A grant for every goal
Looking for a grant to support your next community project or a cause close to your heart? You’ve come to the right place.
Since its launch in 2017, Wesleyan Foundation has donated over £5.9 million to charities and groups. In 2025, we’re looking to grow this further with three panels for community grants, allocated to specific areas throughout the UK.
Discover our grants for 2025
Ready to apply for funding? Find the grant that best aligns with the work of your charity.
Community Grants: Open 1st February - 4th October 2025
Our Wesleyan Foundation team is committed to ensuring that it delivers Community Grants that benefit charities and groups, right across the UK. In 2025, we will be running three separate panels for different regions to give charities local to our members, a chance to apply.
If your charity’s income is under £500,000 and you are delivering a service which supports our goals then our Community Grants Programme is here for you.
Information on where to check which region your charity is in can be found in the grant factsheet.
Community Grants application panel timescales and regions
Panel 1: West Midlands, East Midlands, Nationwide (projects delivering in multiple regions)
Applications open: 1st February to 7th March 2025
Panel 2: Wales, South West, South East, London
Applications open: 10th March to 21st April 2025
Panel 3: North West, North East, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Applications open: 1st September to 4th October 2025
Download the community grants factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
Wellbeing grant: Open 10th February - 30th March 2025
You can apply for this grant if your charity offers wellbeing activities designed to support doctors, dentists or teachers.
You can get funding for:
- Peer support groups
- Webinars
- Workshops
- The development of technology
- Projects which will improve the working practices/wellbeing of our professions
Download the wellbeing grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
Climate action grant: Open 1st March - 1st April 2025
The grant for protecting and improving the environment and combatting climate change.
You can apply for funding for:
- Activities to remove carbon from the atmosphere (tree planting, heathland restoration or supporting algae farms)
- Habitat restoration projects
- Canal restoration projects
- Forestry restoration projects
- Forestry management projects
Download the climate action grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
Equality grant: Open 1st May - 1st June 2025
Our equality grant is aimed at driving greater equality for disadvantaged groups in our society.
As an inclusive grant, our goal is to help a wide variety of communities, where they face a struggle for equality such as BME, LGBTQ+, Disability, Faith, Women’s and Men’s rights groups.
You can apply for funding for:
- Mentoring
- Skill building
- Educational workshops
- Employability
- Peer support groups
- Advocacy groups
- Health support
- Assistive technology
Download the equality grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
Mutuality grant: Open 1st July - 1st September 2025
The fund that allows our members and colleagues to nominate a charity.
If you are a Wesleyan member and have a charity that's close to your heart, you can nominate them to receive funding as part of our Winter of Giving. The charity will have to follow our eligibility criteria and you must be a Wesleyan member or colleague to nominate.
Find out what makes a Wesleyan member.
Our Wesleyan Foundation team is committed to ensuring that it delivers Community Grants that benefit charities and groups, right across the UK. In 2025, we will be running three separate panels for different regions to give charities local to our members, a chance to apply.
If your charity’s income is under £500,000 and you are delivering a service which supports our goals then our Community Grants Programme is here for you.
Information on where to check which region your charity is in can be found in the grant factsheet.
Community Grants application panel timescales and regions
Panel 1: West Midlands, East Midlands, Nationwide (projects delivering in multiple regions)
Applications open: 1st February to 7th March 2025
Panel 2: Wales, South West, South East, London
Applications open: 10th March to 21st April 2025
Panel 3: North West, North East, Scotland, Northern Ireland
Applications open: 1st September to 4th October 2025
Download the community grants factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
You can apply for this grant if your charity offers wellbeing activities designed to support doctors, dentists or teachers.
You can get funding for:
- Peer support groups
- Webinars
- Workshops
- The development of technology
- Projects which will improve the working practices/wellbeing of our professions
Download the wellbeing grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
The grant for protecting and improving the environment and combatting climate change.
You can apply for funding for:
- Activities to remove carbon from the atmosphere (tree planting, heathland restoration or supporting algae farms)
- Habitat restoration projects
- Canal restoration projects
- Forestry restoration projects
- Forestry management projects
Download the climate action grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
Our equality grant is aimed at driving greater equality for disadvantaged groups in our society.
As an inclusive grant, our goal is to help a wide variety of communities, where they face a struggle for equality such as BME, LGBTQ+, Disability, Faith, Women’s and Men’s rights groups.
You can apply for funding for:
- Mentoring
- Skill building
- Educational workshops
- Employability
- Peer support groups
- Advocacy groups
- Health support
- Assistive technology
Download the equality grant factsheet (PDF, 100KB)
The fund that allows our members and colleagues to nominate a charity.
If you are a Wesleyan member and have a charity that's close to your heart, you can nominate them to receive funding as part of our Winter of Giving. The charity will have to follow our eligibility criteria and you must be a Wesleyan member or colleague to nominate.
Find out what makes a Wesleyan member.
Frequently asked questions
Please read the specific grant fact sheet for eligibility criteria.