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Children & Young People Grants in Wales

Browse 79 funders supporting children & young people charities in Wales.

Wales 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 79 funders currently listed, Wales 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 Wales 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 Wales

79 funders found

Angela Gallagher Memorial Fund

Open

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

Annandale Charitable Trust

Open

The Annandale Charitable Trust, established in 1995 by the late Mrs Blofeld as an unincorporated discretionary grant-making charity, advances general ...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Anthem. Music Fund Wales

Open

Anthem. Music Fund Wales, established in 2020 by the Welsh Government and Arts Council of Wales, is a pioneering endowment designed to transform acces...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru

Open

Arts Council of Wales (Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru), established by Royal Charter in 1994, is the principal national agency championing the arts across W...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £200,000

Ashley Family Foundation

Open

The Ashley Family Foundation, established in 1986 by Sir Bernard and Laura Ashley, embodies a mission to harness creative enterprise for community ben...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Backstage Trust

Open

Backstage Trust is an independent grant-making trust established in 2012 with a mission to champion live performing arts and music, enabling them to f...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation

Open

The Boris Karloff Charitable Foundation, established in 1985 by Evelyn Karloff in memory of the iconic actor Boris Karloff, is a UK grant-making trust...

Grant Range
£500 - £7,000

Bouttell Bequest

Open

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

Brewers' Company General Charitable Trust

Open

The Brewers' Company General Charitable Trust (BCGCT), administered by the historic Brewers’ Company—dating to the 13th century with a Royal Charter f...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

British Film Institute

Open

The British Film Institute, established by Royal Charter in 1933, leads UK efforts to advance film, television, and moving image culture through prese...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Cardiff YMCA (1910) Trust

Open

Cardiff YMCA (1910) Trust, established in 1910 to support Cardiff YMCA's charitable work in South Wales, is a grant-making trust dedicated to fosterin...

Grant Range
£250 - £5,000

Cayo Foundation

Open

The Cayo Foundation is a UK-based discretionary grant-making trust established on 29 November 1999, dedicated to benefiting registered charities under...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Celia Blakey Charitable Trust

Open

The Celia Blakey Charitable Trust, established in 1971 by philanthropist Celia Sainsbury (later Blakey) and registered in 1972, is a discretionary gra...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Chapman Charitable Trust

Open

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 Stella Symons

Open

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

Cla Charitable Trust

Open

The CLA Charitable Trust, established in 1980 by the Country Land and Business Association (CLA), promotes education about the countryside—especially ...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £5,000

Clara E Burgess Charity

Open

The Clara E Burgess Charity, established in 1998 under the will of Douglas Burgess, is a UK-registered trust dedicated to relieving children and young...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Colwinston Charitable Trust

Open

The Colwinston Charitable Trust, established in 1995 by Mathew Prichard CBE, sustains and supports high-quality artistic activities that enrich UK cul...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Comic Relief

Open

Comic Relief, founded in 1985 by Richard Curtis, Sir Lenny Henry, and Jane Tewson in response to the Ethiopian famine, is a pioneering UK charity that...

Grant Range
£50,000 - £600,000

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire

Open

Community Foundation for Staffordshire and Shropshire is an independent grantmaker dedicated to strengthening local communities through targeted phila...

Grant Range
£500 - £20,000

Community Foundation in Wales

Open

Community Foundation Wales, established in November 1998 as a registered charity and company, drives philanthropy to strengthen Welsh communities by c...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,000

Corton Hill Trust

Open

The Corton Hill Trust is an independent grant-making charity established in December 2019, dedicated to advancing general charitable purposes by enhan...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £50,000

Csis Charity Fund

Open

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

De Brye Charitable Trust

Open

The De Brye Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making charity with a mission to advance health, disability support, and welfare for those facing...

