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 If you notice something is out of date or wrong, please let us know.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.

• Awards for All (National Lottery)

  Grants available for: not-for-profit groups
  Size of grants given: £300 to £20,000
  No deadlines.

• Builder Depot Charitable Donations Programme

  Available for: Community projects, registered charities, educational & religious institutions, hospitals and hospices, conservation areas
  Donations of building materials
  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

• East Brighton Trust Fund

  Grants available for: Community groups in East Brighton.
  Size of grants given: Up to £750
  Next deadline: Friday 5th January 2024 at 5pm

• Enjoolata Community Grants

  Grants available for: registered charities, Community Interest Companies, and individuals funding non-profit projects in Brighton and Lewes
  Size of grants given:  up to £5,000
  Next deadline: to be announced

• Gatwick Airport Community Trust

  Grants available for: community projects in areas affected by operations at Gatwick Airport
  Size of grants given: £250-£5000
  Next deadline: to be announced (will be in 2024)

• Hall and Woodhouse Community Chest

  Grants available for: Community groups in the South of England
  Size of grants given: £300-£3,000
  Next deadline: to be announced (expected to be spring 2024)

• 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: check with TDC worker for your area

• Lions Clubs

  Grants available for: local charitable causes
  Size of grants given: No set limits, grants generally £50 – £1,000
  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

• National Lottery Reaching Communities England

  Grants available for: Community organisations, charities and not-for-profit companies that serve communities in England
  Size of grant available: Over £10,000
  Next deadline: No deadlines

• 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: Friday 23rd February 2024

• Postcode Society Trust

  Grants available for: Small groups and charities in the south of England
  Size of grants given: £500 – £2,500 (up to £25,000 for registered charities, CIC and community benefit societies)
  Deadline: tba, early 2024

• Rampion Community Benefit Fund

  Grants available for: community projects with links to environment and ecology, climate change and energy
  Size of grants given: up to £10,000 for community projects; up to £20,000 for capital projects for community buildings
  Next deadline: To be announced (will be 2024)

• 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 360 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.

• 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: Up to £500
  Next deadline: No deadlines