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

47 of 988 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 200 of 988 funders. 788 not yet verified are listed below; 153 that don't fit were excluded.

Albert Hunt Trust

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Matching programme: Hospices

The Albert Hunt Trust, an independent UK grant-making foundation established in 1979 by Miss Mary Kathleen Coyle and Miss Florence I Reakes in honour ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £40,000

Baron Davenport's Charity

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Matching programme: Emergency Grants

Baron Davenport's Charity, an endowed trust established in 1914 by the will of Baron Charles Davenport in Birmingham, is dedicated to alleviating acut...

Grant Range
£200 - £1,000

Chalk Cliff Trust

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Matching programme: Chalk Cliff Trust – Main Grant Programme

Chalk Cliff Trust is a family-led charitable foundation with a mission to advance grassroots charitable activity benefiting local communities through ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Charles Littlewood Hill Trust

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Matching programme: Charles Littlewood Hill Trust Grant Programme

The Charles Littlewood Hill Trust, established in 1978 by Charles Littlewood Hill, pursues a mission of advancing diverse charitable purposes through ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Chrysalis Trust

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Matching programme: Chrysalis Trust Grants

The Chrysalis Trust, a UK grant-making charity established in 2009 by the Evans family, tackles poverty, disability, and barriers to shelter, educatio...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

City Bridge Foundation

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Matching programme: Climate and Environmental Justice Programme 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

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

Didymus

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Matching programme: Didymus

Didymus is a small grant-making charity founded in 2013 to widen access to and participation in the arts, supporting UK-registered charities that deli...

Grant Range
£7,000 - £10,000

Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

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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

E F Bulmer Trust

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Matching programme: Herefordshire Good Causes grant

The E F Bulmer Trust, founded by Fred Bulmer in the late 1930s, is a family-run charitable trust rooted in Herefordshire, originally supporting former...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

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

Garfield Weston Foundation

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Matching programme: Major 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

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

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

Hertfordshire Community Foundation

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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

Hilden Charitable Fund

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Matching programme: UK Programmes

The Hilden Charitable Fund, an endowed grant-making foundation established in 1963 by Anthony and Joan Rampton, is rooted in a family ethos of social ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £7,000

Joseph Rank Trust

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Matching programme: General Fund

The Joseph Rank Trust is an independent Christian grant-maker established in 2002 from charities founded by Joseph Rank (1854–1943) and family between...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

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

Livewell Foundation

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Matching programme: Small Grants

The Livewell Foundation, established as the charitable arm of a pioneering social enterprise in health and social care, drives transformational impact...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales

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Matching programme: Good Place to Live: New Beginnings Fund

Lloyds Bank Foundation for England & Wales, an independent charitable foundation established in 1985 and funded by Lloyds Banking Group, drives system...

Grant Range
£75,000 - £75,000

London Catalyst

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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

Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust

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Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Matthews Wrightson Charity Trust advances social welfare by empowering smaller charities and individuals delivering direct benefits to disadvantag...

Grant Range
Contact funder

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

National Funding Scheme

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Matching programme: DONATE™ Digital Fundraising Platform

The National Funding Scheme is a pioneering UK charity founded to revolutionize charitable fundraising through cutting-edge digital technology, democr...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Naval Children's Charity

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Matching programme: General Support (Hardship and Wellbeing)

The Naval Children's Charity, founded in 1825 as one of the UK’s oldest children’s charities, originally established orphanages for naval families and...

Grant Range
£300 - £3,000

Northamptonshire Community Foundation

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Matching programme: Randal Charitable Foundation Fund

Northamptonshire Community Foundation, established in the early 2000s, is the leading independent grant-making charity in Northamptonshire, dedicated ...

Grant Range
£500 - £50,000

Professionals Aid Council

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Matching programme: General Assistance (Postgraduate Degree Level)

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

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

Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Core funding

The Roger & Douglas Turner Charitable Trust embodies a family-founded vision of community wellbeing, prioritizing quality of life enhancements, opport...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Roselands Trust

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Matching programme: Registered Charity Grants

The Roselands Trust is an independent grant-making charity founded in 2006 and formally constituted in 2014, based in South Lakeland, with a mission t...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund

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Matching programme: Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund

The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund, established in 1970 by the Worshipful Company of Saddlers—a City livery company with roots tracing to 1395—serv...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

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

Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Ann Rylands Small Donations Programme

The Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust, established in 1964 with an endowment from Sir Jules Thorn, founder of Thorn Electrical Industries, is an indepe...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Grant Scheme

Strongbones Children's Charitable Trust, established in 2001, is a UK-wide charity dedicated to providing financial, emotional, and practical support ...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Swire Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Swire Charitable Trust

The Swire Charitable Trust, established in 1975 by Sir John Swire CBE and Sir Adrian Swire and funded primarily by John Swire & Sons Limited, is an in...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £55,000

Talbot Trust

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Matching programme: The Talbot Trusts

The Talbot Trusts is a grant-making registered charity based in Sheffield, established from the charitable estates of FJ Talbot, Sarah Talbot, and the...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Talbot Trusts

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Matching programme: Talbot Trusts Grant

The Talbot Trusts, a Sheffield-based endowed charitable trust established in the early 20th century through bequests from steelworks owner Frederick J...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Talbot Village Trust

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Matching programme: Small Grants Programme

Talbot Village Trust, an independent grant-making charity founded in 1850 by Victorian sisters Georgina Charlotte and Mary Anne Talbot, embodies their...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Trust for London

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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

UnLtd

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Matching programme: Funding Futures Programme (Starting Up)

UnLtd, formerly The Foundation for Social Entrepreneurs, is a UK-registered charity established in 2002 by a consortium of seven non-profits with a £1...

Grant Range
£500 - £18,000

William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: United Kingdom (The Religious Society of Friends)

The William Adlington Cadbury Charitable Trust, established in 1923 by Quaker philanthropist William Cadbury—former Lord Mayor of Birmingham—advances ...

Grant Range
£250 - £50,000

Wixamtree Trust

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Matching programme: Main Grant Programme

The Wixamtree Trust, an independent grant-making charity established in 1962 by Sir Humphrey Whitbread, focuses on enhancing the wellbeing and develop...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £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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Describe Your Charity

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