Favourite Funders for capital and equipment costs

Our Favourite Funders are funders that are particularly useful for small community groups based in Brighton & Hove. Some of them also fund organisations in other areas.

Here is a list of funders that give grants for capital costs, such as buying equipment or making improvements to buildings.

We try to keep Favourite Funders information as up to date as possible. If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know. If you have successfully applied for funding from an organisation that is not listed, and think it may be a useful funder for other Brighton & Hove groups, please let us know.

Access to the Funds Online database of UK trusts is available for local groups via Community Base – just contact them to request the password to access the database on-line.

Click on the Links tab above for more useful sources of information about funders.

• Argus Appeal Fund

  Grants available for: Groups in Sussex (and individuals with long term health needs)
  Size of grants given:  up to £1000
  Next deadline: no deadlines

• Asda Green Token Giving

  Grants available for: not for profit organisations
  Size of grants given: Up to £500
  No deadlines.

• Awards for All (National Lottery)

  Grants available for: not-for-profit groups. Community projects that will run for up to six months.
  Size of grants given: £300 to £10,000
  No deadlines. Applications take about 18 weeks to process.

• B&Q Community Re-Use

  Donations for: not-for-profit groups and organisations
  Donations of unsellable items
  No deadlines

• Chalk Cliff Trust

  Grants available for: Charities, action groups and benevolent organisations in East Sussex
  Size of grants given: Mostly £3,000 – £5,000
  Next deadline: no deadlines

• Covid-19 grants

  Summary page of grants available specifically for support around the Covid-19 outbreak:

• East Brighton Trust Fund

  Grants available for: community groups in East Brighton.
  Size of grants given: Up to £1000
  Next deadline: 11th September 2020 for regular funding, emergency grants available now for Covid-19 support

• Gatwick Airport Community Trust

  Grants available for: to support community projects that protect and enhance the social and environmental well-being of the community, particularly those affected by operations at Gatwick Airport.
  Size of grants given: £250-£5000. Most grants are £1,000-£2,000
  Next deadline: tba (will be in early 2021)

• Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest

  Grants available for: Community groups in the South of England
  Size of grants given:£500-£5,000
  Next deadline: will be in spring 2021

• Healthy Neighbourhood Fund

  Grants available for: Health and wellbeing related community activities in selected neighbourhoods in Brighton & Hove
  Size of grants given: up to £500
  Next deadline: TBA

• Henry Smith Charity: County Grants

  Grants available for: Revenue or capital costs for small, non-profit organisations working with disadvantaged people and communities in eight English counties, including East and West Sussex.
  Size of grants given: £500 to £10,000 in one year, or up to £20,000 over two or three years.
  Trustees meet four times a year, in March, June, September and December.

• Lions Clubs

  Grants available for: local charitable causes
  Size of grants given: No set limits, grants generally £50-£1000
  No deadlines

• National Lottery Grants for Heritage

  Grants available for: Projects that connect people and communities to the national, regional and local heritage of the UK. Heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.
  Size of grant available: £3,000 – £10,000
  No deadlines

• Neil Smith ‘Gold’ Food Grants

  Grants available for: Community food projects for children, families or young people (up to age 25)
  Size of grants given: up to £850
  Next deadline: Tuesday 18th August 2020

• One Stop Carriers for Causes

  Grants available for: projects that benefit local communities within 2 miles of a One Stop store
  Size of grants given: Up to £1,000
  Deadlines: no deadlines but this fund is temporarily closed due to the Covid-19 crisis

• Patcham Community Fund

  Grants available for: Groups working to improve quality of life for residents in the Patcham area, including Hollingbury and Withdean.
  Size of grants available: Up to £1000
  No deadlines

• Pebble Trust

  Grants available for: Organisations in Brighton and Hove
  Size of grants given: Most grants are for £500-£5,000
  Next deadline: 26th June 2020

• Rampion Fund

  Grants available for: projects that benefit the local community, in particular those with links to environment and ecology, climate change and energy and improving the sustainability of community facilities.
  Size of grants given: Up to £10,000
  Next deadline: tbc

• Rotary Club of Brighton

  Grants available for: charitable causes in Brighton and Hove and surrounding areas, and internationally
  Size of grants given: any size, but generally £100-250
  No deadlines

• Southern Housing Group Gardening Neighbours

  Grants available for: Southern Housing residents to improve their scheme through a gardening project.
  Size of grants available: Up to £500
  No deadlines.

• Sussex Crisis Fund

  Grants available for: to support the community and voluntary sector in response to the corona virus outbreak
  Size of grants given: up to £5000
  Next deadline: no deadlines

• The Southern Co-operative: Love your neighbourhood fund

  Grants available for: Charitable or not-for-profit groups who benefit local communities
  Size of grants given: £50 to £1,000
  Next deadline: n/a

• Trust House Charitable Foundation

  Grants available for: Small charities and not-for-profit organisations with incomes under £500,000, working in rural areas or areas of urban deprivation. Particular interest in funding community centres and village halls.
  Size of grants given: Small grants of £2,000-£7,500 for one year, large grants of £7,500-£20,000 per year for up to three years
  Deadlines: No deadlines, but grant scheme temporarily suspended until late summer/autumn 2020

• Waitrose Community Matters

  Grants available for: Welfare organisations, community groups, schools, local divisions of national charities, local charities.
  Size of grant available: £1000 shared between 3 organisations. Proportion decided by customers.
  No deadlines.