Grants starting at £100,000 spread over 3 years are available to UK registered charities, not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises with an annual income of over £1 million for projects and initiatives that improve financial resilience in communities across the UK.
The Aviva Foundation’s Financial Futures Fund works in partnership with organisations across the UK to improve financial resilience. Its purpose is to fund long-term solutions that make a real difference to people’s lives, helping them feel more secure, confident, and in control of their financial future.
Grants are available for initiatives that aim to address the drivers of financial resilience and promote lasting change, for example:
- Improving access to financial services.
- Building financial capability, and
- Tackling systemic barriers.
The Foundation is aiming to distribute around £3 million over 2 grant rounds in 2026. The minimum grant available is £100,000. Most grants are expected to be for between £250,000 and £300,000 over 3 years, although there is no upper limit to the size of grant an eligible organisation can apply for.
The Foundation is particularly seeking to invest in programmes and projects that:
- Build financial confidence and capability – helping people manage their money and plan ahead.
- Improve access to fair, affordable, and inclusive financial services – such as savings, protection, and pensions.
- Support people through financial shocks and hardship – including access to essentials and opportunities to build savings, and/or
- Address systemic issues – such as debt, housing insecurity, and digital exclusion, which can undermine financial resilience.
Applications are especially invited from organisations and initiatives that are:
- Transformational – aiming for long-term, sustainable change in financial resilience.
- Impact-driven – focussed on measuring and demonstrating the difference they make.
- Inclusive – supporting people and communities with low financial resilience, especially those facing inequality or discrimination.
- Community-rooted – working closely with communities and embedding diversity, equity, and inclusion in everything they do, and
- Learning-focussed – committed to sharing insights and influencing wider change.
Two funding rounds are scheduled for 2026 with the following deadlines for applications:
- Wednesday 15 April 2026, and
- Wednesday 7 October 2026
To reduce the time and effort for applicants, the Financial Futures Fund operates a two-stage application process, as follows:
- Phase 1: Short Application Form: Eligible organisations are invited to complete a brief application form. These are reviewed by the Fund’s Advisory Panel. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to Phase 2.
- Phase 2: Interview: Shortlisted organisations will receive a short set of questions in advance of a one-hour interview with members of the Advisory Panel.
Further information and guidance is available on the Aviva Foundation website.