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Children & Young People Grants in London

Browse 51 funders supporting children & young people charities in London.

London charities working in children & young people can access funding from both national grant-makers and regional funders with a specific focus on the area. With 51 funders currently listed, London has strong coverage for children & young people projects. Many of these funders also support related cause areas, so we recommend browsing the full Children & Young People grants directory and the London regional hub for additional opportunities.

Tips for applying to children & young people funders
When applying for youth-focused grants, demonstrate robust safeguarding policies and evidence that all staff and volunteers hold current DBS checks. Funders expect to see that young people have a genuine voice in project design and delivery — describe how you involve youth in decision-making through advisory panels, co-production workshops, or peer-led activities. Present measurable outcomes tied to recognised frameworks: NEET reduction figures, educational attainment improvements, wellbeing score changes, or progression into employment and training. Make your delivery model age-appropriate, showing that activities and communication methods are tailored to the specific age range you serve rather than using a one-size-fits-all approach. Include clear transition planning that explains what happens when participants age out of your programme — how you ensure lasting impact and connect young people to ongoing support. If your work targets specific vulnerable groups such as looked-after children or young carers, reference the evidence base for your approach and any partnerships with statutory services. Strong applications in this space balance ambitious vision with practical, evidence-informed delivery.

Children & Young People Funders in London

51 funders found

A G Manly Charitable Trust

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The A G Manly Charitable Trust, also known as The Manly Trust, was established in 1991 by Graham Manly OBE in memory of his father Alfred Manly, both ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Berkeley Charitable Foundation

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The Berkeley Charitable Foundation, established in 2011 by the Berkeley Group, is a corporate foundation dedicated to empowering young people and comm...

Grant Range
Up to £90,000

Chapman Charitable Trust

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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

Charity of Sir Richard Whittington

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The Charity of Sir Richard Whittington, established in 1424 under Mercers' Company trusteeship, embodies a historic legacy of poverty relief and oppor...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £120,000

Child Health Research CIO

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Child Health Research CIO, a UK charity (number 1152623) established in 2013 through the merger of three legacy funds, advances child health and lifel...

Grant Range
£63,000 - £75,000

Childhood Trust

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The Childhood Trust, a London-based charity founded in 2013 by Grant Gordon, works to alleviate poverty's impact on children and young people across t...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund

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The Children's Aid Committee Charitable Fund, established in 1955 as a charitable trust, supports effective youth provision for Jewish children and yo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

City Bridge Foundation

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City Bridge Foundation, London’s largest independent charitable funder and historic owner of five iconic Thames bridges (Tower, London, Southwark, Mil...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £500,000

City Solicitors Educational Trust

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The City Solicitors Educational Trust, founded in 1989 by leading City of London law firms, initially addressed declining public funding for universit...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Cooks Charity

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The Cooks Charity, the philanthropic arm of the Worshipful Company of Cooks—a City of London Livery Company with roots in the 12th century—champions e...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £20,000

Didymus

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Didymus is a small grant-making charity founded in 2013 to widen access to and participation in the arts, supporting UK-registered charities that deli...

Grant Range
£7,000 - £10,000

Drapers Charitable Fund

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The Drapers Charitable Fund, administered by the historic Worshipful Company of Drapers founded in 1364 by woollen cloth merchants, upholds a mission ...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund

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The Duchy of Lancaster Benevolent Fund, an independent registered charity established in 1993 with Queen Elizabeth II's consent, channels proceeds fro...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Federation of London Youth Clubs

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The Federation of London Youth Clubs, publicly known as London Youth, is a historic charity established in 1887 with roots in the 19th-century ragged ...

Grant Range
£1,750 - £50,000

Greater London Authority

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The Greater London Authority (GLA), established by the Greater London Authority Act 1999 and operational since July 2000, serves as London's strategic...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £100,000

Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable Trust

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The Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable Trust, established in 1967 from the estate of Dr. Hari Prasad Shastri—a renowned Sanskrit scholar and teacher of Ad...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £36,300

Heritage of London Trust Limited

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Heritage of London Trust Limited, an independent charity founded in 1980 by the Greater London Council, is dedicated to rescuing, restoring, and conse...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Hymans Robertson Foundation

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The Hymans Robertson Foundation, established in 2016 by Hymans Robertson LLP as its charitable arm, drives sustained social impact through grant-makin...

Grant Range
Up to £1,000

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

Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust

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The Knowledge Schools Foundation Trust is a UK charity dedicated to advancing education by providing supplementary resources to state-funded academies...

Grant Range
Contact funder

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

Lightbulb Trust

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The Lightbulb Trust is an independent family foundation established in West London in 2019 by Salome and Ben Holden, with Salome as CEO and trustee on...

