Other Funders

Below is a list of other funders that award grants to voluntary and community organisations, either specifically in Suffolk or UK-wide. 

This page is added to regularly and, although it is not a complete list of grants potentially available to your organisation, we hope it acts as a useful resource.

Esmee Fairbairn Foundation

Esmee Fairburn is one of the UK’s largest grantmakers and supports work that focuses on the Arts, children and young people, the environment, food and social change. To find out more, click here.

Lloyds Bank Foundation

This is an independent charitable trust funded by the profits of Lloyds Banking Group. It partners with small and local charities helping people overcome complex social issues such as mental health, homelessness, and domestic abuse. To find out more, click here.

National Lottery Community Fund

The National Lottery Community Fund awards money raised by National Lottery players to fund great ideas that help communities to thrive. There is the option to apply for under £10,000 as part of their Awards for All programme or over £10,000 for their larger grants programme. It funds registered charities, constituted groups or clubs, Community Interest Companies, schools (as long as your project benefits and involves the communities around the school) and statutory bodies including town and parish. To find out more, click here.

Suffolk County Council

For advice on identifying grant funding opportunities, and applying for them, please click here

Also please follow Suffolk County Council on X (formally twitter): https://twitter.com/FundingSuffolk

To support project development linked to grants, on the Council webpage, there are Template Documents added into the Tool-kit Section which can be downloaded for free and edited. 

CAS’s Funding 4 Suffolk Portal

A free search tool that allows you to find funding for your organisation.  To find out more, please click here.