For charities for older people

Grants, compliance and impact — for UK charities for older people.

CharityIQ helps charities working with older people find specialist funders, stay compliant, and evidence outcomes like reduced isolation and independence at home — grounded in your data.

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The reality for older people charities

  • Ageing-focused funding is thin and specialist — a few national funders plus your local community foundation.
  • Funders want to see reduced loneliness and maintained independence, which take real measurement to evidence.
  • Demand keeps rising as the population ages, but staff and volunteer capacity does not.

How CharityIQ helps

AI grant writing

Draft applications to ageing and community funders in your voice, grounded in your data and each funder’s criteria, with every claim cited.

Charity Commission compliance

Annual return, SORP 2026 and trustee-duty checks built for small, often volunteer-led organisations.

Impact measurement

Turn delivery and survey data into the outcomes funders fund — reduced loneliness, independence at home, and wellbeing.

Funders for older people charities

Dunhill Medical Trust Funds care and support services for older people — innovative or evidence-based work that can become self-sustaining. The National Lottery Community Fund Awards for All (£300–£10,000) and Reaching Communities for community work with older people. Garfield Weston Foundation Flexible grants to charities across the UK, including organisations supporting older people. Lloyds Bank Foundation Unrestricted and development funding for small and medium charities tackling complex social issues. The Henry Smith Charity Core and project funding, with priority to areas of high deprivation.

A snapshot of current UK funders · reviewed June 2026. CharityIQ’s Grant Finder matches you to the ones you’re eligible for.

Running a smaller organisation? See our guide to grants for small charities.

Outcomes funders ask for

Reduced loneliness and isolation Independence at home Fewer falls and hospital admissions Wellbeing Digital inclusion

Not sure how to evidence these outcomes? Start with our free theory of change template.

Match your older people charities to live UK grants — free.

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Frequently asked

The Dunhill Medical Trust funds services for older people specifically, alongside the National Lottery Community Fund, Garfield Weston Foundation, Lloyds Bank Foundation and the Henry Smith Charity. CharityIQ’s free Grant Finder matches you to those that fit.

It turns your delivery and survey data into the outcomes funders fund — reduced loneliness, maintained independence, wellbeing and digital inclusion.

Yes — it is built for small UK charities. The free Grant Finder is free forever, and paid plans start at £49/month with no credit card to begin.

Built for older people charities doing the most with the least.

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