Grant Range
Contact funder

London Community Foundation

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London Community Foundation champions a fairer London by investing in small, local charities and grassroots groups tackling deep inequalities, wealth ...

Grant Range
£500 - £25,000

London Freemasons Charity

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The London Freemasons Charity (LFC), established in 2000 as the London Masonic Charitable Trust and run by trustees from the Metropolitan Grand Lodge ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited

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London Marathon Charitable Trust Limited, operating as the London Marathon Foundation and founded in 1981 by marathon co-founders, champions the life-...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £80,000

Lovington Foundation

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The Lovington Foundation is a family charitable trust established in 2013 by James Lupton CBE (charity number 1151072), governed by Lord and Lady Lupt...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Man Group PLC Charitable Trust

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Man Group PLC Charitable Trust, established in 1978 and funded by Man Group plc, is a UK-based philanthropy arm dedicated to creating opportunities fo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,500

Margaret Killbery Foundation

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The Margaret Killbery Foundation, established by the family of educator Margaret Killbery, advances access to and participation in the arts, with prim...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £50,000

Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians

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The Mayor of London's Fund for Young Musicians, trading as the London Music Fund, is an independent charity established in 2011 with the Mayor as Patr...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £15,000

Mayor's Fund for London

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The Mayor's Fund for London is an independent, non-partisan charity established in 2008 with the patronage of the Mayor of London, dedicated to tackli...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £30,000

Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime

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The Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC), established in 2012 as London's police oversight body, drives efficient, effective, accountable pol...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £100,000

Mercers Charitable Foundation

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The Mercers’ Charitable Foundation, established in 1983 as the principal grant-making trust of The Mercers’ Company—London’s premier livery company fo...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £150,000

Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement

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The Miss W E Lawrence 1973 Charitable Settlement, known as the Miss Lawrence Trust, was established in 1973 by Miss Winifred Lawrence to support chari...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Mrs Smith and Mount Trust

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The Mrs Smith & Mount Trust, formed in 1992 by amalgamating The Mrs Smith Fund and The Mount Trust, is a UK grant-maker dedicated to empowering disadv...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Ogilvie Charities

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Ogilvie Charities is a longstanding UK funder rooted in Suffolk and Essex, now supporting communities across England and Wales, with a mission to assi...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,000

Peabody Community Foundation

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The Peabody Community Foundation (PCF), established in 2016 as the charitable arm of Peabody Group, builds on George Peabody's legacy to foster health...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Progress Foundation

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The Progress Foundation, a London-based grant-giving trust established in 2008, is dedicated to enabling disadvantaged young people in Greater London ...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £15,000

Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund

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The Saddlers' Company Charitable Fund, established in 1970 by the Worshipful Company of Saddlers—a City livery company with roots tracing to 1395—serv...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Salters' Charitable Foundation

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Salters' Charitable Foundation, established as a registered charity in 1989, upholds the 600-year philanthropic tradition of the Salters' Company, one...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa

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Shaftesbury Homes and Arethusa, operating as SYP Trust and established in 1843, champions vulnerable children and young people through refuge, educati...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £10,000

Shanly Foundation

Open

The Shanly Foundation, established in 1994 by property developer Michael Shanly as the charitable arm of the Shanly Group, drives practical, hands-on ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Sheldon Trust

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The Sheldon Trust is a family-run charitable trust dedicated to relieving poverty and distress by supporting initiatives that deliver lasting positive...

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

Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust

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The Squire Patton Boggs Charitable Trust is the UK-registered charitable arm of global law firm Squire Patton Boggs, established under previous names ...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2

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Tallow Chandlers Benevolent Fund No 2 embodies the Worshipful Company of Tallow Chandlers' centuries-old ethos of civic duty, education promotion, and...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund

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The Tobacco Pipe Makers and Tobacco Trade Benevolent Fund embodies a philanthropic heritage rooted in mutual aid, tradition, and stewardship from the ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Tom Ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust

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The Tom ap Rhys Pryce Memorial Trust embodies compassion, untapped potential, and resolute action against youth violence, channeling personal tragedy ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Victoria Wood Foundation

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The Victoria Wood Foundation is a grant-making charity honouring the legacy of comedian, musician, and writer Victoria Wood, with a mission to sustain...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Vintners' Foundation

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The Vintners' Foundation, the charitable arm of the historic Worshipful Company of Vintners—one of London's Great Twelve Livery Companies dating to th...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

William Wates Memorial Trust

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The William Wates Memorial Trust, established in 1998 by the Wates family in memory of William Wates—who died tragically during his 1996 gap year—cham...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £40,000

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