Funding to Support the Campaigning Work of Women’s & Girl’s Organisations (UK)
Grants of up to £10,000 are available to support the work of grassroots women’s and girl’s organisations in achieving change in the UK. The fund can be used to support campaigning and influencing work that enables women and girls to use their voice in addressing social issues. This could include campaigning for changes in policy and laws; influencing community leaders; mentoring or training for women on how to participate in public life and influence social policy; and hosting workshops, events and conferences that educate and influence wider society etc. The funding is being made available by the charity Rosa through its Voices from the Frontline fund which closes to applications at 4pm on 9 December 2025.
£50,000 Funding Competition to Support Women Entrepreneurs (UK)
The Open University, in partnership with NatWest and the Department for Work and Pensions, has launched a £50,000 funding competition to support women entrepreneurs across the UK. The Open Business Creators Fund offers grants of up to £2,500 to women and trans women aged 16 and over, including those from marginalised or underrepresented groups, who are looking to develop their early-stage business ideas. To apply, participants must complete a business portfolio using the University’s Validate platform, which also provides guidance in shaping their business plans. In addition, applicants will benefit from expert-led webinars and mentorship opportunities. Applications are open until the 21st November 2025, with winners announced by the 19th December 2025.
Triangle Trust 1949 Fund - Small Grants Programme
The funding is for work that is currently taking place, work that builds on something that a group is currently doing or a pilot if they want to try something new.
There is particular interest in applications that work with:
- Girls who are either outside of education or are at risk of being excluded from school
- Projects that run activities for girls who are vulnerable to becoming involved with gangs (these projects might run in evenings, weekends or through school holidays)
- Projects that provide peer mentoring providing role models to girls and young women who are in crisis and need support
- Work that goes into schools and other community settings to raise awareness of the risks to girls of exploitation and links to criminal justice outcomes.
There is particular interest in organisations working with young women and girls who are care-experienced, neurodiverse, outside education or close to exclusion, have known involvement in gangs or county lines or are from Black or minority/racialised communities.
Deadline: 20 October 2025
Grants of up to £5,000 Available to Increase Employment Opportunities for Disadvantaged Adults (UK)
Grants of up to £5,000 are available to registered charities to support projects that equip people (18 or older in order) from disadvantaged groups with the communication skills necessary to gain employment. Priority will be given to projects that target people experiencing multiple deprivation or other groups facing major hurdles to employment, especially women, people with physical, mental, or learning disabilities, refugees and asylum seekers. The funding is being made available through the Thomas Wall Trust, and the deadline for stage 1 applications is the 5th May 2025. Applicants successful at this stage will be invited to submit a stage 2 application.
Grants of up to £75,000 Available to Charities Delivering Specialist Services (England and Wales)
Grants of up to £75,000 are available to small local charities in England and Wales that provide specialist services. The grants are designed to support the development and growth of charities that understand the issues people face and are best placed to make a real difference in people's lives. The funding is available through the Lloyds Bank Foundation for England and Wales’s Specialist Grants Programme. Eligible charities must address one of the Foundation's open themes: addiction, asylum seekers and refugees, care leavers, domestic abuse, homelessness, offending, sexual abuse and exploitation, and trafficking and modern slavery. The deadline for applications is 5pm on the 25th January 2025.