17 Websites That Give You Money in 2026 (Grants, Free Money & Financial Help)

0:00What if I told you that there are

0:02websites, organizations, and funding

0:04programs that could help you get help?

0:06And most people don't know where to

0:08look. I've already done the homework. My

0:10team and I have gone through and checked

0:12a huge number of funding platforms,

0:14grants, and support programs. And in

0:16this video, I'm pulling together the

0:18ones that are most relevant for your

0:20specific needs. Now, some of these are

0:22grants that you don't have to repay.

0:24Some are crowdfunding platforms where

0:25other people support you, and some are

0:28organizations offering financial

0:30assistance. And where something is a

0:32loan or an investment rather than free

0:34money, I will make that very clear.

0:36Plus, I will even walk you through how

0:39to apply. So, instead of searching the

0:41internet, trying to figure out how to

0:43get the support you need, what's

0:45working, what's legitimate, and what

0:47isn't, I'm going to show you the places

0:49that are actually worth you paying

0:51attention to. And as we go through them,

0:53I'll tell you exactly what it's for, how

0:55the funding works, and what you need to

0:57know before you apply. So, let's get

1:00started. GoFundMe. Now, before you skip

1:03away, wait a minute because you're

1:05probably thinking, "Pam, I already heard

1:07of GoFundMe." Don't skip this one

1:09because most people who have heard of

1:10this platform have never even considered

1:13whether it could help them. Now, how

1:14does it work? GoFundMe allows you to

1:16create a fundraiser either for yourself,

1:19another person, a personal cause, or a

1:21charity. And you can use it for all

1:23sorts of things from unexpected medical

1:25emergencies, funeral costs, family

1:28circumstances, community causes,

1:30creative projects, and situations where

1:33somebody simply needs help. And the

1:35scale of this platform is enormous. In

1:37fact, at the time of this recording,

1:39GoFundMe says that over 35 million

1:42pounds is being raised every single week

1:44through this platform. And last but not

1:46least, it is free to use the platform,

1:48so let me show you around. When you head

1:50over to the GoFundMe website, you have

1:51two buttons I want you to look at. The

1:53first is start a GoFundMe, and then you

1:56have it over here as well. So, I'm going

1:57to click here, start GoFundMe.

2:00Over here. And the first thing you want

2:01to do is to choose your country. So, you

2:04can see that you can do this in many

2:06countries from Australia to many parts

2:09of of Europe. I'm looking for some

2:10African countries. I haven't seen any

2:12African countries here, but there's a

2:13lot of Europe. There's Australia. There

2:16is

2:18United Kingdom, United States, and the

2:20rest in between, I believe, are all

2:22Europe from what I can see on this

2:23Canada um as well. So, I haven't seen

2:25any Africa, so I'm not going to say they

2:27fund in Africa because it hasn't said so

2:30over here. So, you select your country.

2:31So, let me go ahead and select United

2:33Kingdom. You pop in your post code,

2:35whatever your post code is, or your zip

2:37code, wherever you're based. And then

2:39you put in which best describes why you

2:40are raising funds. So, I'm going to just

2:42click on community over here. So, I've

2:44put in a fake post code in there just to

2:45move forward, and I'm going to click on

2:47continue over here, and it's going to

2:49ask me the next set of questions. Easy.

2:51Is it for yourself? Is it for someone

2:53else? Is it for a charity? I'm going to

2:54click it says for myself, and I'm going

2:57to click on continue. And it's now

2:59asking me, "What is the amount?" So,

3:00fundraisers like your typical aim

3:03fundraisers like yours. Ah, so it's

3:05giving me some advice. It's saying that

3:07fundraisers like me typically aim to

3:09raise £2,800 or more. So, let me put in

3:13an amount. I'm going to put in five

3:15five thousand pounds. That's what I want

3:18to raise.

3:19Okay. Now, this part is really, really

3:21interesting because, and this is new.

3:24Well, it wasn't here the last time I

3:25checked, anyway. So, this part, what it

3:27does is it's going to gradually increase

3:29my goal. So, for example, it says here

3:31they're going to start my goal at

3:33£1,800.

