The Charity Bank provides loans to small and large organisations where the loan is being used for a social purpose.

Loans are provided to social enterprises and other community organisations that benefit people and communities for a variety of needs including property purchase or refurbishments, capital investments, asset purchases, working capital loans and underwriting facilities for fund-raising programmes.

These loans are available to not-for-profit organisations, parish councils, charities, community groups, community buildings, voluntary organisations, social enterprises.

More details can be found at https://charitybank.org/charity-loans or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

All Churches Trust funds projects that demonstrate an impact on people and communities. When applying churches will need to include clear (and where possible, measurable) outcomes for projects and demonstrate how they will ensure sustainability beyond the potential funding.

Churches being eligible to apply for funding depends on factors such as whether they are registered charities and are seeking capital funding, e.g. towards replacing current lighting with LED lighting etc. More information can be found at https://www.allchurches.co.uk/ or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. to obtain an application pack.

Managed by Centrica, EfT offers grants to innovative projects that are accelerating the energy transition. This includes reducing carbon emissions, changing societal and customer use of energy or helping communities improve their energy management and deliver real benefit to the local area.

This is available to any for-profit or not-for-profit group, but need to demonstrate a sustained commitment to social impact. More details can be found at https://www.centrica.com/energy-for-tomorrow or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Set up in 1995, the Naturesave Trust funds environmental and conservation projects throughout the UK, in particular start-up grants for community renewable energy projects.

They are currently changing the way they award grants to having targeted specific projects for each funding window – the next window is due to open later in 2021.

These grants are available to not-for-profit organisations, parish councils, charities, community groups, voluntary organisations.

For more information go to www.naturesave.co.uk/the-naturesave-trust/funding-guidelines  or email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

This is a £100 million fund with the purpose of enabling people and communities to deliver high impact, community-led climate action in the areas of sustainable energy, transport, consumption, food and protecting/generating space and habitats.

Available to not-for-profit organisations, charities, community groups, community buildings, voluntary organisations – priority is currently being given to communities adversely impacted by COVID-19, but will support organisations to:

• Continue to deliver activity - whether the community needs crisis response, recovery or business as usual activity.
• Change and adapt, and therefore become more resilient to respond to new and future challenges

 In order to support communities to thrive, we aim to:

• Build strong relationships in and across communities
• Improve the places and spaces that matter to communities
• Help more people to reach their potential by supporting them at the earliest possible stage

More information can be found at https://www.tnlcommunityfund.org.uk/funding/programmes/climate-action-fund#section-1