The Grocers’ Charity has general charitable aims that support UK-registered charities through one-off grant awards of up to £5,000, with the occasional higher award. Larger tend to be for educational projects, historically the Charity’s primary focus.

The Charity provides one-off grants for UK registered charities to support the following areas:

• Relief of hardship: provide training courses, better facilities, or parenting support; support and empower those who experience or are at risk of homelessness, including domestic violence/abuse; work in areas of high deprivation.
• Children and young people: build children and young people’s strengths and potential to empower them to participate and take action to realise their goals; support children and young people’s wellbeing through peer support or group activities.
• Elderly: provide services that end social exclusion; befriending or other programmes to end loneliness; and services that enhance daily activities or home life.
• Disability and inclusion: identify and tackle the barriers to inclusion and participation; and provide front-line support for disabled people.
• Health: undertake ethical research into specific medical conditions; support people with medical conditions by purchasing a piece of equipment or other tangible project; support people with wellbeing concerns or mental health illnesses.
• Military: provide innovative programmes, education or employment for ex-service people; and support the physical, emotional and mental wellbeing of current and ex-service people and their families.
• Arts: provide opportunities, education and skills development of creative talent for artists with financing challenges or disability support requirements; engage with marginalised audiences (eg disabled, BAME, and people living below the minimum poverty threshold for the appreciation of arts, performances or exhibitions).
• Heritage: conservation and restoration of historic buildings (excluding places of worship); conservation of historical objects and paintings.
• Environment and conservation: support of the protection and survival of plants and animals by maintaining and restoring habitats, enhancing ecosystems, and protecting biological diversity; educating of behavioural changes addressing environmental issues (eg littering and waste); countering the effects of pollution and climate change (eg ideas and projects which tackle the issue of plastic waste and those to reduce carbon emissions).

Funding is not available for:

• Charities with a turnover of over £500,000 (except for Medical Charities, where the limit is £15m).
• Non-UK registered charities (e.g. Community Interest Companies).
• Charities whose beneficiaries are overseas.
• Individuals.
• Places of worship.
• Educational establishments (schools, colleges, universities).

The closing date for applications is 1 September 2026.