3:34So, my goal is £5,000, right? Are they

3:36going to start at £1,800 because it's

3:38just easier for people to see a smaller

3:40goal because they'll give more towards

3:42that goal, but if they see a really big

3:43goal, they might be put off. So, the

3:45moment it hits my threshold of £1,800,

3:48what the platform's going to do is it's

3:49going to to my goal gradually. So,

3:51that's what this is. So, I'm going to

3:52leave that checked and I'm going to go

3:54ahead and continue clicking through to

3:57continue. And then, it's going to need

3:59me to sign in. You're going to need to

4:01sign in because they need to contact you

4:03and then you set up your account. So, I

4:05want to clarify a couple of things if

4:06you are going to use GoFundMe. There are

4:08four things I want you to have in mind

4:10before you even start. I want you to be

4:11really clear about what happened, what

4:13do you need, how much do you need, and

4:15what exactly will the money be used for.

4:17These are the four key things that

4:19you're going to need to let them know on

4:21the platform. So, as long as you have

4:22this, you can just sail through as

4:24quickly as I just did in my demo. This

4:27next website allows people to raise

4:29money for things such as medical

4:30expenses and emergencies and even

4:33weddings. It will help you raise money

4:35for as well as community causes and

4:37projects. Now, this one is called Go Get

4:40Funding and it's much broader than a lot

4:42of the platforms that I'm sharing

4:43because it allows you to raise money for

4:45a wide variety of causes. So, if you're

4:47thinking none of these platforms

4:49actually fit my situation,

4:50this one might be it. Let's head over to

4:52my laptop. Let me show you. I'm on the

4:54website right now and it's very easy to

4:57get started.

4:59You can click over here to how it works

5:02so you can read a little bit. It's

5:03always good to arm yourself with exactly

5:06what they are looking for in terms of

5:08for those of you who want to apply

5:10through this specific website up through

5:12this specific platform. However, to get

5:14started straight away, you click over on

5:16that start a fundraising and then you

5:18start to complete your information over

5:21here.

5:22There is one thing I want to show you

5:23though. Take a look at this with me. So,

5:25I'm going to scroll all the way to the

5:26bottom and I'm going to click on

5:28countries over here. Now, on face value,

5:32it shows these are the countries, but I

5:34was thinking, what about some African

5:36countries that I can't see here? I mean,

5:37I see South Africa somewhere, but what

5:40about other African countries? So, if I

5:41scroll through here, I'm not seeing very

5:44many. So, whatever country you want to

5:46look at, I want you to type it in. So,

5:48for this, I'm literally going to type in

5:49Nigeria just cuz I want to see. So, I've

5:51clicked on Nigeria and I can see that

5:54there are causes in Nigeria that have

5:56been applied for. So, I can see zero

5:59raised, zero raised, zero raised, zero

6:00raised. But, if I click through and I

6:02click on the see all campaigns, I can

6:05see that here over $5,000 raised, over

6:08$1,000 raised, over 140 pounds raised.

6:11So, this is

6:13from Nigeria, but in pounds. That's very

6:15interesting. So, that means somebody in

6:16the UK probably made this specific

6:19application over here. I'm not sure. I'm

6:21just speculating. But, you can see that

6:23there is money being raised from all

6:25different parts of the world. So, that

6:28is just a really good exercise to do.

6:29So, again, on the website, go to

6:31countries,

6:33type in your country over here. So, let

6:36me

6:37type in Singapore, for example.

6:43Click on that and I can see all the

6:45money that was raised in Singapore, for

6:48example. So, that's a good exercise to

6:50do and it just tells you exactly, you

6:52know, some of the campaigns that have

6:53come out from your own country that's

6:56already being funded. In fact, just for

6:58fun, I'm just going to type in Ghana.

7:00Just cuz I want to see.

7:01>> [laughter and gasps]

7:02>> Okay, brilliant. Yeah, I can see some

7:03applications from Ghana has gone

7:05through.

7:06Let's see if there's some money being

7:07raised. Yeah, I can see some money being

7:09raised, $800,

7:111,700, 250,

7:13168, 450 for various causes. This is

7:18actually brilliant.

7:20I like this.

7:21I really do. Okay, for those of us in

7:23the UK, this one is for you. It is

7:27called Turn2Us. Again, this is new on my

7:30list. I've never covered this specific

7:32platform, so it's really good to see

7:34some new platforms coming up and it has

7:36been verified. We have checked this out.

7:38Now, let me tell you a little bit more

7:40about it. Now, Turn2Us is a UK charity

7:43that grants money that helps people

7:45access benefits and charitable grants.

