Current funding opportunities and more funding links below.
Pearce Foundation Applications open for 2027
Applications for the 2027 Pearce Foundation More than Money programme are now open, closing on 15 November 2026. They are inviting small, early-stage charities, CICs and not-for-profit social enterprises working in Sussex to apply to become a Pearce Foundation Partner, starting in February 2027.
The Pearce Foundation | Supporting small charities in Sussex
Common Ground Award 2026-2027
The Common Ground Award 2026 to 2027 will invest capital funding into VCSE sector organisations that bring people from different backgrounds together to build community cohesion and resilience. It will support the cost of constructing or renovating facilities, spaces, and equipment to deliver services.
Opening date: 14 September 2026, 10:00am, Closing date: 12 October 2026, 2:00pm
Peacehaven Community Grants Scheme
Peacehaven Community Grants Scheme is open for applications!
Local charities and community groups can apply for funding in the latest round of small grants. Grants of up to £750 are available.
Veolia’s Sustainability Fund
The Sustainability Fund provides cash sponsorship, in-kind resources or staff volunteers to support not-for-profit organisations, community groups, and individuals to transform their local community or environment.
Applications are now open for 2026!
Newhaven Town Council’s Grant Scheme
Newhaven Town Council’s discretionary grants scheme is open for applications now until Monday 6th October 2026. Grants of up to £500, and from £501 to £3,000 are available.
Applications from local charities, voluntary and community groups, sports clubs, social enterprises, and local branches of national charities, where activities directly benefit Newhaven residents are welcome.
Newhaven Town Council’s Grants Scheme – Open for applications
McCarthy Stone Foundation – Festive Connections Programme
Grants are available for charities and community groups who bring together people over 65 living in the more deprived areas of England, Scotland and Wales during the festive period.
Max value £750, current deadline 15/10/2026
The Churchill Fellowship
Funding for UK citizens to travel anywhere in the world for two months, with the aim of gaining knowledge and experience that will bring real benefit to others in their community, profession and in the UK as a whole.
Churchill Fellowships offer support to UK citizens who wish to carry out research projects that require overseas travel. Funding is awarded to allow Fellows to spend up to two months investigating inspiring practice in other countries, either by travelling overseas or online from the UK, in order to identify new and better ways of tackling a wide range of current challenges facing the UK.
Current deadline: 20/10/2026
Green Community Grants Programme
Grants are available to registered charities and not-for-profit groups across Great Britain for projects that improve nature for local communities.
Max value: £25,000
Application deadline: 21/10/2026
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