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Access to Nature Grants

Access to Nature grants, administered by Natural England, aim to help a wide range of people enjoy the countryside to the full....

Alzheimer's Research Grants

There is no cure for dementia but studies into this upsetting mental disorder increase by the year. Alzheimer's Research UK is at the forefront of these research initiatives....

An Energy Inefficient House: A Case Study

Millions of homes in the UK do not meet the energy efficiency standards of modern property. Bills are high, and insulation is poor. This is one person's story....

Applying for a Job Grant

Job Grants explained, what it is, how to apply for it and how you can benefit...

Applying for a Major Events Grant: A Case Study

A major leisure event in an area can benefit business and the local community. Such events are costly to run, therefore a grant can make a significant difference....

Applying for Business Scholarships

A guide to the New Entrepreneurs Scholarship Programme, what it is and who is eligible....

Are You Missing Out on Money You're Entitled To?

Hundreds of thousands of households are missing out on money they're entitled to. See if you can make a claim....

Attracting a Grant to Fund Your Sports Club

Where you can get funding for your sports ventures in your local area....

Biomass Grants

Biomass is a sustainable source of energy. The process turns organic material such as food waste and crops into fuel. Various grant-making bodies therefore encourage biomass projects....

British Council Grants to Artists

The British Council is able to give grants to artists who have the opportunity to place their work in exhibitions abroad....

Childcare Grants & Parents' Learning Allowance

accessing grants and other forms of funding for parents in full-time education...

Climbing and Mountaineering Grants

There are various UK bodies that award grants for climbers and mountaineers. The grants can help with the costs of expeditions, and assist young or female climbers....

Comic Relief Grants

Comic Relief grants help to change people's lives. Projects are both UK-based and international. Africa, in particular, receives significant Comic Relief aid....

Construction Industry Grants

CITB grants can help many workers in the construction industry. The grants allow a worker to follow a career path that includes suitable training and development....

Could I Get a Grant For New Embroidery Business?

A site visitor has asked whether it's possible to receive a grant for a new embroidery business. Our answer outlines the options available....

Disability Sport Funding

Like other sports people, disabled athletes need grants to develop their skills and reach Paralympic standards. This help for disability sport comes from a range of funding....

Early Learning Funding for Young Children

All parents in England with young children are eligible for early learning funding that pays for learning with providers who follow the early years foundation stage and meet certain standards....

Economic Development Grants from Local Councils

Local councils can award economic development grants that give a much-needed boost to business and improve the health of an area's economy...

Eligibility for Nature Conservation Grants

There are many nature conservation grants available with varied eligibility criteria for anyone who has a project that aims to protect the natural environment....

Empty Property Grants

looking at the help available for renovating empty properties in the UK...

English Heritage Grants

A guide to English Heritage grant schemes for the restoration and maintenance of historic buildings. These grants can also help with the costs of conserving designed landscapes and monuments such as w...

European Fisheries Grants

European grant funding helps promote fisheries across the EU. The money is primarily for sustainable development, and takes in areas such as modernisation and research....

Family Action Grants to Help Those in Need

Families experiencing mental illness and financial need can apply to Family Action for help. The charity has welfare and education grants schemes....

Family Holiday Grants

A holiday can boost happiness and health. There are grants available that give families and disabled people's carers a chance to have breaks from home....

Feed-in Tariff Grant: Solar Panels and Wind Turbines

A Feed-In Tariff is a series of payments to promote renewable energy systems for electricity production. These systems include solar panels and wind turbines for domestic or business use....

Finding a Scholarship to the School of Your Choice

Where to find a scholarship for the school you wish to send your child to...

Finding Funding to Insulate Your Home

how to fund the installation of insulation in your home and the differences it will make....

Food Hygiene & Healthy Eating Grants

The Food Standards Agency has grants for projects that promote food hygiene and healthy eating in schools and the local community....

Food Processing and Marketing Grant Scheme

How farmers, food processors and retailers who are struggling to sell their products can seek grant help from the Food Processing and Marketing Grant scheme....

Foyle Foundation Grants

The Foyle Foundation provides money for charities to use on arts and learning projects. The Foundation also runs a library programme that benefits schools....

Funding Available During Maternity

Tips & advice on financial help during maternity...

Funding for Historical Research

Postgraduate students can incur all manner of costs, including travel expenses, when they conduct historical research. Various funding schemes can help....

Funding for Home Improvements

Explaining the different types of funding available for home improvements...

Funding for Natural History Projects

Funding for natural history projects can benefit animals, plants and insect life across the country....

Funding for Social Entrepreneurs

Social entrepreneurs often need funding. The available grants can help them establish their social enterprises and gain the necessary skills and knowledge to run them....

Funding for Unemployed Entrepreneurs

To help unemployed entrepreneurs become successful business people, the government has launched two initiatives: the New Enterprise Allowance and Enterprise Clubs....

