There are a number of resources available for Taekwondo clubs and coaches across the UK, and we have compiled a list of the best here.
- Grant Size: £300 to £20,000
- Purpose: Supports projects that bring people together and help individuals reach their potential.
- Eligibility: Open to CICs, charities, and community groups.
- Grant Size: Up to £1,500
- Purpose: Funds projects that benefit children and families, including sports equipment and kit for youth teams.
- Eligibility: Local charities, community organisations, including sports clubs.
- Grant Size: Up to £750
- Purpose: Provides funding for sports equipment and kit to help children get active.
- Eligibility: Local children's sports clubs or organisations.
- Grant Size: Up to £5,000
- Purpose: Supports clubs to improve facilities and gain coaching qualifications.
- Eligibility: Sports clubs that use sport to tackle social issues.
- Grant Size: £500
- Purpose: Aims to make football more accessible at grassroots level, focusing on underrepresented groups.
- Eligibility: Community sports groups, including those expanding.
- Grant Size: £2,500 to £5,000
- Purpose: Increases opportunities for young people in disadvantaged areas to play outdoor sport.
- Eligibility: Local community groups, sports clubs, and charities.
- Grant Size: £10,000 to £75,000
- Purpose: Funds capital projects like playgrounds and sports club facilities that benefit the wider community.
- Eligibility: Projects must be within five or ten miles of a Biffa facility.
- Grant Size: Under £500 and over £500
- Purpose: Supports organisations that champion the disabled and disadvantaged through sport.
- Eligibility: Charities and non-profit organisations.
- Grant Size: Up to £5,000
- Purpose: Funds projects that improve, fix, and repair buildings and facilities used by people in need.
- Eligibility: Charities and not-for-profit organisations based in the UK.
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8,000+ retailers, spanning grocery, insurance, fashion and sports are waiting to donate. It’s cashback, but for good causes! In most cases, retailers give a percentage of what the online shopper spends, but some, such as subscription services, will offer a flat fee.
360Giving are a charity that helps organisations publish and use open grants data so that people can understand the funding context, make informed decisions, and work together to support communities and good causes as effectively as possible.
Together Forever Trust mission statement is “to inspire and support others to achieve and reach their full potential through the love of sport and performance”, in memory of Chloe Rutherford and Liam Curry, who lost their lives in the Manchester bombing of 2017.
The families have set up this Trust to honour our kids through what they loved most and hope to inspire others to follow their dreams and achieve their goals in sport or performance.
The Dickie Bird Foundation assists young people under 16 years of age to participate, to the best of their ability, in the sport of their choice irrespective of their social circumstances, culture or ethnicity and to ensure that, in doing so, they improve their chances both inside and outside sport.
Dickie and the Trustees raise all funds at events supported by volunteers and generous patrons. No money is received from Government or Councils. Therefore, Grants provided by The Foundation are limited to no more than £500 per individual so that they can spread funds widely to the neediest individuals.
TheDouglasThTThe Douglas Arter Foundation is for the benefit of people of all ages with physical and mental disabilities within the UK, with funding between £1,000-£10,000- provided for Not for profit organisations, CIOs, Charities, CICs.
Applications must be made in writing and should include a copy of the organisation's most recent accounts. The funders do not have a website. Contact dafbristol@aol.com for more information.
UK charities, voluntary organisations, and schools can apply for grants to help both children and adults suffering from severe learning difficulties, together with autism.
The funding is being made available through the Baily Thomas General Grants Programme, and can be used to purchase equipment, support capital works as well as cover project and core costs.
Previous grants have been used to support capital works for residential, nursing and respite care, and schools; employment schemes including woodwork, crafts, printing and horticulture; play schemes and play therapy schemes; day and social activities centres; support for families, including respite schemes; independent living schemes; support in the community schemes; and Snoezelen rooms.
Fund projects that connect people to the UK’s heritage – saving heritage, protecting the environment, inclusion, access and participation, organisational sustainability , with funding from £10,000 available.
Funding for charities, trusts and charitable incorporated organisations community and voluntary groups community/parish councils, community interest companies faith-based or church organisations local authorities, other public sector organisations, private owners of a heritage asset, for example a building, land, object or collection.
Joseph Levy Foundation's mission is to promote change and make a difference in the lives of others by supporting non -profit organisations that help those most in need in their communities, across the UK. They have a particular interest in supporting children and young people.
The LGBT+ Futures: Equity Fund is set up by Consortium and its Community Collaborators, and has been enabled thanks to National Lottery players. Thanks to additional funding from Comic Relief, they are able to provide grants to user-led LGBT+ organisations based in one of the devolved nations.
£90,000 is available through small grants to grassroots groups and organisations who are run by and for one or more of their 5 communities of focus, which are:
- D/deaf, Disabled, Neurodivergent LGBT+ people.
- LGBT+ People of Colour and People from Black, Asian and Minoritised Ethnicities.
- LGBTQI+ Women.
- Older LGBT+ people.
