Children & Young People1506+ Funders

Children & Young People Grants & Funding

There are 1506 UK funders offering grants for children & young people charities, with typical awards from £100 to £6,000,000.

The UK has a strong tradition of philanthropic support for children and young people, with hundreds of trusts and foundations dedicated to improving outcomes for under-25s. Funding priorities range from early years education and child poverty relief to youth employment programmes and mental health support for teenagers. Many funders in this space prioritise preventative work — early intervention projects that stop problems before they escalate. Others focus on specific demographics such as looked-after children, young carers, or those not in education, employment, or training (NEET). Geographic focus varies widely: some funders operate nationally while others target specific local authority areas or regions with high deprivation indices. Grant sizes span from small awards under £5,000 for grassroots youth clubs to six-figure multi-year grants for established charities running evidence-based programmes. The sector has seen increased funding since 2023, particularly for digital inclusion and youth mental health initiatives.

Quick Stats

Total Funders
1506
Grant Range
£100 - £6,000,000
Open to Applications
44%

Children & Young People Funders

114 of 1506 match your filters

Checked against verified programme data for 285 of 1506 funders. 1221 not yet verified are listed below; 171 that don't fit were excluded.

Anguish's Educational Foundation

Matching programme: Grants to Individuals

Anguish's Educational Foundation, a longstanding endowed charity rooted in a 1617 bequest by Norwich benefactor Thomas Anguish, is administered by Nor...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Anthem. Music Fund Wales

Matching programme: Atsain Fund

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 England

Matching programme: National Lottery Project Grants

Arts Council England is the national development agency championing arts, museums, and libraries, rooted in a post-war vision to advance creativity fo...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £30,000

Arts Council of Wales | Cyngor Celfyddydau Cymru

Matching programme: Arts, Health and Wellbeing

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

Barbara Ward Children's Foundation

Matching 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...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £15,000

Bedfordshire and Luton Community Foundation

Matching programme: Luton Rising Near Neighbours 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...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £10,000

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd

Matching programme: Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd Grant Programme

Birkdale Trust for Hearing Impaired Ltd is a UK-registered charity established in 2003, dedicated to advancing the education and welfare of children a...

Grant Range
£300 - £2,500

Blagrave Trust

Matching programme: Roots & Routes Fund

The Blagrave Trust is an independent endowed foundation established in 1978 under the wills of Herbert and Peter Blagrave, restructured as a Charitabl...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

British Association for the Advancement of Science

Matching programme: Community Grants

The British Science Association, founded in 1831, drives a mission to advance public understanding, engagement, and participation in science, transfor...

Grant Range
£350 - £600

Buckinghamshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Heart of Bucks Community Fund

Buckinghamshire Community Foundation, operating as Heart of Bucks, serves as a catalyst for social change by connecting philanthropy to local causes, ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £10,000

Buttle UK

Matching 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...

Grant Range
Up to £2,400

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Cambridge 2030 Fund

Cambridgeshire Community Foundation (CCF), established in December 2003, is an independent local charity dedicated to enhancing quality of life across...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £10,000

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited

Matching programme: SWEF (Young Entrepreneurs)

Cheshire Community Foundation Limited, established in 2011, is an independent regional charity serving Cheshire East, Cheshire West, and Warrington wi...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £25,000

Childhood Eye Cancer Trust

Matching programme: Ffion Miles Music Bursary

The Childhood Eye Cancer Trust (CHECT), founded in 1987 as the Retinoblastoma Society and now the UK's sole charity dedicated exclusively to retinobla...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Clan Trust Limited

Matching programme: Clan Trust Scholarship

Clan Trust Limited is an independent charitable trust based in Norfolk, established in the 1960s by a local farmer who endowed it with his farm, land,...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Clarion Futures

Matching programme: Digital Grants Programme

Clarion Futures is the charitable foundation of Clarion Housing Group, the UK's largest housing association, established as the successor to William S...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Cole Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Cole Charitable Trust grants

The Cole Charitable Trust is an independent grant-making trust dedicated to fostering positive change in local communities through support for small g...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £2,000

Combined Cadet Force Association

Matching programme: CCFA Group Activity Grant Programme

The Combined Cadet Force Association (CCFA), established by trust deed in 1963 and reformed as a company limited by guarantee in 2016, serves as the r...

Grant Range
Up to £10,000

Community Foundation for Leeds

Matching programme: The Leeds Fund – Micro Grants

Community Foundation for Leeds, established in 2002, is the region's leading independent funder, having distributed over £70 million through 8,000+ gr...

Grant Range
£8,400 - £8,400

Community Foundation for Northern Ireland

Matching programme: SWEF Enterprise Fund Start-Up Grant

The Community Foundation for Northern Ireland, established in 1979 as the Northern Ireland Voluntary Trust, is an independent grant-making body with o...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £20,000

Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon

Matching programme: SWEF Business Grant

Wiltshire and Swindon Community Foundation, founded in 1975 as an independent charity (formerly Community Foundation for Wiltshire & Swindon), tackles...

Grant Range
£750 - £5,000

Community Foundation North East

Matching programme: General Application

Community Foundation North East, established in 1988 by local business and civic leaders in North East England, serves as the UK's largest community f...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside

Matching programme: 23 Foundation

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

Consolidated Charity of Burton Upon Trent

Matching programme: Financial Assistance for Individuals (Education, Personal Development, Sport, Arts)

The Consolidated Charity of Burton upon Trent is a centuries-old endowed charity rooted in local philanthropic traditions, dedicated to delivering pub...

