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

89 of 1062 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 125 of 1062 funders. 937 not yet verified are listed below; 36 that don't fit were excluded.

Action Medical Research

Matching programme: Project Grant

Action Medical Research is a dedicated charity advancing paediatric medicine through innovative research that prevents and treats childhood diseases a...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £200,000

Action Together CIO

Matching programme: Fix The Digital Divide Fund

Action Together CIO, established in 2016 through the merger of Voluntary Action Oldham and Community and Voluntary Action Tameside, serves as the infr...

Grant Range
£500 - £25,000

Alan Davidson Foundation

Matching programme: Alan Davidson Foundation Grants

The Alan Davidson Foundation, a UK-registered charity established in 2015 by pioneering architect Alan Hayes Davidson following his 2012 motor neurone...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £1,150,000

Albert Hunt Trust

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

Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust

Matching programme: General grants

The Albert Van Den Bergh Charitable Trust is an independent, family-led grant-making charity established in 1987 by James Philip van den Bergh via a s...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Alzheimer's Research UK

Matching programme: PhD Scholarship

Alzheimer's Research UK, established in 1992 as the Alzheimer's Research Trust, is the UK's leading dementia research charity, founded by pioneers mot...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £750,000

Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund

Matching programme: Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund

The Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund, established in 1989 by Mary Northcote in memory of her governess Angela Gallagher, is an unincorporated trust dedi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Animal Free Research UK

Matching programme: PhD Studentships

Animal Free Research UK advances human health and prevents animal suffering by funding pioneering research that fully replaces animal experimentation ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Anthony and Elizabeth Mellows Charitable Settlement

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

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

Artemis Charitable Foundation

Matching programme: Artemis Charitable Foundation

The Artemis Charitable Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Artemis Fund Managers, channels a portion of the firm's revenues into charitable giving, f...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Ataxia UK

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

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

Blood Cancer UK Research

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

Blue Light Card Foundation

Matching programme: Nature and Water-Based Wellbeing Fund

The Blue Light Card Foundation, established in 2022 as a UK-wide grant-maker backed by Blue Light Card Ltd, champions the physical, mental, and emotio...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Bma Foundation

Matching programme: BMA Foundation Research Grants

The BMA Foundation, the world's oldest medical organization awarding grants since 1839 and unified as a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in 2020, ...

Grant Range
£65,000 - £65,000

Bowel Research UK

Matching programme: PhD Studentships

Bowel Research UK, established in 2020 through the merger of Bowel & Cancer Research and the Bowel Disease Research Foundation—drawing on over 50 year...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Brain Research Trust

Matching programme: Fellowships (Post-doctoral and Clinical PhD)

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

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 Eye Research Foundation

Matching programme: Project Grants

Fight for Sight, the British Eye Research Foundation, drives a mission to save sight and transform lives through pioneering eye research, social chang...

Grant Range
Up to £250,000

British Kidney Patient Association

Matching programme: Hospital 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

British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Matching programme: Education Grants

The British Society for Antimicrobial Chemotherapy, founded in 1971 by clinicians and scientists alarmed by infectious diseases and rising drug-resist...

Grant Range
Up to £50,000

Building and Civil Engineering Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Construction Employability Award

The Building and Civil Engineering Charitable Trust (B&CE’s Charitable Trust), established in 1991 by B&CE, is dedicated to enhancing the lives of UK ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Cameron Fund

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

Chapman Charitable Trust

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Chapman Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Marjorie Chapman and her family—who continue as trustees—supports UK-registered charities tacklin...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

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

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

Clive Richards Foundation

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

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

Crohn's & Colitis UK

Matching programme: Research Awards Targeted Call 2026

Crohn's & Colitis UK is the UK's leading charity, founded in 1979, dedicated to improving the lives of people affected by Crohn's Disease, Ulcerative ...

Grant Range
£50,000 - £250,000

Cure Parkinson's Trust

Matching programme: Combination Therapies Funding Call

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

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Matching programme: Development Award for Early Career Researchers

The Cystic Fibrosis Trust, established in 1964 by parents and clinicians, is the UK's leading charity dedicated to transforming lives affected by cyst...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £1,000,000

Darby Rimmer MND Foundation

Matching programme: Care Grants Programme

The Darby Rimmer MND Foundation, established in 2019 by former professional footballer Stephen Darby and British Forces veteran Chris Rimmer—both diag...

Grant Range
£150,000 - £250,000

Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust

Matching programme: Travelling Fellowship

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

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 H Smith Charitable Trust

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

Edgar E Lawley Foundation

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Edgar E Lawley Foundation, established in 1961, drives a philanthropic mission to advance social welfare and alleviate disadvantage through flexib...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £2,000

Forces in Mind Trust

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

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

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity

Matching programme: GOSH Charity National Research Programme Grants

Great Ormond Street Hospital Children's Charity (GOSH Charity), closely linked to the world-renowned hospital founded in 1852, drives its mission to t...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000,000

Green Hall Foundation

Matching programme: May Round

The Green Hall Foundation, established in 1976 by Yorkshire philanthropist Constance Vera Green and renamed in 2013 to honor Colonel Henry Robert Hall...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Guts UK Charity

Matching programme: Development Grants for Early Career Researchers

Guts UK Charity, founded in 1971 as the Digestive Disorders Trust Fund and relaunched in 2018, is the UK's national charity dedicated to the entire di...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £40,000

Happy Days Childrens Charity

Matching programme: Family Day Trips

Happy Days Children's Charity, founded in 1992, is a UK-wide organisation dedicated to delivering vital respite, joyful holidays, and enriching leisur...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Health Data Research UK

Matching programme: Health Data Science Black Internship Programme

Health Data Research UK (HDR UK), established in 2018 as a registered charity and national institute for health data science, unites and advances the ...

Grant Range
£500 - £200,000

Heart Research UK

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

Heart Trust Fund (Belfast Heart Centre)

Matching programme: Heart Trust Fund

The Heart Trust Fund (Belfast Heart Centre), a registered Northern Irish charity likely established in the late 1980s or early 1990s, advances cardiac...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Humane Research Trust CIO

Matching programme: Humane Research Fellowships

The Humane Research Trust CIO, established in 1961 as the Lawson Tait Memorial Trust and later rebranded to broaden its scope, is a UK charitable inco...

Grant Range
£90,000 - £450,000

Inman Charity

Matching programme: The Inman Charity

The Inman Charity is a UK-based grantmaking trust established in 1970 by the Inman family, dedicated to enhancing wellbeing and care for vulnerable gr...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Italian Medical Charity

Matching programme: Medical Grants

The Italian Medical Charity is dedicated to advancing health, relieving sickness, disability, and bodily or mental infirmity among people of Italian n...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Jean Shanks Foundation

Matching programme: JSPS Clinical Lecturer Support Grant

The Jean Shanks Foundation, established in 1986 by pioneering pathologist Dr Jean Shanks after the flotation of JS Pathology PLC, advances medical res...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

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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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