Don't miss the chance to apply for these awards and opportunities.
Thomas Wall Trust
The Thomas Wall Trust offers grants up to £5,000 for specific projects (rather than general organisational costs) that improve communication skills for disadvantaged adults and supports NEET people into employment. Beneficiaries must gain at least one accredited vocational qualification during delivery or within two months of project completion.
Applications close on Monday 22 September 2025.
Momentum is here. The accelerator for dyslexic founders.
Virgin Start UP is thrilled to announce its brand-new, 8-week accelerator, for founders who think differently. Created specifically for Dyslexic Thinkers, it is designed to put your strengths centre stage and give you the tools to grow your business with confidence.
Why Momentum?
While dyslexic thinking fuels some of the world’s greatest entrepreneurs, support that truly works for you can be hard to find. Momentum changes that. Momentum combines expert-led workshops, tailored support, mentoring, and community shaped around how you work best.Who it's for:
- UK-based dyslexic founders
- Trading for at least 3 months
- Big ambition to grow
All sessions are online, with visual-first materials and space to process at your own pace.
Applications close on Tuesday 30 September 2025.
Circular Materials Innovation Awards
If you’re a London-based small business with a new, circular material at prototype stage, apply now for the chance to win a grant award of £20,000, or one of four runners up awards, to support the next step in your growth.
ReLondon’s Circular Materials Innovation Awards aim to spotlight the London-based start-ups developing innovative materials that create value from waste, enable circular systems and work with nature.
Applications close on Tuesday 30 September 2025.
Comic Relief Community Fund (England)
The Comic Relief Community Fund is offering grants of up to £5,000 for grassroots, community-led organisations in England that support people living in, or at risk of, poverty or hardship.
Funding is available for organisations with an annual income less than £250,000 and can be used for direct project costs or to support core running expenses, or a combination of both.
Applications close on Monday 6 October 2025.
Loved and Wanted Fund
The Loved and Wanted Fund aims to promote social cohesion across London.
Social cohesion is created where spaces enable quality interactions and connections between Londoners from different backgrounds. It's about building relationships between different communities and providing clear pathways for participation in the local area and in London at large.
Applications close Sunday 19 October 2025 at 11.59pm.
Arts Council England
Arts Council England is looking for organisations, artists, events, initiatives and others to apply for funding and help achieve its strategy, Let's Create.
This is a rolling funding programme with no set deadline.
Creative Debuts - Activist Art Fund
Are you wanting to paint a mural in support of a social cause but the costs of paint is stopping you? Apply for the Activist Art Fund. Murals must be visible to the public and located either on legal street art locations or private walls with approval from the owner. Murals have to be in support of social justice, climate change, or human rights.
This is a rolling funding programme with no set deadline.
Creative Debuts - Black Artists Grant
The Black Artists Grant (BAG) is offered by Creative Debuts as a no-strings attached financial support to help black artists.
This is a rolling funding programme with no set deadline.