Grant Range
£1,500 - £34,000

Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust

Matching programme: Educational Bursaries (Levels 1-3)

The Dartington Cattle Breeding Trust, established in 1948 as the Dartington Hall Cattle Breeding Centre by Leonard Elmhirst and Sir George Hayter-Hame...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £50,000

Dr Radcliffe's Trust

Matching programme: Heritage & Crafts Scheme

Dr Radcliffe's Trust, one of Britain’s oldest independent grant-makers established in 1714 by Oxford physician Dr John Radcliffe, advances learning, h...

Grant Range
£2,500 - £7,500

Duchy Health Charity Limited

Matching programme: Grant Giving Programme

Duchy Health Charity Limited, established in 1976 from the proceeds of Cornwall's first private hospital sale, is a Cornwall-based grantmaker dedicate...

Grant Range
£5,000 - £30,000

Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust

The Duke of Devonshire's Charitable Trust is a family-led foundation embodying stewardship, heritage responsibility, and community flourishing through...

Grant Range
£250 - £10,000

East End Community Foundation

Matching programme: London Dock Community Fund - Small Grants

East End Community Foundation is an independent grantmaker dedicated to tackling entrenched poverty, inequality, and social exclusion in East London's...

Grant Range
£500 - £10,000

Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity

Matching programme: Small Grants

Edinburgh Children's Hospital Charity, founded in the late 1960s as a supporters' group for Edinburgh's Sick Kids hospital and formally registered in ...

Grant Range
£2,000 - £20,000

Educational Opportunity Foundation

Matching programme: Main Fund - International Projects

The Educational Opportunity Foundation, tracing origins to 1808, exists to enhance life chances worldwide through transformative educational opportuni...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £90,000

Elizabeth Rathbone Charity

Matching programme: Elizabeth L Rathbone Charitable Trust Grants

The Elizabeth Rathbone Charity, a family-stewarded grantmaker rooted in Merseyside's philanthropic legacy, advances welfare for disadvantaged people t...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £3,000

Ernest Cook Trust

Matching programme: Outdoor Essentials Grant

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

Eveson Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Enhance Grants programme

The Eveson Trust, formerly the Eveson Charitable Trust and converted to a Charitable Incorporated Organisation in April 2022, was established under th...

Grant Range
£10,000 - £50,000

Federation of London Youth Clubs

Matching programme: Cornerstone Croydon Programme

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

Feisean Nan Gaidheal

Matching programme: Fèis Development Fund (Stòras Leasachaidh nam Fèisean)

Feisean Nan Gaidheal, an independent Scottish charity established in 1991, serves as the umbrella body for the Fèis movement, which originated over 40...

Grant Range
£250 - £20,000

Forever Manchester

Matching programme: Bright Futures Fund

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

Grant Range
£500 - £1,500

Fort Augustus & Glenmoriston Community Company

Matching programme: Apprenticeship Scheme

Fort Augustus & Glenmoriston Community Company, established in 2007 by the local Community Council in the Scottish Highlands, is a community-led organ...

Grant Range
Up to £25,000

Framlingham Foundation Trust T/A The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation

Matching programme: Grant Application Form 2025

The Ed Sheeran Suffolk Music Foundation advances music opportunities for young people under 18 in Suffolk by providing targeted grants to remove finan...

Grant Range
Contact funder

Gatwick Airport Community Trust

Matching programme: Gatwick Airport Community Trust Grant Fund

Gatwick Airport Community Trust is an independent grant-making charity established in 2002 through a legally binding agreement between Gatwick Airport...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £5,000

Gay and Peter Hartley's Hillards Charitable Trust

Matching programme: Main Grants Programme

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

Geoffrey Watling Charity

Matching programme: General Grant Programme

The Geoffrey Watling Charity embodies entrepreneurial generosity, local pride, and civic friendship, channeling resources to vitalize communities thro...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £30,000

Gibbons Family Trust

Matching programme: Youth Support Grants

The Gibbons Family Trust advances the education, training, recreation, welfare, and wellbeing of children and young people up to age 25 facing disadva...

Grant Range
Up to £2,000

Gilbert Hannam Education Foundation

Matching programme: Support Grant Fund

The Gilbert Hannam Education Foundation, rooted in 17th-century philanthropy, advances education for disadvantaged youth through social mobility, acce...

Grant Range
£50 - £3,000

Greater Manchester High Sheriff's Police Trust

Matching programme: Major Tier

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

Grocers' Charity

Matching programme: Open Grants

The Grocers' Charity, the philanthropic arm of London's ancient Worshipful Company of Grocers rooted in the 14th-century Guild of Pepperers, advances ...

Grant Range
Up to £5,000

Haberdashers' Foundation

Matching programme: Resilience Fund

The Haberdashers' Foundation embodies centuries-old stewardship and social responsibility, empowering young people from all backgrounds to realize the...

Grant Range
£3,000 - £5,000

Hackney Parochial Charities

Matching programme: Hackney Parochial Charities Individual Grants

Hackney Parochial Charities, a historic charitable trust established in 1603 with the first legacy from Thomas Heron, is dedicated to relieving povert...

Grant Range
£500 - £2,500

Heart of England Community Foundation

Matching programme: Alan Higgs Community Grants

Heart of England Community Foundation, established in 1995, is an independent grant-making charity dedicated to improving lives across Birmingham, Cov...

Grant Range
£1,000 - £20,000

Herefordshire Community Foundation

Matching programme: Community Chest Programme

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

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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.

Frequently Asked Questions about Children & Young People Grants

What grants are available for children & young people charities in the UK?

There are 1506+ UK funders offering grants for children & young people 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 children & young people organisations get?

Grant amounts for children & young people 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 children & young people grants?

Start by identifying funders whose priorities align with your children & young people work. Fundermatcher matches your charity's profile against 1506+ funders to find the best fit. Our AI assistant can then help you draft compelling grant applications.

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