20 June 2025
Funding Opportunities – June 2025
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B&Q Foundation
The B&Q Foundation supports hundreds of registered charities across the UK every year.
Providing grants for a wide range of charities who are looking for funding to improve or develop spaces that benefit their local communities.We know that charities are pushed for time and that is why we work with the team at Neighbourly to make the application process as easy as possible. Follow the three-step process below to apply for a B&Q Foundation grant.
What timeframe do I need to deliver my funded project in? We want to make sure that our funds are making a difference as quickly as possible, so we do ask for projects to be delivered within 6 months of receiving the grant. We open applications four times a year, so make sure you apply closest to when you want to undertake the work.
How are applications reviewed and awarded? Applications are reviewed and awarded based on the strength of application. We look specifically at the below three areas: – How much the charity and this project is reaching and helping those most in need – How much the project is improving a space where people can feel at home – creating somewhere that is comfortable, safe, and welcoming – The difference that the project will make – e.g. no. of people reached, longevity, impact
How much money can I apply for? We award grants of up to £10,000 for building or indoor projects, and up to £5,000 for garden projects.
The Wooden Spoon charity will fund subject to criteria-
The project must enhance and support the lives of children and young people that are disadvantaged physically, mentally, or socially
- The project is in the UK
- Project beneficiaries are a group (Wooden Spoon cannot make grants to individuals)
- If a project is a physical, tangible asset, of a permanent nature the following must apply:
- It must have a minimum predicted life-span of five years, be non transferable and of a permanent nature
- Grants will not be considered for salaries, administration costs, professional fees and on-going overheads related to a capital project
- If a project is educational or disability sports focused the following must apply:
- There must be a key sporting element (preferably rugby) to engage children and young people
- It must have a clearly defined project brief to include detail on: description of project need and objectives, stakeholders, description of participants (age, gender, geography), recruitment of participants, project activity and budget, legacy planning, monitoring and evaluation and finally reporting to Wooden Spoon
Step 3
Please complete the expression of wish form for an initial assessment by our projects team, after which one of our team should be in touch within 6 weeks.
National Lottery Solidarity Fund
This funding is for organisations in England dealing with the causes of inequality. By inequality we mean poverty, disadvantage and discrimination. We know that there are many organisations already working on this. We want to support and strengthen their work over the long term.
We’ll fund organisations that are working on making a lasting change to the causes of inequality.
your organisation’s work must be led by, and accountable to, people with lived experience of the issues you’re trying to change. They could be your organisation’s leaders. Or they could be deeply involved in your work in other ways.
help make big and lasting changes to the root causes of poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. By this we mean doing more than helping people with the issues they are facing now. Like changing the way organisations or sectors work together, so it’s fairer for people. This is sometimes called ‘systems change’.
bring people together to deal with the root causes of poverty, disadvantage or discrimination. By supporting people to work on this across different issues and communities. This is what we mean by working in ‘solidarity’.
Funding size
£1 million to £5 million in total, that you can spend over 5 to 10 years. We expect to fund around 10 organisations in the first year.
Application deadline-Ongoing
The Steel Charitable Trust Under-26 Fund
Applications are taken all year for The Steel Charitable Trust’s United Kingdom Under-26 Fund.
Trustees meet quarterly to assess the applications and make awards. Details of cut-off and meeting dates are given on the pages that follow.
Applications for the United Kingdom Under-26 Fund are welcome from all parts of the United Kingdom, except the area served by Luton Council, as long as applicants meet the eligibility criteria. Charities supporting areas served by Luton Council should refer to the NEW Luton Matters Fund.