Poverty & Deprivation Grants & Funding
There are 1432 UK funders offering grants for poverty & deprivation charities, with typical awards from £100 to £1,000,000.
Poverty relief is one of the oldest and most widely funded charitable purposes in the UK, with grant-makers supporting everything from emergency food and fuel provision to long-term systemic change. Funders in this space recognise that poverty intersects with almost every other social issue — health, education, housing, and opportunity. Many trusts prioritise organisations working in the most deprived areas, using indices of multiple deprivation to target resources. Grants support food banks, welfare advice services, debt counselling, crisis funds, and employability programmes. Larger foundations such as the Joseph Rowntree Foundation focus on research and policy work to address the root causes of poverty, while community foundations and smaller trusts often support direct provision for people in financial hardship. The cost-of-living crisis since 2022 has prompted many funders to create dedicated emergency funds and increase their support for basic needs provision. Projects that build financial resilience — savings schemes, financial literacy, affordable credit — are increasingly valued.
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- Total Funders
- 1432
- Grant Range
- £100 - £1,000,000
- Open to Applications
- 40%
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Poverty & Deprivation Funders
245 of 1432 match your filtersChecked against verified programme data for 321 of 1432 funders. 1111 not yet verified are listed below; 76 that don't fit were excluded.
1989 Willan Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust
The 1989 Willan Charitable Trust, established in 1989 and governed by Willan Trustee Limited, is a UK-based funder dedicated to alleviating social and...
A B Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Open Programme
The A B Charitable Trust, established in 1990 by Yves and Anne Bonavero, is an independent UK grant-maker guided by a family-led board committed to ch...
Aberlour Child Care Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Aberlour Urgent Assistance Fund (AUAF)
Aberlour Children’s Charity, formerly Aberlour Child Care Trust, is a pioneering Scottish children’s charity founded in 1875 to support ‘mitherless ba...
Access - The Foundation for Social Investment
Verified openMatching programme: Local Access
Access – The Foundation for Social Investment drives systemic transformation in the social investment market, empowering charities and social enterpri...
Addington Fund
Verified openMatching programme: Emergency Relief (Forage Aid)
The Addington Fund is an independent UK charity established in 2001 in response to the classical swine fever and foot-and-mouth outbreaks, dedicated t...
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 ...
Alborada Trust
Verified openMatching programme: ALBORADA Trust Grants
Alborada Trust is a philanthropic organization founded with a mission to advance medical and veterinary research, healthcare delivery, higher educatio...
Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement
Verified openMatching programme: Small and Medium Grants
The Allan and Nesta Ferguson Charitable Settlement, established in 1977 by John and Elnora Ferguson to honor Allan and Nesta Ferguson, advances world ...
Anchor Society CIO
Verified openMatching programme: Emergency Grants for Individuals
Anchor Society CIO, established in 1769 as a voluntary association inspired by Edward Colston's philanthropy, is a historic Bristol-based charity dedi...
Antonio Carluccio Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Grant Programme
The Antonio Carluccio Foundation, established by the renowned Italian chef and restaurateur Antonio Carluccio before his death in 2017, carries forwar...
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...
Artists' General Benevolent Institution
Verified openMatching programme: AGBI Artist's Grant
The Artists' General Benevolent Institution (AGBI), founded in 1814 by J.M.W. Turner and granted Royal Charter in 1842, is the UK's oldest artist-led ...
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...
Authors' Contingency Fund
Verified openMatching programme: Authors' Contingency Fund
The Authors' Contingency Fund, established in 1963 by donations from authors and supporters, is administered by the Society of Authors to provide imme...
Backup Tech
Verified openMatching programme: Hardship Fund
Backup Tech, formerly Lite Relief, Behind The Scenes UK, and TECH: The Technical Entertainment Charity, is the UK's specialist charity founded in the ...
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...
Baron Davenport's Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Emergency Grants
Baron Davenport's Charity, an endowed trust established in 1914 by the will of Baron Charles Davenport in Birmingham, is dedicated to alleviating acut...
Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Community Fund
The Barratt Redrow Foundation (formerly Barratt Developments PLC Charitable Foundation), established in March 2020 as a Charitable Incorporated Organi...
Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Individual Applications
The Bartlett Taylor Charitable Trust, established during the lifetime of Ernest Bartlett Taylor from Witney, Oxfordshire, is a lean, community-driven ...
Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities (Scotland)
Verified openMatching programme: General Grants
Bauer Radio's Cash for Kids Charities (Scotland) is the official children’s charity of Bauer Media, dedicated to transforming the lives of disadvantag...
Baywind Energy Community Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
Baywind Energy Community Trust champions community-owned renewable energy and environmental sustainability, rooted in the pioneering ethos of the UK's...
