Health & Wellbeing1062+ Funders

Health & Wellbeing Grants & Funding

There are 1062 UK funders offering grants for health & wellbeing charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,150,000.

Health and wellbeing grants support a broad range of charitable work across the UK — from medical research and patient support to public health campaigns and community wellbeing initiatives. This category covers physical health specifically (mental health has its own dedicated funding streams). Funders support hospices, hospital charities, condition-specific organisations, rehabilitation services, and health inequalities work. Community health projects — such as social prescribing, walking groups, healthy eating initiatives, and befriending schemes — have seen a significant increase in funding as the evidence base for preventative health grows. Several major medical charities run their own grant programmes for research and service delivery. The National Lottery Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, and many local trusts also support health-related projects. Grant-makers increasingly value projects that address the social determinants of health — poverty, housing, isolation — rather than treating symptoms alone. Partnership working with NHS trusts and local authorities strengthens applications significantly.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
1062
Grant Range
£100 - £1,150,000
Open to Applications
46%

Health & Wellbeing Funders

74 of 1062 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 140 of 1062 funders. 922 not yet verified are listed below; 66 that don't fit were excluded.

Albert Hunt Trust

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Matching programme: Health and Wellbeing

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

Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement

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Matching programme: Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement

The Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement is a London-based grant-making trust established on 7 November 1980, founded by philanthropist...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Archbishop of Canterbury's Anglican Communion Fund

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Matching programme: Archbishop of Canterbury's Anglican Communion Fund

The Archbishop of Canterbury's Anglican Communion Fund embodies a mission to unite and empower the global Anglican family through compassionate solida...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

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

Backup Tech

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Matching programme: Medical Grant

Backup Tech, formerly Lite Relief, Behind The Scenes UK, and TECH: The Technical Entertainment Charity, is the UK's specialist charity founded in the ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Bernard Sunley Foundation

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Matching programme: Bernard Sunley Foundation Grants

The Bernard Sunley Foundation, established in 1960 by property developer Bernard Sunley and endowed with £300,000 in shares, is an independent family-...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Blood Cancer UK Research

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Matching programme: Project Grant

Blood Cancer UK Research, founded in 1960 as the Leukaemia Research Fund and rebranded in 2020, is a leading UK medical research charity dedicated to ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Brace

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Matching programme: BRACE Research Grants

BRACE Alzheimer’s Research, founded in 1987 in Bristol by families affected by dementia, is an independent charity dedicated to defeating dementia thr...

Grant Range
Up to £110,000

Brain Research Trust

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Matching programme: Project grants

Brain Research UK (formerly Brain Research Trust), established in 1971 and expanded nationwide in 2017, is the UK's leading charity dedicated to fundi...

Grant Range
£250,000 - £300,000

Britford Bridge Trust

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Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Britford Bridge Trust is an endowed family foundation established to perpetuate intergenerational philanthropy through structured, enduring giving...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

British Kidney Patient Association

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Matching programme: Patient Grants

Kidney Care UK, formerly the British Kidney Patient Association, is the UK's leading kidney patient support charity, founded in 1975 by Elizabeth Ward...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund

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Matching programme: Charitable Funding (Trust Colleagues)

Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Charitable Fund drives the Trust's strategic aims by funding enhancements beyond statutory NHS provision, elevati...

Grant Range
Up to £20,000

Cameron Fund

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Matching programme: Cameron Fund – Support for GPs and their dependants

The Cameron Fund, established in 1970 following a campaign by Sir James Cameron, is the UK's only medical benevolent charity dedicated exclusively to ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cayo Foundation

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Matching programme: General Grants

The Cayo Foundation is a UK-based discretionary grant-making trust established on 29 November 1999, dedicated to benefiting registered charities under...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

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Matching programme: CHECT Support Fund

The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT), founded in 1987 as the Retinoblastoma Society and now the UK's sole charity dedicated exclusively to retinobla...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

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 Health Care Partnership Foundation

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Matching programme: Small Grants

City Health Care Partnership Foundation, established in 2013 by City Health Care Partnership CIC, is a grant-making charity dedicated to promoting hea...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Clive Richards Foundation

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Matching programme: Research

The Clive Richards Foundation, established in 1986 by entrepreneur Clive Richards and his wife Sylvia (renamed in Clive's honour after his 2021 passin...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Construction Industry Relief, Assistance and Support for the Homeless and Hospices Limited

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Matching programme: Main programme

CRASH (Construction Industry Relief, Assistance and Support for the Homeless and Hospices Limited) is a UK charity founded in 1991 by Tony Denison and...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cure Parkinson's Trust

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Matching programme: Quarterly Research Grant Funding Programme

Cure Parkinson’s Trust is a UK charity founded in 2005 by four individuals living with Parkinson’s—Tom Isaacs, Sir Richard Nichols, Air Vice Marshal M...

Grant Range
£150,000 - £500,000

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

Dreams and Wishes

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Matching programme: Apply for a Wish

Dreams and Wishes is a UK-based charity founded in 2011 by Tony Curtis MBE, dedicated to granting unforgettable wishes and creating positive memories ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

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

E H Smith Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: General Charitable Grants

The E H Smith Charitable Trust, family-founded in 1944, embodies community responsibility by reinvesting business profits to uplift local communities ...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

East Lancashire Masonic Charity

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Matching programme: ELMC Grant Making Committee

The East Lancashire Masonic Charity (ELMC), founded in 1904, is the principal Masonic charity in the Province of East Lancashire, dedicated to relievi...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Forces in Mind Trust

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Matching programme: Grant Awards

Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT), established in 2011 with a £35 million endowment from the National Lottery Community Fund, is an independent UK funder de...