Funding That Helped a Young Entrepreneur: A Case Study

Funding for a young entrepreneur can be difficult to obtain. Nonetheless, help is available in the form of advice and money for young people who want to start a business....

Funding to Develop Media Skills for Young People

A fund is available for television, radio, film and Internet projects that help disadvantaged young people develop media skills. In turn, such projects can lead to employment opportunities....

Gardens for Children Grants

There are a number of grant-making bodies that help provide gardens for children. Schools, charities and community groups can apply for money to buy tools, plants and trees....

Get help with Wheelchair Purchase

There are various schemes that can help you fund a wheelchair purchase. This answer to a site visitor's question considers these....

Getting a Renovation Grant

we take a closer look at renovation grants - who provides them, what they are used for, the eligibility and conditions to being awarded them...

Getting Financial Assistance for Home Repairs

Getting financial assistance for home repairs...

Getting Financial Help With Heating Your Home

Tips and advice for getting help to heat your home...

Getting Financial Help With Utility Bills

Tips & advice on getting financial assistance with utility bills...

Getting Help from a Grant Making Trust

Need funding for a non-profit-making project? There are many grant-making trusts in the UK with endowments that enable them to give money to charity....

Getting Help With Childcare Costs

A look at what funding is available to help pay for childcare...

Getting Help with Funding for School Trips

Tips & advice for finding funding to help pay for your child's school trips...

Global Curriculum Project Grants

Global curriculum project grants help develop joint studies between UK schools and partnership schools elsewhere. The grants cover such items as travel costs for teachers. Students can also be involve...

Global School Partnerships Starter Grants

The Global School Partnerships programme encourages children to understand worldwide issues. Teachers can apply for a grant to set up such a programme....

Grants & Funds for Widowed Parents

All about the grants or funding that is provided for widowed parents...

Grants Available for Landlords

a detailed look at the various grants available to landlords...

Grants for Adapting Your Property Due to Disability

explaining the process of applying for a Disability Facilities Grant and what it can be used for...

Grants for Alcohol Education & Research

The Alcohol Education and Research Council offers grants for projects that create research-based evidence about alcohol, and develop skills in dealing with alcohol-related problems....

Grants for Biodiversity Projects

Grants for biodiversity projects protect animal, insect and plant species, and their natural habitats such as woodland. They also help combat problems caused by climate change....

Grants for Businesses Within the Environmental Sector

how businesses can benefit from being energy efficient...

Grants for Community Toilets

The number of public toilets that local authorities provide is shrinking. Community toilet schemes are an attempt to address the problem....

Grants for Disabled Children

Anyone who is a carer or parent of a disabled child, and who meets criteria such as level of income, can apply for a Family Fund grant....

Grants for Disabled Entrepreneurs

Disabled entrepreneurs, including the blind and partially sighted, may need help to start a business. Such help is available from a number of grant and award schemes....

Grants for Eco-friendly Cars

Motorists can soon benefit from grants towards the purchase of eco-friendly, low emission cars. Such a car can be electric or a plug-in hybrid....

Grants for Expeditions & Travel

There are a lot of grants available in the UK for expeditions and travel. Teams or individuals who wish to engage in exploration can find money and advice....

Grants for Farmers

Farmers can receive a range of grants that include the Single Payment Scheme (SPS), funding from the Forestry Commission, and money for certain produce such as an energy crop....

Grants for Growing Food Locally

The Local Food scheme helps give funding to communities for social enterprise projects that provide accessible and affordable fresh food....

Grants for HIV/AIDs Support Projects

Health professionals and others can apply for grants that support HIV/AIDS projects. These projects may tackle issues such as poverty and the effect of HIV/AIDS on children....

Grants for Learning & Teaching Innovation

Learning and Teaching Innovation Grants (LTIG) from JISC help develop new e-learning programmes for higher education students across the UK....

Grants for Learning Languages

A wide range of grants exist for those who are learning a foreign language or improving current skills. Students, teachers, industry professionals and institutions can all apply....

Grants for Museums

Several grant schemes are available that help museums purchase new objects for their collections. Money is also available to conserve a wide range of items including fine art....

Grants for New Business Start-Ups

a look at the various grants available for business start-ups's...

Grants for Part-Time Students

explaining the grants available to part-time students...

Grants for Property Repairs and Maintenance

Grants schemes change from time to time but if you're struggling to pay for essential repairs on your property, here are some places to turn....

Grants for Studying Abroad

There are a number of grant sources for students who wish to study abroad in Europe or elsewhere. A trust, charity or government body may be able to help....

Grants for Writers

There are various grants that are a vital means of financial support for fiction and non-fiction writers, journalists and academic authors...

Grants That Promote Human Rights

Human rights work can be dangerous and costly; but it's possible to make an application for funding in the form of grants...

