Finding Sources of Funding

Funding and Support

A number of websites provide free searchable databases of public sector grants and trust funds to help you identify potential funders:

Funds for Historic Buildings - A searchable database of funding for anyone seeking to repair, restore or convert historic buildings. Includes details of funders who specialise in historic buildings.
Heritage Alliance - searchable database of funding sources which specialise in supporting heritage projects, as well as many which provide funding for heritage within a wider remit.
Business Link Yorkshire Finance and Grants - A searchable database of funding sources for businesses and voluntary and community sector organisations.
J4B - Searchable database of funding for businesses, private owners, voluntary and communiy groups.
GrantNet - Searchable database of funding for businesses, private owners, voluntary and communiy groups. You need to enter the site via an ‘access point’ these can be identified by entering your postcode on the grantnet website.
Bfunded - Searchable database of funding sources for, businesses, social enterprises, community and voluntary sector organisations in Bradford.
Fit4funding - Uses the Grantnet database to enable you to search for sources of funding in West Yorkshire.
South Yorkshire funding Advice Bureau - Searchable database of funding sources for community and voluntary sector organisations in South Yorkshire.

Most of the bigger funders provide information about their grants on the web. Some of those of most relevence include:

Heritage Lottery Fund - www.hlf.org.uk
English Heritage - www.english-heritage.org.uk
Natural England - www.naturalengland.gov.uk
Yorkshire Forward (for Single Pot, European Funding and DEFRA funding for rural areas) - www.yorkshire-forward.com
Architectural Heirtage Fund - www.ahfund.org.uk
BIG Lottery Fund - www.biglotteryfund.org.uk
Landfill Tax (see Entrust for landfill operators within the Yorkshire Region) - www.entrust.org.uk - The main Landfill Tax operators include:
- WREN - www.wren.org.uk
- Biffaward - www.biffaward.org
- Yorventure - www.yorventure.co.uk
- SITA - www.sitatrust.org.uk
- Veolia Trust - www.veoliatrust.org
Country Houses Foundation - www.countryhousesfoundation.org.uk
Wolfson Foundation - www.wolfson.org.uk
Garfield Weston - www.garfieldweston.org.uk
The Pilgrim Trust - www.thepilgrimtrust.org.uk
Esmee Faibairn Foundation - www.esmeefairbairn.org.uk

For churches and places of worship there are specific trusts and charities which will support church based projects and religious organisations. Start with:

Local Diocese – Most of the Diocese in Yorkshire and the Humber offer advice on funding and even some grants towards the cost of repairs
Yorkshire Historic Churches Trust - www.yhct.org.uk
National Churches Trust - www.nationalchurchestrust.org
All Churches Trust - www.allchurches.co.uk
Landfill tax operators (as detailed above)

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