Magic Little Grants Fund

The Magic Little Grants Fund provides local charities and community groups the opportunity to access funding to launch or deliver their services. One-off grants of up to £500 are available in 2023.

a blue bag with a yellow ribbon around the top and white pound sign on the frontApplicants may apply for funding for projects under one of the following themes:

  • Providing support to improve mental health
  • Enabling participation in physical activity
  • Enabling participation in the arts
  • Preventing or reducing the impact of poverty
  • Supporting marginalised groups and tackling inequality
  • Improving biodiversity and responding to the climate emergency
  • Improving green spaces and increasing access to the outdoors

To access the Magic Little Grants Fund, applicants must be eligible to join Localgiving by:

  • Having charitable aims that are not solely for the advancement of religion
  • Operating on local/regional community initiatives and not be a national charity
  • Having a UK bank account in the group’s name
  • Have an annual income under £250,000 or be in their first year of operation

The following organisations can apply:

  • Registered charities with either the Charity Commission for England & Wales or Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR)
  • Community Interest Companies (CICs)
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs, SCIOs)
  • Social enterprises
  • Other not-for-profit community organisations
  • Charitable organisations that are schools or connected to schools

Apply here

Deadline: 31 October 2023