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.
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- Total Funders
- 1062
- Grant Range
- £100 - £1,150,000
- Open to Applications
- 46%
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Health & Wellbeing Funders
42 of 1062 match your filtersChecked against verified programme data for 133 of 1062 funders. 929 not yet verified are listed below; 91 that don't fit were excluded.
Albert Hunt Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement
Verified openMatching 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...
Archbishop of Canterbury's Anglican Communion Fund
Verified openMatching 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...
Ataxia UK
Verified openMatching 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...
Backup Tech
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Blood Cancer UK Research
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Brain Research Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Britford Bridge Trust
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The Britford Bridge Trust is an endowed family foundation established to perpetuate intergenerational philanthropy through structured, enduring giving...
British Kidney Patient Association
Verified openMatching 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...
Cameron Fund
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Childhood Eye Cancer Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Chrysalis Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Clive Richards Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Construction Industry Relief, Assistance and Support for the Homeless and Hospices Limited
Verified openMatching 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...
Cruden Foundation Ltd
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
Cruden Foundation Ltd, established in Edinburgh from a building business legacy, embodies a mission of community regeneration and enduring public bene...
Cure Parkinson's Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Dreams and Wishes
Verified openMatching 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 ...
E H Smith Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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 ...
Forces in Mind Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Frederick Andrew Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Greater Glasgow Health Board Endowment Funds
Verified openMatching programme: Endowment Funds General Grant
Greater Glasgow and Clyde Healthcare Charity advances health and wellbeing by enhancing NHS services through charitable funding for innovation, resear...
Heart Research UK
Verified openMatching 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...
Hugh Fraser Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: The Hugh Fraser Foundation
The Hugh Fraser Foundation, established in 1960 by Sir Hugh Fraser, advances health, education, citizenship, community development, poverty relief, an...
Lancaster Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Margaret De Sousa-Deiro Fund
Verified openMatching 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...
Matthew Good Foundation
Verified openMatching 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...
Meningitis Now
Verified openMatching 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...
Molly Olly's Wishes
Verified openMatching 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...
Motor Neurone Disease Association
Verified openMatching 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...
Nova Wakefield District Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Community Tree Planting Programme
Nova Wakefield District Limited is the local infrastructure charity empowering Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) organisations across ...
Queensberry House Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Regular Grant Programme
Queensberry House Trust is a Scottish charitable foundation established in 1996 from the sale of Queensberry House Hospital on Edinburgh’s Royal Mile,...
Radio Clyde Cash for Kids
Verified openMatching programme: Cost-of-Living Grants
Radio Clyde Cash for Kids, established in 1984 as the charitable arm of Radio Clyde, is a grant-giving charity dedicated to alleviating child poverty,...
Rosetrees
Verified openMatching programme: Seedcorn Awards
Rosetrees is a private UK charitable trust founded in 1987 by Nat and Teresa Rosenbaum, now chaired by their son Richard Ross, dedicated to funding pi...
Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain
Verified openMatching programme: Financial Assistance
The Royal Society of Musicians of Great Britain, established in 1738 as the UK's oldest music charity founded by musicians like Handel, Arne, and Boyc...
RSM UK Foundation
Verified openMatching 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'...
Sackler Trust
Verified openMatching programme: The Sackler Trust
The Sackler Trust is a UK-based grant-making foundation established in 2010 with a mission to advance medical science, healthcare innovation, educatio...
Sir Halley Stewart Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grants and Small Grants
The Sir Halley Stewart Trust, founded in 1924 by Non-Conformist Christian minister, MP, and philanthropist Sir Halley Stewart, is a family-led foundat...
Sir Jules Thorn Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching 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...
Tenovus Scotland
Verified openMatching programme: Small Pilot Grants – Strathclyde
Tenovus Scotland, established in 1967, drives high-quality early-stage medical research across Scotland to unlock transformative advances in medicine ...
Waterloo Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: World Development WASH Small Grants
The Waterloo Foundation, an independent grant-maker established in 2007 in Cardiff by Heather and David Stevens with an endowment from Admiral Group p...
William Leech Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Lady Leech Fund
The William Leech Charity, established in 1972 by North East housebuilder and philanthropist Sir William Leech, is an independent grant- and loan-maki...
Winston Churchill Memorial Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Churchill Fellowship
The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust, established in 1965 as a living memorial to Sir Winston Churchill through public subscription and government sup...
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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.
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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?
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