7:47It's current grant search says that they

7:49have granted over 1,400 grants. So,

7:52they've helped over 1,400 individuals

7:54looking for financial help. If you're in

7:56the UK, I do want you to pay close

7:57attention to this one because it is not

8:00a crowdfunding website. So, it's not

8:02going to ask you to create a page and

8:03ask people to donate to you. It's not

8:05doing any of that. What it does is that

8:07it helps you to search for grants that

8:09already exist

8:11for people in your situation. And guess

8:13what? You do not have to pay it back.

8:16So, how do you search for grants? Well,

8:17some of these grants are linked to

8:18things such as your occupation, your

8:20age, health circumstances, family

8:23situations, your education even, or

8:25perhaps even hundreds of industries that

8:27you or members of your family have

8:29worked in. So, that means that you have

8:31various ways that you could possibly

8:33qualify for a grant. Now, enough

8:35talking. I want to walk you through.

8:37Let's go.

8:38Okay, so now on their website, you can

8:39see there are various options and get

8:41support is what we need to look at. So,

8:43I'm going to let you search through

8:45everything else by yourself and I'm

8:46going to go through get support.

8:48Actually, I've decided I'm going to go

8:50to this one because I want to look at

8:51this. It says, "Take 10 minutes to find

8:53out if you could get help from

8:55charitable grants." So, I'm going to

8:56click on this. This is where I recommend

8:58that you start because I think that it's

9:00really, really interesting for you to be

9:02able to see whether you, you know, some

9:04of the causes or the things that you

9:06want grants for, they're actually

9:07granting. So, this is where I would

9:08start. go there and then I would head

9:10over to get started.

9:13Now, this takes roughly 10 minutes to do

9:15and I don't have the time for that on

9:17this video. But like I said earlier, if

9:19this is one of those ones that you're

9:20thinking, "Pam, can you walk me through

9:22this and show me how you would use this

9:24platform?" then I can, if enough people

9:26are asking for it, create a dedicated

9:28video for this specific platform of me

9:30walking through it. So, let me know if

9:32that's something that you are interested

9:34in. For now, I'm going to move on to the

9:36next platform. Okay, so the next one is

9:38called Lightning Reach. And again, this

9:41one is new to me, too. Now, for those of

9:44you in the UK, you're going to love this

9:46because instead of you trying to find

9:49help through the internet, Lightning

9:51Reach exists so that it can do a lot of

9:53that matching for you. How does it work?

9:55Well, you create a free account,

9:57complete a short profile, and in that

9:59profile, you talk about your

10:00circumstances, and guess what? The

10:02platform automatically matches you

10:05against financial supports that may be

10:07relevant to you. And then what happens

10:09is you can either apply directly via

10:11Lightning Reach, or you can use the

10:13third-party links on their

10:14recommendation. Let me show you. And at

10:17the time of this recording, Lightning

10:19Reach says that you can access over

10:202,500

10:22support schemes. That's a lot. Let's

10:24have a look together. Okay, so I'm on

10:26their website.

10:28You can go through any of these links to

10:30learn more about Lightning Reach, but

10:31where I really want to take you to is

10:33here where it says find

10:35support. So, the first thing you want to

10:37do is you definitely want to sign up.

10:39And then when you click on sign up,

10:42you're going to be asked to sign in,

10:45complete the profile, and then the

10:47matching begins in a matter of minutes.

10:51Again, if this is something you want to

10:52see me actually walk you through, let me

10:54know in the chat.

10:56Let me move on to the next one. Okay,

10:58the next platform I want to walk you

11:00through is a platform that's I

11:02absolutely admire. Why? Because they are

11:04giving financial assistance to families

11:07who are raising either disabled or

11:09seriously ill children or young people.

11:12And in fact, at the time of this

11:13recording, they say that they have given

11:16around 114,000

11:18grants totaling a whopping 38.8 million

11:22pounds all between 2025 and 2026 to

11:26families. I mean, what's not to love?

11:28So, like I mentioned, this is

11:29specifically for families who have

11:31either disabled children or seriously

11:33ill children or young people. So, you

11:35can get help for things such as medical

11:37equipment, essential household items,

11:39specialist equipment, technology, even

11:42family breaks, play and sensory

11:45equipment, and other practical supports

11:47that can make day-to-day living easier.