Grant Range
£50,000 - £300,000

Frederick Andrew Trust

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Matching programme: Financial grants for women following recent illness or injury

The Frederick Andrew Trust, established in 1922 from the legacy of Lincoln solicitor Frederick Andrew, is a century-old charitable trust dedicated exc...

Grant Range
£300 - £600

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

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

Harry Bottom Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: Main grants programme

The Harry Bottom Charitable Trust, founded by Harry Bottom on 7 October 1960, is a longstanding Sheffield-based grant-maker governed by its original t...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Heart Research UK

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Matching programme: Healthy Heart Grants

Heart Research UK, founded in 1967 in Leeds by cardiovascular surgeon David Watson as the National Heart Research Fund (renamed in 2005), is a nationa...

Grant Range
Contact funder

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

J G Graves Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The J G Graves Charitable Trust, founded in 1930 by Sheffield businessman and philanthropist John George Graves, is a legacy-driven funder dedicated t...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

J N Derbyshire Trust

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Matching programme: J. N. Derbyshire Trust

The J N Derbyshire Trust, established in September 1944 by Nottingham accountant Job Nightingale Derbyshire, is a longstanding grant-making charity de...

Grant Range
£350 - £10,000

James Knott Family Foundation

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Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

The James Knott Family Foundation, known as the Sir James Knott Trust, was established in 1924 by Tyneside shipowner Sir James Knott to honor his sons...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Jessie Spencer Trust

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Matching programme: Jessie Spencer Trust Grant Programme

The Jessie Spencer Trust, established in 1962 by Jessie Spencer of Linby, Nottinghamshire, in memory of her husband Arthur and inspired by her family'...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Jones 1986 Charitable Trust

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Matching programme: The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust

The Jones 1986 Charitable Trust advances community care and prevention of disadvantage for socially and medically vulnerable populations, prioritizing...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £15,000

Lancaster Foundation

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Matching programme: Grant Funding (General Programme)

The Lancaster Foundation, established in 1997 by John and Rosemary Lancaster, is a UK charitable trust driven by Christian values, aiming to express G...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £100,000

Lawson Trust CIO

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Matching programme: The Lawson Trust Grants

The Lawson Trust CIO is a grant-making charity rooted in Kent and Sussex, evolving from the Raymond and Blanche Lawson Charitable Trust established in...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

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

Margaret De Sousa-Deiro Fund

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Matching programme: Margaret de Sousa Deiro Fund (Margaret’s Fund)

The Margaret de Sousa-Deiro Fund, also known as Margaret's Fund, is a longstanding UK charity established in 1913 and registered with the Charity Comm...

Grant Range
£200 - £500

Matthew Good Foundation

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Matching programme: Grants for Good

The Matthew Good Foundation, established in 2011 by Tim and Matthew Good of the John Good Group, honours Matthew’s legacy by amplifying small charitie...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Medicash Foundation

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Matching 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...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Meningitis Now

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Matching programme: Rebuilding Futures Fund

Meningitis Now, the UK’s leading meningitis charity founded in 2013 from the merger of Meningitis Trust and Meningitis UK (both originating in the 198...

Grant Range
£30,000 - £120,000

Molly Olly's Wishes

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Matching programme: Wish Programme

Molly Olly's Wishes is a UK-registered charity founded in 2011 by Rachel and Tim Ollerenshaw, inspired by their daughter Molly's battle with Wilms tum...

Grant Range
Up to £500

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

Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund

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Matching programme: NHCF Grant Funding Programmes

Northamptonshire Health Charitable Fund, established in 2016 as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation, consolidates legacy NHS charitable funds from ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £15,000

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

Nova Wakefield District Limited

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Matching programme: Community Tree Planting Programme

Nova Wakefield District Limited is the local infrastructure charity empowering Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations across ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Point North Community Foundation

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Matching programme: SWEF Business Grant

Point North Community Foundation, formerly County Durham Community Foundation and established in 1995 by Sir Paul Nicholson and David Grant, is an acc...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

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Tips for Applying to Health & Wellbeing Funders

Health and wellbeing applications are strongest when they demonstrate clear partnerships with NHS trusts, clinical commissioning groups, or integrated care boards. Describe your referral pathways — how participants reach your service and how you connect them to clinical support when needed. If your work involves social prescribing, reference the evidence base and explain your relationship with local link workers and GP practices. Use health inequalities data from Public Health England's Fingertips tool or local Joint Strategic Needs Assessments to demonstrate the specific need your project addresses, including prevalence rates and demographic breakdowns for your target population. Frame your approach within a prevention versus treatment spectrum, showing how your work reduces demand on clinical services over time. Explain what clinical oversight or professional supervision arrangements are in place, even for non-clinical community projects — funders need assurance that health-related work is delivered safely and appropriately. Include validated health outcome measures in your evaluation plan, whether clinical tools or wellbeing scales. Address how you reach populations who experience the greatest health inequalities and face barriers to accessing mainstream services. Strong applications show that your project fills a specific gap in the local health landscape rather than duplicating existing provision.

Frequently Asked Questions about Health & Wellbeing Grants

What grants are available for health & wellbeing charities in the UK?

There are 1062+ UK funders offering grants for health & wellbeing 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 health & wellbeing organisations get?

Grant amounts for health & wellbeing 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 health & wellbeing grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your health & wellbeing work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 1062+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

How to Find the Right Health & Wellbeing Funders

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