The Fore is running its Autumn 2025 Funding Round, offering unrestricted grants of up to £45,000 to help small charities and social enterprises develop, grow or become more sustainable.
Successful applicants will receive:
A grant of up to £45,000 of unrestricted funding over 1 to 3 years. The maximum grant size has increased from 30k to 45k to reflect the rising cost of living and the changing funding landscape. Find the full explanation here.
Access to free, highly skilled support provided by experienced professionals.
Access to The Fore programme of skills training workshops, covering areas such as fundraising, communications, finance, strategy and more.
A fully funded place on an impact measurement course.
Access to peer networking opportunities.
Who is eligible to apply?
All UK registered charities, CIOs, CICs limited by guarantee and charitable CBSs with an annual income of under £500,000 are welcome to apply. Please also take an eligibility quiz here.
Grants are intended to create a step change for your organisation. What do you need to get to the next stage of your development? A grant might help your organisation to grow, increase your staff capacity, become more sustainable or make your systems more efficient – they don’t mind, they just want you to be able to be better at what you do.
How to apply:
You will need to register your interest in applying. Registration will be open for one week from 12pm (midday) on 22 July, to 12pm (midday) on 29 July. During this time, please register your interest on the Apply for Funding webpage (this will take 2 to 3 minutes).
On 30 July, all registered applicants will receive confirmation of whether they have been allocated a place on the funding round along with details of how to apply. If there are more applicants registered than places available, places will be allocated at random.
Once you have received confirmation of your place on the funding round, write your application before the deadline of 5pm, Monday 8 September.
Please come along to the online Q&A session on Tuesday 22 July, from 3pm to 4pm to hear more from The Fore team about their processes and pose your own questions before you register to apply. You can sign up here. If you can’t make it on the day, please register if you would like to receive the recording after the event.
If you have any questions, The Fore team are happy to help – please email them at [email protected].