Grants That Turn Research Ideas Into Reality

Transforming research ideas into commercial projects that attract investors is time-consuming and costly. Grants, however, can assist the process....

Grants to Expand and Modernise a Business

A business must often expand and modernise to stay competitive. The government has a new grant scheme that provides capital to help this process....

Grants to Improve Adult Learning

Although there are many adult learning schemes throughout the UK, there are still grants available for organisations that hope to improve adult literacy, language and numeracy provision....

Grants to Promote Science in Schools

Schools are experiencing a decline of interest among their students in science. Various bodies are offering grants to teachers to help stop this....

Grants Under the Boiler Scrappage Scheme

The Boiler Scrappage Scheme is an initiative of the Energy Saving Trust. Apply for a voucher to help with the cost of replacing an inefficient gas, oil or LPG boiler....

Green Transport Grants

Under the Infrastructure Grant Programme, fleet vehicle managers can make applications for green transport grants; there are also other grants available for cycling and walking initiatives...

Healthy Heart Grants

Heart Research UK has a healthy heart grants programme. The grants are to encourage community-based projects that stop or alleviate the risks of heart disease....

Help for Disadvantaged Children

Charities and voluntary groups offer support and financial help for disadvantaged children. This help alleviates poverty, improves education prospects and provides holidays....

Help for Heroes Grants

Help for Heroes grants provide assistance for wounded armed forces personnel and their families. Although launched in October 2007, the charity already has more than one million supporters....

Help for School Trip with Music Band?

There are a number of charities that provide funding for school trips and educational purposes, and this funding is specifically designed for pupils with parents on a low income....

How to Find Funding For a Business Idea

a basic guide at where budding entrepreneurs can look for funding...

How to Get a Mobility Grant

Everything you need to know when it comes to applying for a mobility grant...

How Your Local Council Can Help With Grants

Applying to your local council for funds for your business...

Improve Digital Literacy With 'Harnessing Technology' Grants

The government's Harnessing Technology Grants enable local authorities and schools to apply for funding to cover ICT such as software and infrastructure that improves students' digital literacy...

Medical Research Council Grants

The Medical Research Council has a number of grant schemes. These encourage medical research and trials that lead to improvements in healthcare....

Merchant Navy Welfare Board Grants

Grants from the Merchant Navy Welfare Board help commercial seafarers, fishermen, and their families. The grants go towards projects that improve welfare services....

Music & Dance Funding Schemes

a closer look at the Music and Dance scheme offered by the government for talented children in the UK...

My Lottery Grant Win: A Case Study

You can apply for lottery funding to help you finance a project in your local community. This case study provides one example....

National Lottery Awards

a basic guide to the types of funding available from the National Lottery...

New Cinema Fund

A look at the funding available for new film directors, producers and writers...

Paths to Health Grants

Using paths is a great way to keep fit, whether walking or cycling. Paths for All provides grants for the community or workplace to promote the use of local paths....

Qualifying for the Rural Enterprise Scheme (RES)

A closer look at the Rural Enterprise Scheme, what it is, who qualifies and the application process....

Receiving an ARTS Grant

a look at the options available to those who wish to fund arts projects...

Regional Innovation Grants

Regional innovation grants are a useful way for businesses to fund their R & D projects and to get much-needed support....

Research and Development Grants

There are a range of research and development grants for new products and services. These foster innovation across the UK and within the EU....

Royal Blind Society Grants

The Royal Blind Society has grants available for the blind and partially sighted. Grant awards depend on an applicant's income and savings....

Severe Weather Grants

The severe weather of recent years is encouraging national and local government bodies to offer money to help wild birds, make repairs to roads, and employ snowploughs....

Staying Rather Than Moving: A Disabled Person's Story

When people become disabled, their homes may no longer suit them. It's possible. however, to receive financial help to make adaptations. This case study outlines one person's experience....

Talented Athletes: Scholarship Schemes

explaining the talented athletes scholarship scheme and how it is helping Britain's young sports people...

The BBC Wildlife Fund

a closer look at the BBC Wildlife Fund, what it is for , who can apply and how people can get involved...

The Grant Programmes of the EU

The European Union (EU) runs a series of regular grant programmes that provide money for projects based on its policies....

The Prince's Trust: How You Can Benefit

a look at how The Prince's Trust can help young people...

Tips and Advice on How to Apply for a Grant

The process of applying for a loan or grant...

Using the Recession Fund: A Case Study

The government has set up a recession fund for third sector bodies such as voluntary groups and charities. The fund can help such bodies achieve cost-efficiencies and savings....

Wellcome Trust Arts Awards

The Wellcome Trust runs a comprehensive arts awards scheme. Applicants can be artists and scientists who have innovative ways of improving people's knowledge of biomedical science....

What Is a Grant?

a look at what a grant is, the eligibility and which types of grants are available....