11:50Now, I want to talk through the criteria

11:51before I go on to their website. Now, to

11:53apply, you do need to be a parent or

11:56carer of a disabled or seriously ill

11:58child or young person. Also, your

12:00household needs to be on low income, and

12:02your child does need to meet some

12:04eligibility criteria, which makes a lot

12:06of sense. Here is a quick tip. Don't

12:09rule yourself out before checking.

12:11Sometimes we hear the word grant and

12:12probably think, "Oh,

12:15I probably won't qualify." Don't rule

12:17yourself out. You have nothing to lose.

12:19Just check. All right, let me go to

12:21their website. So, on their website,

12:23there's a lot to see and a lot to read,

12:26but I'm interested in one button only

12:28for now, and that is

12:29can I apply? So, you click on can I

12:32apply, and it tells you your eligibility

12:34criteria, and then you can view their

12:36full eligibility criteria over here.

12:41And if you feel like you qualify, you

12:43simply click on get started, start a new

12:46application,

12:48and the application begins. So, you can

12:49apply either from England, Northern

12:51Ireland, Scotland, or Wales. I'm going

12:53to click on England, and I'm going to

12:54click on next.

12:55And I'm going to select the age group of

12:56the disabled child. Now, I don't have a

12:58disabled child in the house.

13:00So, I'm just going to click on an age.

13:02I'm going to click on under 18 for now,

13:03and I'm going to click on next.

13:06And you're going to have to give

13:07consent, etc., and you keep going

13:09through. Again, this is one of those

13:11ones that if you qualify for this, you

13:13have nothing to lose. Let's move into

13:16the next one. Okay, the next one on my

13:18list is one of the most famous

13:20crowdfunding platforms in the world, but

13:22it absolutely deserves to be on this

13:24list because people are still raising

13:27some serious money on this platform and

13:30it is of course called Kickstarter. And

13:32this platform is very good for creative

13:35projects. We're talking things like

13:37books, films, games, music, art, design,

13:41technology. If you have ideas in any of

13:43those industries, this one is for you.

13:46Now, there is one caveat before I go

13:48over to their website. With this

13:50specific platform, you have to whatever

13:52you say you want to raise, you have to

13:53gain you have to get all of it or you

13:55can't take the money. So, let me give

13:57you an example. Let's say you want to

13:58raise 20K and let's say people donate

14:01but you only donate or rather they only

14:04donate up to 15K. You can't just take

14:06the 15K and forget the five. No. You

14:09it's an all or nothing platform so you

14:11either get all of the 20 and take all of

14:13the 20 or you get nothing. But there is

14:15a caveat to that. Those who donated if

14:18you don't get to get all of your money

14:20and you don't take the money, they don't

14:22get charged either which I think is

14:23quite a fair system. So, let me go over

14:26and walk you through the platform. So,

14:28I'm on the Kickstarter platform and you

14:30can see various projects which they have

14:32funded. I don't want to take too much

14:34time showing you through those so you

14:35can do that in your own time. However,

14:38where I want to take you to is here

14:40where it says for creators.

14:44Unlock your funding potential. You go

14:46over here and you click on start a

14:48project.

14:49And then you select what type of

14:51project. So, let's say mine is dance.

14:53Select subcategory. I'm going to click

14:55on workshops over here. Click on next.

14:58Again, I'm going to select something

15:00else over here. Click on that location.

15:03Select my country. So, you can do this

15:05from many various many different

15:08countries on the list. Let me click on

15:09Australia. Click on continue and then

15:12this is where you sign up and then of

15:14course start to talk about the project

15:16at hand. One thing I will say with

15:18Kickstarter is this. While there is no

15:20repayment of money, you still are

15:23responsible for delivering whatever you

15:25whatever project you promised your

15:26backers. So, make sure that this is

15:28something that you are serious about

15:30because people will back you and you

15:31will definitely have to deliver on your

15:33promise. So, the next one I want to talk

15:35about is one that's absolutely brand new

15:37to me and in fact so brand new I'm not

15:39even sure how to pronounce it, but it is

15:42spelled U L U L E. Ulule? Ulule? Ulal?

15:47Ulul?

15:48I have no idea. But any who, I want to

15:51walk you through exactly how this

15:53platform works. At the time of this

15:54recording it currently shows that they

15:56have backed 43,000 plus funded projects

16:00and says that around 79%

16:03of projects meet or exceed their goals.