Grant Range
£500 - £5,000

Drapers Charitable Fund

Open

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

Duke of Cornwall's Charitable Foundation

Open

The Duke of Cornwall's Charitable Foundation embodies royal stewardship values rooted in the Duchy of Cornwall's legacy, with a mission to deliver tan...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

E H Smith Charitable Trust

Open

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

England and Wales Cricket Trust

Open

The England and Wales Cricket Trust (EWCT), a registered charity (no. 1112540), promotes community participation in cricket as a means of healthy recr...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £50,000

Focus Foundation

Open

Focus Foundation, established in 2021 as the philanthropic arm of Focus Group, drives sustainable community development and social equity by bridging ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £8,000

GambleAware

Open

GambleAware is the leading independent charity in Great Britain, registered with the Charity Commission (England & Wales 1093910, Scotland SC049433), ...

Grant Range
£100,000 - £350,000

Hari Prasad Shastri Charitable Trust

Open

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

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Open

Herefordshire Community Foundation (HCF), established in June 2002, is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to promoting charitable purposes ...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Hiscox Foundation

Open

The Hiscox Foundation, the charitable arm of Hiscox Group, drives social responsibility through grants fostering social mobility, entrepreneurship, an...

Grant Range
£25,000 - £100,000

HM Prison & Probation Service

Open

HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS), an executive agency of the Ministry of Justice established in 2004 as the National Offender Management Service ...

Grant Range
£500 - £450,000

Hobson Charity Limited

Open

Hobson Charity Limited, established in 1985 by the Hobson family with Lady Hobson OBE as long-serving Chair, is a family-governed grant-maker dedicate...

Grant Range
£500 - £100,000

Horners Charity Fund

Open

Horners Charity Fund, the principal charitable arm of the Worshipful Company of Horners—one of London’s ancient livery companies—was formally register...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £4,000

Innholders' Charitable Foundation

Open

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

James Tudor Foundation

Open

The James Tudor Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to relieving sickness and advancing health and wellbeing through targeted support fo...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £15,000

Jane Hodge Foundation

Open

The Jane Hodge Foundation, established in 1962 by Welsh entrepreneur Sir Julian Hodge in memory of his mother Jane, is a family-governed grantmaker fu...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Jenour Foundation

Open

The Jenour Foundation is a UK-based charitable grantmaker governed by three trustees, dedicated to strengthening civil society and local welfare throu...

Grant Range
Up to £9,000

Jewish Children's Holidays Fund

Open

The Jewish Children's Holidays Fund is a longstanding Jewish charity dedicated to ensuring every Jewish child, particularly those from low-income fami...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Joan Lynette Dalton Charitable Trust

Open

The Joan Lynette Dalton Charitable Trust advances general charitable purposes through flexible, discretionary grantmaking honoring its memorial foundi...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £15,000

John Andrews Charitable Trust

Open

The John Andrews Charitable Trust advances art, preserves industrial heritage, and delivers practical benefits for those unable to help themselves thr...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

John Beckwith Charitable Trust

Open

The John Beckwith Charitable Trust, established in 1987 by Sir John Beckwith, drives philanthropic excellence through grants advancing education, amat...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Lake House Charitable Foundation

Open

The Lake House Charitable Foundation, an independent UK grant-making charity established in 2008, is dedicated to alleviating severe disadvantages fac...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Lawrence Atwell's Charity (Skinners' Company)

Open

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 Beckman Charitable Trust

Open

The Lawson Beckman Charitable Trust advances health, social welfare, education, religious activities, poverty relief, disability support, and general ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £15,000

Leigh on Sea Lions Club Charity Trust Fund

Open

Leigh on Sea Lions Club Charity Trust Fund embodies Lions International's ethos of selfless service, inclusivity, and volunteer empowerment, founded t...

Grant Range
£300 - £3,000

Lidbury Family Trust

Open

The Lidbury Family Trust is a generalist grant-making trust advancing exclusively charitable purposes through trustees' absolute discretion, prioritiz...

Grant Range
From £5,000

Lightbulb Trust

Open

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
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