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Amateur sport grants in North East
Grants made 23 Oct 2025 to 23 Oct 2026 by UK trusts and foundations that publish through 360Giving to charities registered for amateur sport with a registered address in North East.
Top funders
Trusts and foundations that gave the most to amateur sport charities in North East in the last 12 months. Names link to their free funder profile where we have one.
| Funder | Grants | Total | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Community Foundation North East | 80 | £641k | £4,437 |
| The Ballinger Charitable Trust | 12 | £500k | £44k |
| Point North | 19 | £102k | £3,000 |
| Virgin Money Foundation | 1 | £100k | £100k |
| Rank Foundation | 1 | £31k | £31k |
| The Veterans' Foundation | 1 | £30k | £30k |
| Garfield Weston Foundation | 1 | £30k | £30k |
| Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | 1 | £13k | £13k |
| Freemasons’ Charity | 1 | £11k | £11k |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banks Property Grassroots Fund | Point North | 4 | 2024, 2025, 2026 | 19 Mar 2026 |
| Community Grants Funding Programme | Point North | 4 | 2022 to 2026 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| High Sheriff Awards | Point North | 2 | 2023 to 2026 | 6 Jan 2026 |
| Stanley Community Fund | Point North | 2 | 2022 to 2025 | 13 Nov 2025 |
| Standard | The Veterans' Foundation | 1 | 2023 to 2026 | 25 Jun 2026 |
| TASK by Trustee | Esmée Fairbairn Foundation | 1 | 2020 to 2026 | 13 Apr 2026 |
| Volunteer and Connect Fund | Virgin Money Foundation | 1 | 2024, 2025, 2026 | 7 Apr 2026 |
| Donor Direct Support Funding | Point North | 1 | 2022 to 2026 | 4 Mar 2026 |
| NHS Cancer Alliance | Point North | 1 | 2024, 2025 | 18 Dec 2025 |
| Youth | Garfield Weston Foundation | 1 | 2017 to 2026 | 1 Dec 2025 |
Open government schemes charities can apply for
12 open schemes on Find a Grant covering North East 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 Community Foundation North East, Esmée Fairbairn Foundation, Freemasons’ Charity, Garfield Weston Foundation, Point North, Rank Foundation, The Ballinger Charitable Trust, The Veterans' Foundation, Virgin Money Foundation: Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 (CC BY 4.0). 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.