16:07That's why it's on this list. Those are

16:09some very impressive numbers. So, who is

16:11this platform for? Well, if your idea is

16:14either creative, cultural, sustainable,

16:16or just a little bit different, this

16:18platform is one of Europe's major

16:20crowdfunding platform and they currently

16:22fund projects such as books, food

16:24brands, fashion, art, community

16:27projects, sustainable products, creative

16:30businesses, and all sorts of innovative

16:33ideas. So, if you're creating a project

16:35you can use this platform more like a

16:36pre-sale where people order the thing

16:39before you've even produced it at scale.

16:40So, therefore you're bringing in the

16:42income before you've made any expenses.

16:44So, imagine you've created a new product

16:46or a a book or a clothing brand or

16:49something handmade. Instead of spending

16:51thousands producing it and hoping people

16:53buy, you can potentially use this

16:55platform to test whether it's a viable

16:57product and that's why I like it. Let's

17:00head over to their platform. Okay, so

17:02I'm on their platform and the first

17:03thing I will say is that it isn't very

17:05easy to see where to get started and

17:07that's why I like to do the screen share

17:09so that you can so that I can walk you

17:11through everything. So, the first thing

17:13it wants us to see

17:14or rather the The thing they want us to

17:15see are the projects in progress. So,

17:17you can see here, you can click on all

17:18projects and see them, but that's not

17:20what I'm interested in, Ulule.

17:22I want to show people exactly how to

17:24apply. Now, where is the apply button?

17:31Here we go, you have to scroll down.

17:33And it says start on Ulule, but there is

17:36something else that's interesting that I

17:37have seen, it says coaching. Our team

17:39advises you throughout your fundraising

17:42projects. That's not too shabby, is it?

17:45That's pretty good. And again, it says

17:4779% success rate, eight out of 10

17:49projects meet and often exceed their

17:52goal. That is very impressive. So, I'm

17:55going to click on start on Ulule.

17:59And then

18:01the first thing it wants to know is what

18:02would you like to fund? So again,

18:06for those of you, if this is the right

18:07platform that you want to try and you're

18:08thinking, Pam, can you show us a little

18:10bit how you would apply for this? Let me

18:12know in the chat. Share your story and

18:14let me know what platform or what your

18:15need is. And even if, you know, you have

18:18something that you want money for, but I

18:20haven't covered it, let me know in the

18:22chat because I have a great big black

18:24book of all of these uh platforms. And

18:28of course, to keep the video short, I

18:29can only share so much in one video. So,

18:31you let me know in the comments and I'll

18:33come back and share some more. So, the

18:35next one on my list is called Chuffed.

18:37Now, this is for people who are trying

18:39to make a difference. So, if you're

18:41raising money for a community project,

18:43social cause, charity, non-profit,

18:46environmental campaign, animal welfare

18:48project, human rights project, or

18:51something that is genuinely designed to

18:53help people or improve the world around

18:55you, then Chuffed is absolutely what I

18:58would look into. At the time of this

18:59recording, Chuffed says that the

19:01communities and charities and

19:03non-profits have raised roughly $70

19:06million

19:07across 12,000 projects through the

19:09platform. And one thing that I really

19:11like is that with Chuffed, you don't

19:12have to hit your full goal in order to

19:14withdraw the money. So, you set a goal

19:16and no matter what it raises, you can

19:18still get that money and that I like.

19:20So, let's head over to their website and

19:21check them out. So, I'm on Chuffed

19:23website

19:25and you can see all of the movements

19:27that they are working on. So, from

19:29Palestine, the climate, animals, First

19:31Nations, trans rights, abolish ICE,

19:34workers rights, Sudan, Lebanon, and so

19:37much more that you can have a look at.

19:39It's very, very mixed, very diverse. You

19:41can see money raised for various causes,

19:43which I like. And I also like that it's

19:45very simple to start your campaign. You

19:48click over here on this pink button,

19:50start campaign, you sign up. So, I'm

19:53going to click on get Actually, I'm

19:54going to choose myself.

19:56Click on get started. Select a category.

19:59I'm going to choose disability for now.

20:01Click on continue.

20:03Select a country. So, this tells you the

20:05many countries that it works in, which

20:07is brilliant to see. So, I'm actually

20:10going to select Sweden this time. I'm

20:12going to click on continue. Then you set

20:14a target, so how much I want to raise.