Beatrice Laing Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Beatrice Laing Trust
The Beatrice Laing Trust, established in 1952 by Sir John Laing—a devout Christian philanthropist who donated nearly 40% of his company’s shares to ch...
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: London Luton Airport Operations Ltd (LLAOL) Community Trust Fund
Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation (BLCF), established in 1999 and registered as a charity in 2001 by founders Geoffrey Farr MBE DL, Sir Samu...
Betty Riseley Trust for Children
Verified openMatching programme: The Betty Riseley Trust for Children Grant
The Betty Riseley Trust for Children embodies compassion, community spirit, and inclusivity to enrich lives of children and young people under 18 in S...
Blanchminster Trust
Verified openMatching programme: General Grant Programme
The Blanchminster Trust, believed to be Britain's oldest continuously operating charitable trust since its formal establishment in 1421 with 14th-cent...
Bolton Community and Voluntary Services
Verified openMatching programme: Bolton Housing Partnership Grants – Individuals
Bolton Community and Voluntary Services (Bolton CVS) is a registered charity and local infrastructure organisation dedicated to strengthening the volu...
Bolton Guild of Help
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for Emergency and Essential Household Items
Bolton Guild of Help, established in 1905, is a longstanding charitable organization dedicated to relieving hardship and distress among vulnerable res...
Book Trade Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Career guidance grants
The Book Trade Charity (BTBS), founded in 1837 by and for the UK publishing, bookselling, and book distribution sectors, serves as an essential safety...
Boots Benevolent Fund
Verified openMatching programme: Boots Benevolent Fund
The Boots Benevolent Fund is a long-established registered charity, originating in the early 1900s as a staff-run distress fund for Boots UK Ltd emplo...
Boparan Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Grants for Children and Young People
The Boparan Charitable Trust, established in 2009 by the Boparan family including Antonio and Baljinder Boparan, is a UK-wide funder dedicated to reli...
Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Application for a Grant (Organisations)
The Brian Leslie Racher 2004 Charitable Trust promotes diverse charitable purposes enhancing community welfare for local residents, embodying values o...
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...
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...
Burden Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Burden Trust grants
The Burden Trust is a historic Bristol-based grant-making charity founded in the early 20th century by Reverend Harold Nelson Burden, whose philanthro...
Buttle UK
Verified openMatching programme: Chances for Children
Buttle UK, founded in 1953 from the vision of Reverend Frank Buttle, is a UK charity dedicated to supporting children and young people (birth to early...
Byfleet United Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Community Grants
Byfleet United Charity is a longstanding local grantmaker rooted in relieving poverty and supporting individuals in need through practical financial a...
C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Birmingham & West Midlands County
The C B and H H Taylor 1984 Trust, a family-founded charitable trust rooted in Quaker heritage, pursues a mission to advance peacebuilding, social jus...
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
Verified openMatching programme: Arm Community Fund
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), established in December 2003, is an independent local charity dedicated to enhancing quality of life across...
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 ...
Care Workers Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Mental Wellbeing and Health Support
The Care Workers’ Charity, founded in 2009, is a UK-wide organisation dedicated to preventing and relieving financial hardship among the nation's near...
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...
Carlton Hayes Mental Health Charity
Verified openMatching programme: Grant Applications
The Carlton Hayes Mental Health Charity, founded nearly 200 years ago from the legacy of Carlton Hayes Hospital, is a longstanding local funder dedica...
Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust
Verified openMatching programme: Main Grant Programme
The Catherine Cookson Charitable Trust embodies Dame Catherine Cookson's vision to transform lives in North East England communities through enduring ...
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 ...
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited
Verified openMatching programme: Active Futures Programme
Cheshire Community Foundation Limited, established in 2011, is an independent regional charity serving Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington wi...
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...
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...
Civic Power Fund
Verified openMatching programme: Alliance for Youth Organising
The Civic Power Fund, launched in 2022 as the UK's first pooled donor fund for grassroots community organising, unites progressive trusts like Unbound...
Clarion Futures
Verified openMatching programme: Community Catalyst
Clarion Futures is the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, the UK's largest housing association, established as the successor to William S...
Clifford Chambers Relief in Need Charities
Verified openMatching programme: Education Fund
Clifford Chambers Relief in Need Charities embodies practical localised compassion and community stewardship, dedicated to relieving hardship, distres...
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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.
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Frequently Asked Questions about Poverty & Deprivation Grants
What grants are available for poverty & deprivation charities in the UK?
There are 1432+ UK funders offering grants for poverty & deprivation 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 poverty & deprivation organisations get?
Grant amounts for poverty & deprivation 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 poverty & deprivation grants?
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