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%
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Disability Funders
98 of 988 match your filtersChecked against verified programme data for 203 of 988 funders. 785 not yet verified are listed below; 105 that don't fit were excluded.
Agnes Hunter Trust SCIO
Verified openMatching 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...
Ashworth Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Small Grants Programme
The Ashworth Charitable Trust, founded on 23 March 1995 by Mrs C E Crabtree, is a small UK-based charitable trust dedicated to humanitarian causes tha...
Barbara Ward Children's Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd
Verified openMatching 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...
BT Benevolent Fund
Verified openMatching programme: BT Benevolent Fund (single programme for individuals)
The BT Benevolent Fund is an independent charity with a foundational mission to relieve acute financial distress and poverty among past and present BT...
Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust (via Ludlow Funding Enquiry Gateway)
The Carlile Foundation Charitable Trust advances general charitable purposes through inclusive, flexible grantmaking aligned with UK charity law, embo...
Chalk Cliff Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
City Bridge Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Clare Milne Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Colchester Catalyst Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Counselling
Colchester Catalyst Charity, established in 1990 from the proceeds of Colchester Oaks Hospital's sale, is a local grant-maker dedicated to improving h...
Croydon Relief in Need Charity
Verified openMatching 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...
Department for Education
Verified openMatching programme: Inclusive mainstream fund for schools
The Department for Education (DfE) is a UK ministerial department with a mission to elevate educational standards, safeguard children, boost social mo...
Derbyshire Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Foundation Derbyshire Grants
Foundation Derbyshire embodies a mission to enhance community life and combat disadvantage through empowering grassroots charities and voluntary group...
Didymus
Verified openMatching 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...
Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Earley Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Grants to Organisations – £3,000 and under
The Earley Charity, evolved from historic poor relief traditions, drives its mission to alleviate poverty, hardship, and disadvantage among vulnerable...
Eleemosynary Charity of William Hobbayne
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for Organisations (Eleemosynary Charity)
The Eleemosynary Charity of William Hobbayne, rooted in a 1484 bequest for parish poor relief, upholds a mission of alleviating poverty, hardship, and...
Elizabeth Rathbone Charity
Verified openMatching 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...
Eyup
Verified openMatching 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...
Faringdon United Charity CIO
Verified openMatching programme: Grant Programme
Faringdon United Charity CIO upholds a longstanding mission to alleviate need, hardship, and distress through targeted, flexible support for local res...
February Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: The February Foundation Main Grant Programme
The February Foundation, an independent UK grant-making charity established in 2006, supports registered charities to deliver practical social impact ...
Fletchers Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for Individuals
Fletchers Foundation champions dignity, empowerment, inclusivity, and practical compassion to enable people to thrive after life-changing injuries or ...
Forbes Charitable Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Forever Manchester
Verified openMatching programme: CDL Fund
Forever Manchester is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to empowering grassroots community activity and building resilient neighbourhoods...
Garfield Weston Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Major Grant
The Garfield Weston Foundation, family-founded in 1958, drives its mission to strengthen society through enduring philanthropic support for charities ...
Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Geoffrey Watling Charity
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The Geoffrey Watling Charity embodies entrepreneurial generosity, local pride, and civic friendship, channeling resources to vitalize communities thro...
Gerald Micklem Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Gibbons Family Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Girton Town Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for Organisations
Girton Town Charity is a historic almshouse provider rooted in medieval philanthropy, dedicated to enabling Girton village residents to lead fulfillin...
Greaves & Withey Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
The Greaves & Withey Foundation, formerly the Robin Greaves Foundation, is a family-led independent charity established by the Greaves and Withey fami...
Hackney Parochial Charities
Verified openMatching programme: Hackney Parochial Charities Project Grants
Hackney Parochial Charities, a historic charitable trust established in 1603 with the first legacy from Thomas Heron, is dedicated to relieving povert...
Hadfield Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Hadfield Trust Grants
The Hadfield Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity rooted in community stewardship and local impact, dedicated to addressing social needs by empo...
Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Seasonal Support Fund
The Hampstead Wells and Campden Trust is a historic grantmaker rooted in longstanding community charities, dedicated to alleviating poverty, relieving...
Hatch Enterprise
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Help for Health
Verified openMatching 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, ...
Hertfordshire Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: HCF Foundation Grants
Hertfordshire Community Foundation is an independent charity dedicated to channeling local philanthropy into grassroots solutions that alleviate depri...
Hilden Charitable Fund
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Invictus Games Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
John Lyon's Charity
Verified openMatching 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...
Just4Children
Verified openMatching programme: Application for Support
Just4Children, a UK and Ireland charitable funder established in November 2015, is dedicated to relieving sickness and preserving the physical and men...
Kenilworth Lions Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Pride of Lions Community Grant
Kenilworth Lions Limited embodies the Lions Clubs International ethos of volunteer-led service, fostering inclusion, community enrichment, and practic...
Legal Education Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Making Local Life Better Fund
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities by channeling phi...
Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust
The Lennox Hannay Charitable Trust pursues a mission to advance the public good by flexibly supporting diverse charitable purposes responsive to evolv...
Lionel Abel-Smith Trust
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The Lionel Abel-Smith Trust is an endowed grant-making charity founded to perpetuate local heritage and community stewardship, with a mission to enhan...
Livewell Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Small Grants
The Livewell Foundation, established as the charitable arm of a pioneering social enterprise in health and social care, drives transformational impact...
London Catalyst
Verified openMatching 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...
Mayfield Valley Arts Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Medicash Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Medicash Foundation Grant Programme
The Medicash Foundation advances health and saves lives by funding treatment, nursing, and care for sick, infirm individuals suffering diseases, ailme...
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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.
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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?
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