20:17I'm going to put 20,000 pounds or rather

20:1920,000. And uh this is the name of the

20:22campaign. I'm going to choose test to

20:25name it. Click save and continue. Then

20:28you choose a banner or image for your

20:30campaign. So, you can see in a matter of

20:3130 seconds or roughly that,

20:34I am on step six of nine. Look at that.

20:37So easy. And that's one of the reasons

20:39why it's on my list. So, definitely

20:41check it out. The next on my list is

20:43called JustGiving. If you're in the UK,

20:46there's a very good chance that you've

20:47already come across this website. Or you

20:49might have come across it because you've

20:51sponsored somebody running a marathon,

20:52doing a charity walk maybe, taking on a

20:55challenge maybe, or raising money in

20:57memory of somebody they love. But

20:59JustGiving isn't only for sponsored runs

21:01and marathons. You can also use it to

21:04raise money for personal causes. There

21:06are two things to think about with

21:07JustGiving. You can raise money for

21:09charity, for example, or you can create

21:11a crowdfunding page around a personal

21:14cause. Now, let's have a look at how to

21:16get started. So, to get started on their

21:18website, I love when things are easy.

21:21Click over here at start fundraising.

21:24And of course, you're going to need to

21:25sign up, but before you do that, you

21:27select whether you are fundraising for a

21:29charity or raising money for your own

21:31cause. I'm going to choose my own cause

21:33in this instance, and of course, I have

21:35to log in to continue. You can see that

21:37button at the bottom here. But, again,

21:40like I said, if you want me to go

21:41through the JustGiving page or any

21:43platform that I have mentioned, go

21:45through to the end of this uh process of

21:48actually raising or asking for money,

21:51let me know in the chats. Tell me your

21:53story. Let me know what platform you

21:55want me to debunk, and of course, if

21:57enough people are asking for that same

21:59platform, then that's something I'll be

22:00putting on our list of things to bring

22:02out for you. That's how much I love you

22:03guys. And don't forget, if you haven't

22:05shared this video, I cannot stress it

22:08enough. Go ahead and just hit that share

22:10button. Hit like. Hit share. You never

22:12know which one life, one person you

22:14might just impact because you gave them

22:16information. Information is power.

22:20One of the biggest acts of love we can

22:21show is just to share information. The

22:23next platform I want to talk about is

22:25specifically for people who want to

22:27create some sort of positive impact. So,

22:30if you have an idea that could improve

22:32your community, help people, create

22:35jobs, support education, protect the

22:37environment, solve a social platform,

22:40then Start Some Good is a platform you

22:43definitely want to start looking at.

22:45Now, let me give you a tip about this

22:47platform before I go to their website.

22:49Number one, make it about the project or

22:52the people you are going to help and not

22:54about yourself when you're making your

22:56application. So, talk about things such

22:58as what is happening now, why does it

23:00need to change, and who benefits if your

23:02project succeeds? These are the things

23:04that they are looking for. Now, let's

23:06head over to their website. Okay, so on

23:08their website, I like that you don't

23:10have to go too far

23:13to see exactly how to get started. So,

23:15you click over on this orange button

23:18and you get started with your

23:19application. So, here we are. So, start

23:22Good Hustle Foundry now. Okay, so Start

23:25Some Good is new to us. And so, I had to

23:28do a little bit of digging to see if

23:29this is really free because

23:3299% of everything that I'm talking about

23:34here is free to get started. However,

23:36there is one caveat. Start Some Good

23:38isn't free to get started. So, head over

23:41here to crowdfunding, click on

23:42fundraising, and you'll see, when you

23:45scroll down, that there are various

23:48prices for launching a campaign. Now,

23:52there is some good to this. The good is

23:55that a lot of the platforms will charge

23:56you a percentage of how much you make,

23:59right? This is charging you a fee before

24:01you even get started. So, it depends on

24:03how you look at it. At 50 bucks, it's a

24:05small fee. If you're going to be making

24:08a good, I don't know, 5,000, 10,000

24:10pounds from or dollars from a campaign,

24:12then it's a small amount to pay. But,

24:15however, if all you're looking for is a

24:16thousand bucks, you might not want to

24:17pay that money. So, it's something to

24:19weigh. And that is why this video is a

24:21long list so that you can choose which

24:23one works for you. I'm on their website.

