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Children & Young People Grants in North West

Browse 50 funders supporting children & young people charities in North West.

North West 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 50 funders currently listed, North West 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 North West 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 North West

50 funders found

Arete Foundation

Open

The Arete Foundation is a UK-registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (charity number 1184657) dedicated to promoting social inclusion and empo...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Bain Charitable Trust

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Bain Charitable Trust advances general charitable purposes through discretionary grants prioritizing public benefit in North West England communities,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Bowland Charitable Trust

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The Bowland Charitable Trust, established in 1985 by philanthropist Tony Cann and registered in England and Wales, is a grant-making charity administe...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Charity Service Limited

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Charity Service Limited, an independent UK-registered charity and trust corporation established in 1990, advances effective philanthropy through donor...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Charles Brotherton Trust

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The Charles Brotherton Trust, established in 1940 by Charles Brotherton, former Chairman of Brotherton & Co., is a family-governed endowment fund dedi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £2,000

Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside

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Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside (CFLM), established in 1997 as Sefton Community Foundation and evolving into its current form, is ...

Grant Range
£250 - £30,000

Cumbria Community Foundation

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Cumbria Community Foundation, established in 1999, is an independent UK community foundation dedicated to tackling poverty, enhancing quality of life,...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

David Snowdon Trust

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The David Snowdon Trust is a charitable grantmaker with a mission to improve lives through enduring social impact in rural Cumbria, addressing social ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

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

Equilibrium Foundation

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The Equilibrium Foundation, established in 2010 by Colin Lawson of Equilibrium Financial Planning, is a UK-based grant-maker dedicated to improving li...

Grant Range
Up to £30,000

Eric Wright Charitable Trust

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The Eric Wright Charitable Trust embodies a founding vision of responsible business stewardship channeling construction industry profits into perpetua...

Grant Range
£500 - £24,000

Ernest Cook Trust

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The Ernest Cook Trust, founded in 1952 by Ernest Cook—grandson of travel pioneer Thomas Cook—is a leading UK educational charity with over 9,000 hecta...

Grant Range
£500 - £20,000

Finn Family Fund

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The Finn Family Fund is a UK-registered charitable trust established in July 2007 by Leo Finn, bolstered by a matching grant from the Northern Rock Fo...

Grant Range
£100 - £3,000

Forever Manchester

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Forever Manchester is an independent charitable foundation dedicated to empowering grassroots community activity and building resilient neighbourhoods...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Francis C Scott Charitable Trust

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The Francis C Scott Charitable Trust, established in 1963 by Peter Scott CBE and Dr Joan Trevelyan in honour of their father—a local philanthropist pa...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £10,000

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

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Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity founded by the Hartley family, rooted in the legacy of the Hillards grocer...

Grant Range
£500 - £1,000

Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust

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The Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust is a civic partnership dedicated to enhancing community safety and quality of life by preventing cr...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Hadfield Charitable Trust

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The Hadfield Charitable Trust is a grant-making charity rooted in community stewardship and local impact, dedicated to addressing social needs by empo...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Harold and Alice Bridges Charity

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The Harold and Alice Bridges Charity embodies a mission to bolster community wellbeing by fortifying essential physical infrastructure that sustains v...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Harris Charity

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Harris Charity, a historic Lancashire philanthropic funder rooted in Preston's legacy of community service, exists to relieve hardship, distress, and ...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

Hays Travel Foundation

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The Hays Travel Foundation, established in 2015 by Dame Irene Hays and the late John Hays—founders of Hays Travel—aims to create measurable positive c...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £14,000

Hemby Charitable Trust

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The Hemby Charitable Trust, established in 1998 by a local family with deep roots in Merseyside and Wirral, is a small, trustee-led grantmaker adminis...

