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

61 of 988 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 171 of 988 funders. 817 not yet verified are listed below; 110 that don't fit were excluded.

Ataxia UK

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Matching programme: Barchester's Charitable Foundation (administered by Ataxia UK)

Ataxia UK, established in 1969 by families and clinicians, is the UK's leading national charity dedicated to transforming lives affected by progressiv...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

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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

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd

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Matching programme: Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd Grant Programme

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd is a UK-registered charity established in 2003, dedicated to advancing the education and welfare of children a...

Grant Range
£300 - £2,500

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited

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Matching programme: SWEF (Young Entrepreneurs)

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited, established in 2011, is an independent regional charity serving Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington wi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Clare Milne Trust

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Matching programme: Main Grant Programme (CICs and Not-for-Profits)

The Clare Milne Trust, founded in 1999 by Clare Milne—granddaughter of A.A. Milne, author of Winnie-the-Pooh—champions the quality of life for people ...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £30,000

Colchester Catalyst Charity

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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

Croydon Relief in Need Charity

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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

Dan Maskell Tennis Trust

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Matching programme: Group/Club/Project Grants

The Dan Maskell Tennis Trust, established in 1997 and named after the legendary 'Voice of Wimbledon' Dan Maskell, is a UK charity dedicated to advanci...

Grant Range
Up to £1,600

Derbyshire Community Foundation

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Matching programme: Foundation Derbyshire Grants

Foundation Derbyshire embodies a mission to enhance community life and combat disadvantage through empowering grassroots charities and voluntary group...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Elizabeth Rathbone Charity

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Matching programme: Elizabeth L Rathbone Charitable Trust Grants

The Elizabeth Rathbone Charity, a family-stewarded grantmaker rooted in Merseyside's philanthropic legacy, advances welfare for disadvantaged people t...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Eyup

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Matching programme: Creative Minds

EyUp! is the official charity of the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, established in its current form in 2017 (governed by a 199...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Fletchers Foundation

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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

Football Foundation

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Matching programme: Grass Pitch Maintenance Fund

The Football Foundation, established in 2000 by the Premier League, The FA, and the UK Government via Sport England, is the UK's largest sports charit...

Grant Range
£300 - £100,000

Forbes Charitable Foundation

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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

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Matching programme: CDL Fund

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

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity founded by the Hartley family, rooted in the legacy of the Hillards grocer...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,000

Geoffrey Watling Charity

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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

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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

Gibbons Family Trust

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Matching programme: Youth Support Grants

The Gibbons Family Trust advances the education, training, recreation, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people up to age 25 facing disadva...

Grant Range
Up to £2,000

Hackney Parochial Charities

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Matching programme: Hackney Parochial Charities Individual Grants

Hackney Parochial Charities, a historic charitable trust established in 1603 with the first legacy from Thomas Heron, is dedicated to relieving povert...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland

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Matching programme: COLLABORATE

Halifax Foundation for Northern Ireland, established over 40 years ago and funded entirely by Lloyds Banking Group profits as one of four autonomous H...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £45,000

Hatch Enterprise

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Matching programme: New Founder Grant (Launchpad)

Hatch Enterprise is a UK-registered charity founded in 2013 by Dirk Bischof to empower underrepresented entrepreneurs—particularly women (over 80% of ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Help for Health

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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

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Matching programme: Bowley Fund

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

Grant Range
£240 - £10,000

Inner Temple Scholarship Fund

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Matching programme: Disability Awards

The Inner Temple Scholarship Fund, overseen by the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple's Benchers, provides financial support to aspiring barrister...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £20,000

Invictus Games Foundation

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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

Legal Education Foundation

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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

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation

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Matching programme: Making Local Life Better Fund

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities by channeling phi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Milton Keynes Community Foundation Limited

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Matching programme: Community Roots Project

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

Motor Neurone Disease Association

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Matching programme: MND Support Grant (Care)

The Motor Neurone Disease Association (MND Association), founded in 1979 by people affected by MND, is the UK's only national charity dedicated exclus...

Grant Range
Up to £255,000

Norman Garon Trust

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Matching programme: Norman Garon Trust Main Grant Programme

The Norman Garon Trust, established by local benefactor Norman Garon, drives youth development through scouting, sports, and recreation, harnessing in...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Northcott Devon Foundation

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Matching programme: Grants to Individuals and Families

The Northcott Devon Foundation is dedicated to alleviating distress and hardship through practical financial assistance delivering long-term benefits ...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Northern Powergrid Foundation

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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

Norton Foundation

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Matching programme: Individual Grants

The Norton Foundation is a UK-based charitable trust dedicated to enhancing the lives of young people under 25, primarily in Birmingham, Solihull, Cov...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Norwich Consolidated Charities

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Matching programme: Grants to Individuals

Norwich Consolidated Charities embodies a historic civic commitment to preventing and relieving financial hardship, distress, and suffering among Norw...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Patrick Trust

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Matching programme: The Patrick Trust

The Patrick Trust, established in 1962 by Joseph and Ruth Patrick following their son Andrew's death from Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, is a family-roo...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Peak District National Park Foundation

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Matching programme: Community Nature Fund

The Peak District National Park Foundation is an independent conservation charity with a mission to protect and enhance the Peak District National Par...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,000

Percy Bilton Charity

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Matching programme: Grants to Individuals in Need

The Percy Bilton Charity is a grant-making trust rooted in a philanthropic mission to relieve hardship and enhance quality of life for the most disadv...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Poundland Foundation

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Matching programme: Kits 4 Kids Programme

The Poundland Foundation, a UK-registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation established in April 2021, channels Poundland's charitable legacy to tr...

Grant Range
Up to £750

Price Parry Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Price Parry Charitable Trust is an unincorporated grant-making trust established under a 1995 will and registered as a UK charity in 2018, rooted ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Prince Philip Trust Fund

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Matching programme: General Grants

The Prince Philip Trust Fund, established in 1977 by Sir Christopher Aston to honour HRH The Duke of Edinburgh's service during the first 25 years of ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Professionals Aid Council

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Matching programme: Further Education

The Professionals Aid Council, operating as the Professionals Aid Guild (PAG) since its founding in 1914, is a longstanding UK occupational charity de...

Grant Range
£250 - £3,000

Purey Cust Trust CIO

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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

Quartet Community Foundation

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Matching programme: Express Grant Programme

Quartet Community Foundation harnesses local philanthropy to tackle entrenched inequalities, promote inclusion, and build resilient communities throug...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Robertson Trust

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Matching programme: Small 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

Rosca Trust

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Matching programme: The ROSCA Trust grants

The Rosca Trust, established in 1966, drives social welfare and disadvantage alleviation in Essex's coastal communities through targeted grantmaking t...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund

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Matching programme: Colleague Sponsored Award

The Samworth Brothers Community Opportunity Fund drives community flourishing through equitable opportunities for disadvantaged young people, rooted i...

Grant Range
£600 - £20,000

Shanly Foundation

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Matching programme: General Applications 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

Sheffield Grammar School Exhibition Foundation

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Matching programme: Sheffield Grammar School Exhibition Foundation Grants

Sheffield Grammar School Exhibition Foundation advances educational opportunity for financially needy local city residents through scholarships, bursa...

Grant Range
£50 - £5,000

South Yorkshire Community Foundation Limited

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Matching programme: Small Grants Programme

South Yorkshire Community Foundation Limited (SYCF), established in 1986, is an independent charitable funder and the region's largest grant maker, di...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

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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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