Funding
Groups
An online portal to grants available for the community and voluntary sector. The site searches across a number of government departments. You can search for grants by location and area of interest or browse through all grants available. For each grant the site has detailed information including who can apply and application procedure. Register for free to create a personalised profile and receive email alerts on new grants, and to access the bulletin board.
Information about grants and funding in the UK available to businesses and charities. Some of the grants listed are suitable for individuals. The site takes you through four steps to find relevant grants. basic information is available for each grant along with links to the grant providers. Sign up to receive emails of new grants available.
The Lottery Funding website brings together all of the Lottery funders in the UK allowing you to search for information on current funding programmes. The
Lottery funders listing tells you more about each funder and includes examples of funded projects. The funding search will find programmes currently open to applications and will take you through a series of four questions to find programmes that match your requirements.
A list of the subject areas in which the EU awards grants, funds and programmes. Choose your area of interest to find information on the specific grant programmes and links to the application process. General information on applying for EU finding is also available.
Funderfinder is a small charity that produces software and other resources for grant seekers. You can't search for funding on the site but it does provide a lot of useful information and advice about the funding process for individuals and groups. There is also a useful
list of links to charitable trusts.
Individuals
Section on the DirectGov website dealing with grants and funding for individuals. Grants covered include Community Care grants, Energy efficiency grants and educational grants. Clicking on the links will give you more information and details of how to reply.
Offers advice and guidance on funding for anyone studying in post-16 education in the UK. Included on the site are a guide to student funding and a database of trusts and charities that offer funding support to students.
Joblinks is the website of the Occupational Benevolent Funds Alliance (OBFA), a network of charities who provide a range of support services for people with connections to particular industries, trades and professions. The website helps people to get in touch with work-related charity or charities who may be able to help. Includes a searchable database of organisations.
Prospects is the UKs official graduate careers website. This page on the website lists information about funding postgraduate study programmes, including lists of organisations that can help. There's lots of help and advice and a database of scholarships and bursaries.
Part of the Hot Courses website. Scholarship search has an extensive database to search for funding. It lists scholarships, bursaries and awards available to students at all levels. You can choose to search the database, browse by subject or by organisation. You will need to register with the site to get detailed results.
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