By Vedat Mizrahi, Co-founder · 23 June 2026

Late-June 2026 UK grant deadlines have now passed: what UK charities can still apply for

Updated 2 July 2026. This post originally flagged two UK funding rounds closing at the end of June. Both have now closed; we have updated each entry with its next expected window rather than leave a passed deadline reading as if you can still apply, because pointing a charity at a shut round is exactly the failure we exist to prevent. The rolling funders at the foot of this page remain open. I'm Vedat Mizrahi, co-founder of GrantNest.

Now closed: the two late-June rounds, and when each is next expected

Severn Trent Community Fund: Core Funding (closed 30 June 2026)

This Core Funding round opened on 1 June and closed at 23:59 on 30 June 2026: it is no longer taking applications. It offered £5,000-£20,000 over one year towards core running costs, with around 25 awards in the round, through the fund's online portal. Geography is the key test: projects must sit within the Severn Trent water region, which runs across the Midlands and into parts of mid-Wales, so it is a strong fit for West Midlands community organisations in particular. A second window is expected in November 2026: diary it now and check the fund's own page nearer the time, because the exact open date has not yet been confirmed.

Fits (when it reopens): small and mid-sized community charities in the Severn Trent region needing flexible core funding.
Doesn't fit: organisations outside the water region.

Henry Smith Foundation: Early Years Parenting Fund (EOI closed 1 July 2026)

This one is larger and longer: up to £56,250 a year for four years for work supporting parenting in the early years. Its first stage was an Expression of Interest, which closed at 17:00 on 1 July 2026. The programme opened on 3 June; around 35 organisations will now be invited to a full application (due 21 August), with decisions in October. This round's EOI stage is closed, and the funder has not yet announced the next round: we'll flag the new window in the Friday email when it opens. (For clarity: "Henry Smith Foundation" is the funder's current name following its rebrand from the Henry Smith Charity.)

Fits (next round): established charities running early-years and parenting support that can move quickly on an EOI.
Doesn't fit: organisations without an early-years parenting focus, or those not ready to commit to a multi-year programme.

Still ahead, and date-bound

National Lottery Heritage Fund: large grants (next deadline noon, 6 August 2026)

Worth diarising if you run a bigger heritage project. Unlike the fund's smaller tier (£10,000-£250,000), which is rolling with no deadline, the large-grant tier of £250,000-£10m runs to fixed deadlines: the next at noon on 6 August 2026. Verified 14 June 2026; re-check the fund's own page before you commit time to it.

No deadline at all: these stay open

If the rounds above don't fit, don't force it. The biggest UK funders take applications on a rolling basis with no deadline, so you can apply when your project is ready rather than against the clock: the National Lottery Community Fund (Awards for All and Reaching Communities), Garfield Weston, Esmée Fairbairn, Paul Hamlyn and BBC Children in Need were all verified open with no deadline in the week to 21 June 2026. We covered each of these, and the "rolling" funds that are actually shut, in our guide to grants with no deadline.

A deadline is only real if it's on the funder's own page on the day you check, and a "closing soon" listing is worthless once the date has passed and nobody updates it: directories lag by months. Every programme on our open-grants list carries a plain-English status and a last-checked date read straight from the funder's site. If you'd like the new open calls that fit your charity each week, and a nudge before a deadline lands, the Friday email below is the simplest way to stay current.