Barnwood Trust

Matching programme: Project Funding

Barnwood Trust is a grant-making foundation evolved from historic mental health care roots, dedicated to enabling disabled people and those with menta...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

British Eye Research Foundation

Matching programme: The Digital Inclusion Fund

Fight for Sight, the British Eye Research Foundation, drives a mission to save sight and transform lives through pioneering eye research, social chang...

Grant Range
Up to £250,000

Chester Bluecoat Charity

Matching programme: Grants Programme

The Chester Bluecoat Charity is an historic grant-maker with roots over 800 years old, evolving through mergers since 1837 and rebranded in 2020 from ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

City Bridge Foundation

Matching programme: Access to Justice Programme 2025/6 Round One

City Bridge Foundation, London’s largest independent charitable funder and historic owner of five iconic Thames bridges (Tower, London, Southwark, Mil...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £500,000

Colchester Catalyst Charity

Matching programme: General Grants

Colchester Catalyst Charity, established in 1990 from the proceeds of Colchester Oaks Hospital's sale, is a local grant-maker dedicated to improving h...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

CRH Charitable Trust

Matching programme: CRH Charitable Trust grants

CRH Charitable Trust, founded in the 19th century to operate a specialist psychiatric hospital, upholds an enduring mission to relieve suffering from ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Croydon Relief in Need Charity

Matching programme: Large Grant (Over £5,000)

Croydon Relief in Need Charity (CRiN), rooted in ancient endowments consolidated under Croydon Almshouse Charities Trustee Company Limited, is a local...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

Matching programme: General Grant

The Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust, established in 1951 via the will of Eleanor, Dowager Countess Peel, is a UK-based endowment charity rooted in...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Fletchers Foundation

Matching programme: Grants for Individuals

Fletchers Foundation champions dignity, empowerment, inclusivity, and practical compassion to enable people to thrive after life-changing injuries or ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Forbes Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Main Support

The Forbes Charitable Foundation is a specialist UK grantmaker dedicated exclusively to enhancing the lives of adults with learning disabilities, by f...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Forever Manchester

Matching programme: Comic Relief and Sainsbury's Holiday Activity and Food Programme

Forever Manchester is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to empowering grassroots community activity and building resilient neighbourhoods...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Games Aid

Matching programme: Annual Charity Support Programme

Games Aid is a UK-based charity (registered number 1081706), established in 2008 from the Entertainment Software Charity, dedicated to channeling the ...

Grant Range
£30,000 - £30,000

Garfield Weston Foundation

Matching programme: Regular Grant

The Garfield Weston Foundation, family-founded in 1958, drives its mission to strengthen society through enduring philanthropic support for charities ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Geoffrey Watling Charity

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Geoffrey Watling Charity embodies entrepreneurial generosity, local pride, and civic friendship, channeling resources to vitalize communities thro...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £30,000

Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust, established in 1988 by the will of G.H. Micklem C.B.E., is a grant-making trust dedicated to advancing public ben...

Grant Range
£8,000 - £15,000

Green Hall Foundation

Matching programme: May Round

The Green Hall Foundation, established in 1976 by Yorkshire philanthropist Constance Vera Green and renamed in 2013 to honor Colonel Henry Robert Hall...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Help for Health

Matching programme: Main Fund

Help for Health is an independent charitable trust established in 2002 through the merger of The Health Scheme and Birmingham Hospital Saturday Fund, ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Hertfordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: HCF Foundation Grants

Hertfordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to channeling local philanthropy into grassroots solutions that alleviate depri...

Grant Range
£240 - £10,000

Invictus Games Foundation

Matching programme: Domestic Grants

The Invictus Games Foundation, established in 2014 by Prince Harry, The Duke of Sussex, harnesses adaptive sport and adventurous challenges to drive p...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £20,000

Isle of Wight Foundation

Matching programme: Isle of Wight Foundation Grant

The Isle of Wight Foundation, established in 2014 by a consortium of private sector companies including Island Roads, Meridiam, and Vinci Concessions,...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £16,000

John Lyon's Charity

Matching programme: Open Programme (Main Grants Fund)

John Lyon's Charity, rooted in a 1572 Royal Charter by Harrow School founder John Lyon, advances educational and social opportunities for children and...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £35,000

Lake House Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Lake House Charitable Foundation grants

The Lake House Charitable Foundation, an independent UK grant-making charity established in 2008, is dedicated to alleviating severe disadvantages fac...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Legal Education Foundation

Matching programme: Emerging Justice fund

The Legal Education Foundation (LEF), established in 2013 from the sale of the College of Law, is an independent UK grantmaker with roots in 19th-cent...

Grant Range
£20,000 - £500,000

Lloyd's Patriotic Fund

Matching programme: Small Grants 2023

Lloyd's Patriotic Fund, established in 1803 by Lloyd’s underwriters as the UK's oldest military charity, originally aided seamen and soldiers disabled...

Grant Range
Up to £100,000

London Catalyst

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

London Catalyst is an independent grantmaker rooted in a historic mission to combat the root causes and effects of poverty and ill health among London...

Grant Range
£6,000 - £10,000

Mayfield Valley Arts Trust

Matching programme: AHT Enterprise Fund

The Mayfield Valley Arts Trust (MVAT), founded over 30 years ago by Tony and Scilla Thornton, began supporting music-making in Yorkshire—most notably ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £20,000

Milton Keynes Community Foundation Limited

Matching programme: Oak Grants

Milton Keynes Community Foundation is an independent place-based funder with a mission to strengthen communities and improve quality of life by channe...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Motability

Matching programme: Grants to Charities and Organisations (six programmes: Community Transport, Wheelchair Sector, Research, Active Travel, Travelling with Confidence, Reducing Barriers to Driving)

Motability Foundation champions transport equity and independence for disabled people, founded to eliminate mobility barriers preventing full societal...

