Poverty & DeprivationSouth East32 Funders

Poverty & Deprivation Grants in South East

Browse 32 funders supporting poverty & deprivation charities in South East.

South East charities working in poverty & deprivation can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 32 funders currently listed, South East has strong coverage for poverty & deprivation projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Poverty & Deprivation grants directory and the South East regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to poverty & deprivation funders
Ground your poverty-related application in robust deprivation data. Reference your area's Index of Multiple Deprivation ranking, specific domains of deprivation relevant to your work, and current cost-of-living evidence such as fuel poverty rates, free school meal eligibility, or Universal Credit claimant counts. Funders want to see that you understand the structural drivers of poverty in your community, not just its symptoms. Frame your outcomes around financial resilience — increased savings, reduced debt, improved benefit uptake, sustained employment — rather than only counting the number of food parcels or crisis payments distributed. Use dignity-centred language throughout your application: describe people experiencing poverty as active agents seeking solutions, not passive recipients of charity. This signals alignment with contemporary thinking in the sector. Demonstrate how your project combines direct provision for immediate needs with systemic change work — advice services, policy advocacy, or community organising — that addresses root causes. If you operate a crisis service, explain your approach to moving people from crisis response to longer-term stability. Show partnerships with welfare rights organisations, credit unions, housing providers, and employment services that create comprehensive support pathways rather than isolated interventions.

Poverty & Deprivation Funders in South East

32 funders found

Beeching Trust

Open

The Beeching Trust is an Oxfordshire-based grant-making charity with a mission to enrich society through support for arts and heritage, education, env...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Berkshire Community Foundation

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Berkshire Community Foundation (BCF) is a locally-focused UK charity serving as Berkshire’s philanthropic hub, raising and distributing funds to grass...

Grant Range
£300 - £20,000

Betty Riseley Trust for Children

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The Betty Riseley Trust for Children embodies compassion, community spirit, and inclusivity to enrich lives of children and young people under 18 in S...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Bouttell Bequest

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The Bouttell Bequest is a legacy-driven charitable trust with a mission to alleviate hardship and promote wellbeing for vulnerable individuals through...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Chalk Cliff Trust

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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

Charity of Stella Symons

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The Charity of Stella Symons, established in 1968 by deed of settlement and registered in 1969, is a generalist grant-making trust dedicated to suppor...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust

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The Christopher and Henry Oldfield Trust, registered in 2014 as a grant-making charity rooted in the Oldfield family's philanthropic legacy, drives lo...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £250,000

Civic Power Fund

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The Civic Power Fund, launched in 2022 as the UK's first pooled donor fund for grassroots community organising, unites progressive trusts like Unbound...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £20,000

Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust

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The Colyer-Fergusson Charitable Trust, an independent grant-making charity founded in 1969 by Sir James Colyer-Fergusson, is dedicated to improving li...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £60,000

Community Foundation for Surrey

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The Community Foundation for Surrey, established in 2005, is an independent grant-making charity inspired by the global community foundation movement,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Cranleigh and District Lions Club (CIO)

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Cranleigh and District Lions Club (CIO), registered in 2019 with roots tracing back to 1974, is a volunteer-led community charity embodying Lions Club...

Grant Range
£200 - £2,000

Csis Charity Fund

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The CSIS Charity Fund is an independent UK charity, operating for over a century and formally established as a charitable company in 2008, dedicated t...

Grant Range
£15,000 - £75,000

Dischma Charitable Trust

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The Dischma Charitable Trust is a private, family-founded discretionary grantmaking charity registered in England and Wales since 1999, governed by se...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Dodgson Foundation

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The Dodgson Foundation is a local grantmaker dedicated to enhancing wellbeing, independence, and dignity for older adults facing disadvantage, with a ...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Doris Field Charitable Trust

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The Doris Field Charitable Trust, established from a wartime nurse's legacy of community care, pursues general charitable purposes for public benefit,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

E H Smith Charitable Trust

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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

Farnham Lions Club (CIO)

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Farnham Lions Club (CIO) is a community-rooted charity embodying the global Lions ethos of 'We Serve' through compassion, humility, practical problem-...

Grant Range
£50 - £10,000

Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation

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Hampshire and the Isle of Wight Community Foundation drives positive social change by funding grassroots organizations and community groups tackling p...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Hendy Foundation

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Hendy Foundation is an independent grantmaker established in 2018, rooted in family philanthropy traditions, with a mission to strengthen local commun...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Horley Lions Club (CIO)

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Horley Lions Club (CIO), established in 1963 as part of Lions Clubs International, is a volunteer-led community organisation formed by local residents...

Grant Range
£100 - £2,000

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

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The Innholders' Charitable Foundation, established in 2014 as the charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Innholders—a City of London Livery Compa...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Lawrence Atwell's Charity (Skinners' Company)

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Lawrence Atwell's Charity, established in 1588 by Exeter Skinner Lawrence Atwell and administered by the Skinners' Company, is dedicated to freeing di...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Lawson Trust CIO

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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

Midcounties Co-Operative Community Fund

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The Midcounties Co-Operative Community Fund, established in 2011 by The Midcounties Co-operative Limited, is a registered charitable fund dedicated to...

Grant Range
£100 - £2,000

Mr and Mrs J a Pye's Charitable Settlement

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Mr and Mrs J A Pye's Charitable Settlement is an independent grant-making trust with a mission to advance charitable purposes by bolstering under-fund...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Oxford Poverty Action

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Oxford Poverty Action is a volunteer-driven charitable trust with a mission to alleviate suffering among homeless and vulnerably housed adults in Oxfo...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Philip and Connie Phillips Foundation

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The Philip and Connie Phillips Foundation is an independent UK charitable incorporated organisation established in June 2020 from the wills of Kent re...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Sovereign Housing Association Limited

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Sovereign Network Group (SNG), evolved from Sovereign Housing Association, drives a mission to deliver affordable homes as the foundation for better l...

Grant Range
£300 - £7,500

St Faith's Trust

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St Faith's Trust, founded in 1922 as a home for destitute children in Holmwood, Dorking, Surrey, by Fanny Matilda Langley, has upheld its core mission...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £35,000

Stanton Ballard Charitable Trust

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The Stanton Ballard Charitable Trust embodies a legacy of local philanthropy, founded to perpetuate Oxford businessman's commitment to uplifting Oxfor...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Sussex Community Foundation

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Sussex Community Foundation, established in 2006 by the late 10th Duke of Richmond and Gordon, is an independent UK Community Foundation dedicated to ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Sussex Masonic Charitable Foundation, CIO

Open

The Sussex Masonic Charitable Foundation embodies Masonic values of service, benevolence, and community solidarity, with a mission to relieve sickness...

Grant Range
£100 - £5,000

Poverty & Deprivation Grants in South East: FAQ

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