- Trans and Non-Binary people.
Little Lives UK aims to help provide children and young people with free activities, lessons and classes that will make a positive impact to their lives. Funding of up to £2,000 is available for children's groups and organisations, such as play groups or sports classes, with smaller organisations preferred.
Active Communities funds community groups, not-for-profit organisations and local people wanting to create fairer places to grow, live, work and age, with grants ranging from £5,000 to £50,000 over two years.
Funding available for charity registered in England, Scotland or Wales; charitable incorporated organisation; company limited by guarantee; community interest company limited by guarantee (not shares); charitable community benefit societies; community benefit societies with a charitable asset lock and clearly defined members.
The Community Champions scheme supports local charities, sports clubs and good causes across the country. They have 30 offices across the UK that will each make a donation of up to £6,000 every quarter to those local organisations who are the lifeblood of our communities. Smaller donations are also available.
Applying for a donation is really simple. All you need to do is complete the online form by clicking the link below.
In your application, please tell them why your group or charity deserves to be supported and how much you are seeking, as well as the location and contact information for the organisation you are representing.
The Peter Harrison Foundation accepts applications for funds between £500-£30,000 for physical activity initiatives that:
- Offer high-impact, life-enhancing opportunities for those who live in the top 10% of areas of deprivation;
- Remove barriers to participation for disabled or disadvantaged people ;
- Focus on grassroots involvement rather than elite participation in physical activity;
- Focus on skills development and confidence building for individuals;
- Incorporate effective strategies for wider impact perhaps through training, partnerships and/or dissemination activities;
- Demonstrate a high degree of involvement across the organisation from beneficiaries and those with lived experience;
- Have a well-developed plan for sustainability and seek to deliver a legacy.
- Reflect the values: Excellence, Entrepreneurship, Integrity, Sustainability.
The Postcode Community Trust supports smaller charities and good causes to make a difference to their community for the benefit of people and planet.
Players of People's Postcode Lottery have funded good causes in every postcode area in Britain.
Find out which trust to apply to for funding using the postcode trust finder.
The Allen Lane Foundation provides funding for Fund organisations which are registered charities, and also other organisations which are not charities, such as constituted voluntary groups or Community Interest Companies (CICs). They only consider applications from CICs towards the costs of projects that must be wholly charitable.
The Foundation funds relatively small organisations. If you work across a local area such as a village, estate or town, to be eligible you will need to have an income of less than around £100,000. At the other end of the spectrum, if you work across the whole of the UK you will need to have an income of less than around £250,000.
The Rayne Foundation can typically provide funding between £10,000-£20,000 for UK-based voluntary, statutory and not-for-profit organisations towards work that:
- Is based on different thinking and enables innovation
- Has potential for wider application beyond the funded proposal
- Is informed by direct delivery and has a clear, positive impact on people's lives
- Can demonstrate match-funding contributions to the project
- Enables and encourages collaboration between sectors and silos
- Develops best practice and captures learnings to share with others
- Adds to sector expertise and leadership
The Trusthouse Charitable Foundation helps to strengthen disadvantaged local communities, with funding available for Charitable organisations (including social enterprises, not-for-profit registered companies and voluntary organisations) in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Single year grants between £2,000 and £10,000 can be available for small to medium sized local organisations with a demonstrable track record of success working to address local issues in communities of extreme urban deprivation and deprived rural districts.
The Van Neste Foundation encourages innovation, self help and all those who take it upon themselves to tackle social injustices that so many face today.
Funding is available for UK registered charities and CICs, with the amount variable dependent on the need of the application.
Grant applications are assessed three times a year, typically in January, June and October
The VINCI UK Foundation funds projects between £3,000-£10,000 which aim to tackle the issues in four areas of action through an innovative approach and which will make a positive, measurable impact on the local area
Access to employment: Projects which support those currently excluded from the job market, helping people to adapt to the world of work, while also receiving the training and support they need.
Insertion through housing: Projects that enable access to housing for the most underprivileged individuals to provide them with more security and stability.
Inclusive mobility: Providing people with easier admission to secure employment, health care and education by improving the mobility of those deprived of means of transportation, and reduce the factors restricting their mobility.
Building better communities: Projects that aim to strengthen social links and fight social isolation of inhabitants of underprivileged neighbourhoods. Initiatives aimed at conveying citizenship values or educational training to young people.
If your project is in the UK or Ireland and shares Wooden Spoon’s aim of making a positive impact on the lives of children and young people, it may be eligible for a Wooden Spoon grant.
A project that is a physical, tangible asset, of a permanent nature, it must have a minimum predicted life-span of five years, be non transferable and of a permanent nature.
If a project is educational or disability sports focused, it must have a clearly defined project brief to accompany.
The Woodward Charitable Trust helps children and young people who are isolated, at risk of exclusion or involved in anti-social behaviour and projects to help those who have been in the care system.
Funding of up to £3,000 is available for Charities, CICs, CIOs and Exempt Charities who do not exceed £200,000 a year in income.