Grant Range
£500 - £3,000

John Moores Foundation

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The John Moores Foundation, established in Liverpool in 1964 by philanthropist Sir John Moores, is a family-founded independent grant-maker dedicated ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust

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The Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust is a private grant-making fund established in 2005 from the will of Mrs Joyce Wilkinson, dedicated to enhancing c...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity

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Lancashire Teaching Hospitals Charity is an NHS-affiliated organization dedicated to enhancing patient care at the Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS F...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Lga Foundation

Open

The LGA Foundation is a family charitable trust with a mission to enhance health and wellbeing while tackling disadvantage among young people in North...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Lord Mayor of Manchester's Charity Appeal Trust

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The Lord Mayor of Manchester's Charity Appeal Trust embodies Manchester's spirit of solidarity, inclusivity, and opportunity, empowering communities a...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £4,000

Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust

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The Manchester Guardian Society Charitable Trust, established by deed in June 1984, is an independent charitable trust dedicated to advancing communit...

Grant Range
Up to £3,500

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

Medicash Foundation

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The Medicash Foundation advances health and saves lives by funding treatment, nursing, and care for sick, infirm individuals suffering diseases, ailme...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £25,000

Miss E F Rathbone Charitable Trust

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The Miss E F Rathbone Charitable Trust honors Eleanor Rathbone’s legacy of women’s rights, social equality, and aid to the disadvantaged through grant...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity

Open

Newcastle Upon Tyne Hospitals NHS Charity drives world-class compassionate care by enhancing health and wellbeing for patients, staff, and North East ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £3,200,000

P H Holt Foundation

Open

The P H Holt Foundation is a legacy-driven grantmaker rooted in over a century of philanthropy aimed at improving everyday life for Merseyside residen...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £10,000

Peak District National Park Foundation

Open

The Peak District National Park Foundation is an independent conservation charity with a mission to protect and enhance the Peak District National Par...

Grant Range
£250 - £2,000

Peter Kershaw Trust

Open

The Peter Kershaw Trust, established in 1974 by Peter Kershaw, then Chairman of Joseph Holt Brewery, is a grant-making charity dedicated to combating ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Price Parry Charitable Trust

Open

The Price Parry Charitable Trust is an unincorporated grant-making trust established under a 1995 will and registered as a UK charity in 2018, rooted ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Seedfield Trust

Open

Seedfield Trust is a grant-making charitable trust established in 1981, rooted in a Christian ethos to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ while advan...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Shine: Support and Help in Education

Open

SHINE: Support and Help in Education is a grant-making charity devoted to eradicating educational disadvantage for children from low-income background...

Grant Range
£20,000 - £50,000

Sir John Fisher Foundation

Open

The Sir John Fisher Foundation, established in 1980 by shipping leader Sir John Fisher and opera singer Lady Maria Fisher, drives local philanthropy t...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £20,000

Skelton Bounty

Open

Skelton Charity embodies practical local philanthropy rooted in family legacies, dedicated to enhancing quality of life for children, young people, el...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Southway Housing Trust

Open

Southway Housing Trust is a not-for-profit social housing provider and exempt charity dedicated to delivering high-quality affordable homes that enabl...

Grant Range
£200 - £660

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

The Granada Foundation

Open

The Granada Foundation, established in 1965 by Granada Television founders Cecil G. Bernstein and Sidney L. Bernstein, is a charitable incorporated or...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Ursula Keyes Trust

Open

The Ursula Keyes Trust, established in 1985 as the legacy of Chester philanthropist Ursula Keyes, is a grantmaking charity dedicated to enhancing heal...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

Victoria Wood Foundation

Open

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

W a Handley Charity Trust

Open

The W A Handley Charity Trust, established in 1964 and based in Newcastle upon Tyne, is a longstanding generalist grant-making trust with a substantia...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

West Lancashire Freemasons' Charity

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West Lancashire Freemasons' Charity (WLFC), rooted in 19th-century Masonic traditions and formally established in 2008 through a merger of seven Mason...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Wo Street Charitable Foundation

Open

The Wo Street Charitable Foundation, established on 5 December 1973 by William Openshaw Street, is a longstanding UK grant-maker dedicated to advancin...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £5,000

Young Manchester

Open

Young Manchester is a youth-led charitable partnership established in 2016, dedicated to strengthening, connecting, and championing opportunities for ...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Zochonis Charitable Trust

Open

The Zochonis Charitable Trust, established in 1977 by Sir John Zochonis with roots in the PZ Cussons family legacy, is an endowment-based grantmaker d...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £25,000

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