Learning Journey Fund open for applications

The Learning Journey Fund offers grants of up to £2,000 to support staff members or volunteers from charities based in Kent to visit and learn from national and international best practice and share learning across the region.

This could be visiting a charity that is an exemplar for local engagement, environmental sustainability, or work with refugees. It could be learning from a care home that is pioneering client-led services, a museum that is bringing their collection to life, a resident’s group that runs an amazing community garden, or a sports club that is truly inclusive.

Following your visit or visits, we will pay to help you think through your learning, and to bring in a coach, advisor, consultant, or facilitator to help you develop your plans and your next steps. You will then share what you have learned through a blog, video, or presentation.

The grants  of up to £2,000 can be divided into three types of expenditure:

Visit: visit(s) to other charities and organisations (travel, accommodation, food etc)
Plan: working with an advisor to think through your next steps (this can include fees, venue hire, away day expenses)
Support: your time thinking and project planning as well as sharing your learning from the visit

To start your application go to our Eligibility Checker

As part of the application process you will need to complete the online form and submit a short video of you talking about you and your application, no more than 3 minutes long. This can be sent via WeTransfer to  joanne@kentcf.org.uk 

Please contact joanne@kentcf.org.uk if you have any queries about this fund.

Deadline for applications: 30th April 2026.

Comments from former fund recipients:

"This has enabled me to access training, mentoring and develop skills that have already made a tangible impact. I'm very grateful for the opportunity to have been part of this."  – Rebecca (Junior Arthritis Research)

"The flexibility of the grant meant the learning benefited not just one individual, but dozens of learners and our organisation as a whole…I would strongly encourage others to apply.” – Andrew (Thanet Community Development Trust)

"This opportunity allowed me to explore ways to better support vulnerable people, enhance community wellbeing, and to promote the awareness of support available - particularly among ethnic minority groups who may not have access to such information." – Yetunde (Youth Ngage)

This funding is made possible through our partnership with The Martello Fund.