Grant Range
£50,000 - £1,000,000

Northern Powergrid Foundation

Matching programme: Energy Resilience Grants Programme

Northern Powergrid Foundation champions energy resilience and social equity for communities ravaged by extreme weather, with a mission rooted in preve...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Peter Minet Trust

Matching programme: Open Grants Fund

Peter Minet Trust strengthens urban communities in deprived South London areas by empowering small, embedded local charities addressing severe, multip...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £30,000

Philip and Connie Phillips Foundation

Matching programme: Grants

The Philip and Connie Phillips Foundation is an independent UK charitable incorporated organisation established in June 2020 from the wills of Kent re...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Pilkington Charities Fund

Matching programme: Pilkington Charities’ Fund

Pilkington Charities Fund, established in 1950 by the Pilkington family—founders of the iconic St Helens glass manufacturing company—originally aimed ...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Postcode Innovation Trust

Matching programme: Dream Fund

Postcode Innovation Trust, established in 2016, is an independent funder powered by proceeds from its society lottery linked to People’s Postcode Lott...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £1,250,000

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust

Matching programme: Postcode Neighbourhood Trust Community Grants

Postcode Neighbourhood Trust, a Scottish-registered charity and company limited by guarantee funded exclusively by People’s Postcode Lottery proceeds,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Purey Cust Trust CIO

Matching programme: Main Grants

The Purey Cust Trust CIO, originating from Canon Purey-Cust's 1914 nursing home in York, is a grant-making charity dedicated to promoting and protecti...

Grant Range
Up to £15,000

R S Macdonald Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grants

The RS Macdonald Charitable Trust, established in 1978 by Roderick Stewart Macdonald from family inheritance tied to Glenmorangie plc, advances charit...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £55,000

Robertson Trust

Matching programme: Large Grants

The Robertson Trust, Scotland's largest independent grant-making trust, was founded in 1961 by sisters Elspeth, Agnes, and Ethel Robertson, who donate...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

RSM UK Foundation

Matching programme: Tier 3 Charities

The RSM UK Foundation, established in 2018 as an independent corporate foundation by RSM UK—a leading professional services firm—channels the company'...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £20,000

Shanly Foundation

Matching programme: Action Against Homelessness Fund

The Shanly Foundation, established in 1994 by property developer Michael Shanly as the charitable arm of the Shanly Group, drives practical, hands-on ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Sheldon Trust

Matching programme: Community projects

The Sheldon Trust is a family-run charitable trust dedicated to relieving poverty and distress by supporting initiatives that deliver lasting positive...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Sir James Knott Trust

Matching programme: Rolling Grants Programme

The Sir James Knott Trust, established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott following the loss of his sons in World War I, is a cornerstone p...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Theatre Development Trust

Matching programme: Theatre Development Trust Grants Programme

Theatre Development Trust, the charitable arm of the Society of London Theatre and UK Theatre, advances dramatic and performing arts for public benefi...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Trust for London

Matching programme: Main grant programme (priority area funds)

Trust for London, an independent charitable foundation established in 1891 as the City Parochial Foundation and renamed in 2010, drives lasting econom...

Grant Range
£40,000 - £80,000

Ufi VocTech Trust

Matching programme: VocTech Activate

Ufi VocTech Trust, founded in 1998 as a UK-wide independent grant funder and venture investor, originated from the government's 'University for Indust...

Grant Range
£30,000 - £60,000

Veterans' Foundation

Matching programme: Standard Grants

The Veterans' Foundation, established in 2016 as a UK-wide grant-maker, delivers vital financial support to charities and organisations aiding British...

Grant Range
Contact funder

West Lancashire Freemasons' Charity

Matching programme: Community Grants (up to £25,000)

West Lancashire Freemasons' Charity (WLFC), rooted in 19th-century Masonic traditions and formally established in 2008 through a merger of seven Mason...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Westminster Amalgamated Charity

Matching programme: Grants for organisations

Westminster Amalgamated Charity, formed in 1961 from seven historic local charities dating back to 1665 (including aid for plague victims), is an inde...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

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Tips for Applying to Disability Funders

Applications for disability-focused funding must demonstrate genuine co-production with disabled people throughout your project — from design and governance to delivery and evaluation. Funders will look for evidence that disabled people hold meaningful decision-making power, not just advisory or consultative roles. Frame your work within the social model of disability, focusing on the barriers society creates rather than individual deficits. Describe how your organisation is user-led or how disabled people are represented on your board and staff team. Outcomes should be person-centred, measuring what matters to participants: increased choice, greater independence, meaningful social participation, and enhanced control over their own lives rather than purely clinical or functional metrics. Ensure your monitoring and evaluation processes are themselves accessible — explain how you gather feedback from people with communication needs, learning disabilities, or sensory impairments. If your project involves assistive technology or adaptations, show how you personalise solutions rather than applying a standard package. Avoid deficit-based language throughout your application and instead emphasise strengths, rights, and aspirations. Strong applications demonstrate an understanding that disability intersects with other forms of disadvantage and describe how you ensure your project is inclusive across the full diversity of disabled people.

Frequently Asked Questions about Disability Grants

What grants are available for disability charities in the UK?

There are 988+ UK funders offering grants for disability charities. These range from small community grants under £5,000 to large multi-year funding programmes exceeding £100,000. Use Fundermatcher to find the best match for your organisation.

How much funding can disability organisations get?

Grant amounts for disability charities vary widely depending on the funder and project. Typical grants range from £1,000 to over £100,000. Many funders offer multi-year funding for established organisations with a strong track record.

How do I apply for disability grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your disability work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 988+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

How to Find the Right Disability Funders

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