Welcome to this grant-focused edition of the Small Good Stuff newsletter. This month, we’re shining a spotlight on funding opportunities that could help your organisation start new projects, grow existing services, build sustainability, and increase your impact. Whether you’re a community group, social enterprise, micro-provider, or voluntary organisation, you’ll find a range of grants and funding programmes to explore. We hope this roundup helps you identify the right opportunities to support your work and the communities you serve.

New Grant Opportunities

NEW – Blue Spark Small Grants

The charity provides grants for educational, cultural, sporting and related activities, with a particular interest in projects that build self-confidence, teamwork and future employability.
Eligible applicants include schools, community groups, clubs, societies and other not-for-profit organisations, while individuals may also apply in some cases. Projects must benefit children and young people in England aged between 5 and 22.
Grants are generally for relatively small projects. Many awards are under £2,000 and none exceed £5,000. Funding can be used for:

• Music, dance and singing
• Outdoor activities & teambuilding
• Sport
• Educationsl excursions
• Widening academic achievements

Applications can be submitted at any time.
Apply here: Blue Spark funding is offering small grants for £2000-£5000. – Funding4sport

Groundwork Grassroots Grants

Unrestricted grants of between £500 and £2,000 can be accessed by voluntary or community organisations, including registered charities/companies, whose annual turnover is no more than £25,000.
‘We’re looking to support organisations that are making a positive difference in their local communities, particularly those working with vulnerable people. They will need to be delivering work in at least one of the following areas:

Enabling participation in the arts
Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors
Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
Providing support to improve mental health
Supporting marginalised groups and/or tackling inequality’
Closing 30th September.

Apply here: Grassroots Grants -Groundwork

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust is offering grants of £500–£8,000 to UK-registered charities delivering projects that increase access to opportunity through performing arts, creative health, and heritage crafts and skills. The Trust prioritises work supporting people who face barriers to participation, including community arts programmes, non-clinical wellbeing interventions, and initiatives that preserve traditional crafts while creating training and employment opportunities. Unrestricted funding may be available for smaller charities with incomes below £250,000. The fund is open to charities across the UK, with applications assessed on impact, inclusivity, organisational capacity, and safeguarding arrangements.

Apply here: The D’Oyly Carte Charitable Trust

NEW – Tesco Fruit & Veg Grants

Tesco is offering grants of up to £1,500 for not‑for‑profit organisations helping children access nutritious food. Successful applications go to a public vote in local stores.

They particularly welcome applications from:

Breakfast or after‑school clubs providing fruit & veg
Sports clubs offering healthy snacks or halftime boosts
Growing projects or cooking classes using home‑grown produce
A great opportunity for community kitchens, youth groups, wellbeing projects, and family support enterprises.

Apply here: Fruit and Veg Grants – Tesco Fundraising | Tesco PLC