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Recreation grants in East Midlands
Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving to charities registered for recreation with a registered address in East Midlands.
Top funders
Trusts and foundations that gave the most to recreation charities in East Midlands in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.
| Funder | Grants | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 3 | £150k | £30k |
| Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 26 | £130k | £3,000 |
| The Veterans' Foundation | 2 | £80k | £40k |
| Wolfson Foundation | 1 | £54k | £54k |
| Rank Foundation | 1 | £31k | £31k |
| The Pilgrim Trust | 1 | £5,000 | £5,000 |
| Herefordshire Community Foundation | 1 | £1,000 | £1,000 |
Open and recurring programmes
Funder programmes behind these grants that have made grants in at least two years, so are likely to run again. Check each funder's website for current deadlines.
| Programme | Funder | Grants (12 months) | Years with grants | Latest grant |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colleagues of Barclays Northampton 'Say No To Poverty' | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 4 | 2025, 2026 | 1 Sept 2026 |
| Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 3 | 2020 to 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Small Green Arts Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 2 | 2025, 2026 | 29 May 2026 |
| Queens Institute | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 2 | 2020 to 2026 | 12 May 2026 |
| St Giles Charitable Trust | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 2 | 2020 to 2025 | 18 Nov 2025 |
| Constance Travis Endowment Fund for Northamptonshire | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | 11 Aug 2026 |
| Northamptonshire High Sheriff's Initiative | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 1 | 2025, 2026 | 13 Jul 2026 |
| Winwick Wind Farm Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 1 | 2020 to 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| Corporate Giving Network Fund | Northamptonshire Community Foundation | 1 | 2025, 2026 | 4 Jun 2026 |
| Environment | Garfield Weston Foundation | 1 | 2017 to 2026 | 20 Apr 2026 |
Open government schemes charities can apply for
13 open schemes on Find a Grant covering East Midlands in related sectors (live Grant Radar list). The 5 closing soonest:
| Scheme | Funder | Grant size | Closes |
|---|---|---|---|
| DCMS Place-Based Philanthropy Community of Practice | Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport | £996k to £997k | 9 Nov 2026 |
| Economic research on the returns to R&D investment (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Economic and Social Research Council | £1 to £308k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| Sustainable Medicines Manufacturing Innovation: CR&D Round 2 | Innovate UK | £500k to £1m | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Gambling harms research grants (Grant) | UK Research and Innovation, Arts and Humanities Research Council, Medical Research Council, Economic and Social Research Council, Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council | £1 to £2m | 8 Dec 2026 |
| Condition Improvement Fund (CIF) | Department for Education | £20k to £4m | 15 Dec 2026 |
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Source: grants data published by each funder through 360Giving (GrantNav), grants awarded 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 to registered charities, companies and other organisations (grants to individuals are left out). Cause and region come from the recipient charity's entry on the Charity Commission register (its registered charitable purposes and the postcode area of its registered address), so cause and region snapshots cover recipients registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Open government schemes are from Find a Grant (UK Government) via Grant Radar. "Recurring" programmes have grants in at least two calendar years. Figures are our own summary.
Licences: each funder publishes its data under its own open licence; we use only data licensed CC BY 4.0, CC0 or the Open Government Licence. Data from Garfield Weston Foundation, Herefordshire Community Foundation, Northamptonshire Community Foundation, Rank Foundation, The Veterans' Foundation, Wolfson Foundation: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). Data from The Pilgrim Trust: Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information from the Charity Commission for England and Wales, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Find a Grant: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.
Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only, not funding advice; check each funder's own guidance before applying. Brightbench is not connected to these funders.