24:25To get started, you click on get

24:27started, start a raise. However, before

24:30we go there, there's a couple of things

24:31I want to show you. The platform already

24:34comes with AI agents and a community of

24:36a million plus investors included. And

24:39they have done over 2.3 billion

24:41transactions, 1.5 15 million investments

24:45with 4,409

24:47founders, uh pardon me, founders funded,

24:51and over 3,000 SPVs and funds. So, So

24:55means that there is cash constantly

24:56moving through this platform, like I

24:58said. It's not necessarily free money,

25:00but it's a brilliant way to get your

25:01business or ideas off the ground faster.

25:05So the next one on my list is also for

25:07founders, business owners, and

25:09entrepreneurs. And this works worldwide,

25:11but particularly best for those of you

25:12who live in the UK or Europe. This

25:15platform is called Crowdcube. So

25:16Crowdcube allows private companies to

25:19raise funds from a large community of

25:21investors rather than relying on banks,

25:25venture capital firms, or a handful of

25:27angel investors. So again, let me make

25:29this distinctively clear, this is not a

25:32donation per se. This is an investment.

25:35So Crowdcube currently says that it has

25:36invested over 1.8 million registered

25:40investors. So imagine you have a

25:42business with real customers, some

25:44traction, a strong product, and a

25:46community that already believes in what

25:48you are doing. So instead of just asking

25:50people to buy from you, Crowdcube can

25:53potentially allow eligible investors to

25:56become part of the company financially.

25:58Let's have a look at their website

26:00together. So the first thing they ask

26:01you on their website is where you are

26:02from. So the the suggested are United

26:05Kingdom, United States, Spain, France,

26:07and Germany. However, if you come down

26:09here, you have other regions right here.

26:12So I'm going to click on something that

26:14is not obvious. Let me go to Venezuela,

26:16for example. And boom, it already tells

26:20me exactly what to do here on their

26:23website. Now, I want to go back a step.

26:26Well, actually, I don't need to. It

26:27says, "We empower over 2 million

26:28investors to participate in European

26:30private company transactions. Why not

26:33join them?" So then here we are. If you

26:35click on get started, you can

26:37essentially become an investor, and of

26:39course, you can also get investments

26:41from Crowdcube. So the next one is for

26:44those of us in the UK. And that is

26:47called Arts Council England National

26:49Lottery Projects Grant. So if you're a

26:51creative person in England, this is one

26:53that you definitely need to know. Now, I

26:55have actually used this platform

26:56personally when I was a little bit

26:57younger several times for various arts

27:00projects that I was working on, and I am

27:02so pleased to see that it is still

27:03running. Now, this platform isn't about

27:05crowdfunding, this is a grant, i.e.

27:08money that you receive that you don't

27:10have to pay back. So, Arts Council

27:12England currently has a program called

27:15National Lottery Project, and this is a

27:16grant that you can apply for that gives

27:18you anything from a thousand bucks all

27:20the way to a hundred thousand pounds for

27:23eligible arts, culture, libraries, and

27:25museums projects. Let's check out their

27:28website. Guys, I am honestly melting. It

27:30is so hot in the UK as I'm recording

27:32this. Oh my goodness.

27:35Let's have a look together. So, I'm on

27:37their website right now, and the first

27:39thing you want to do is over here where

27:40it says never applied to us before.

27:42Let's click on that, and then you can

27:44read through about how to apply. So, I'm

27:49going to click on here to get funding

27:50over here,

27:52and here are all the various funding

27:54projects that they have open. Our open

27:57funds, I'm going to click over there.

27:59So, on our open funds, you can see all

28:02the various things that they fund from

28:04music projects, museums, creative

28:06foundations, and on and on. Okay, so the

28:09next one on my list is especially

28:11interesting if you're trying to raise

28:12money for a business or a community

28:14project or a charity, social enterprise,

28:17or local cause. This one is called

28:19crowdfunder.uk.

28:20So, yes, if you're in the UK, this is

28:23for you. So, how does crowdfunder.uk

28:25work? Well, it works in the way you'd

28:27expect it to work. You head on to the

28:29page, you create a profile, you explain

28:31what you're trying to raise money for,

28:32you set your target, and then your

28:34supporters pledge to support you. So,

28:37let's head over to the website, let's

28:38see what it looks like. Okay, I'm on the

28:40page and it's so simple. This big

28:42massive red button, get started, is

28:44exactly what you need. So, you then

28:46select what it is Well, you start by

28:49putting in a target. So, I'm going to

28:50put 20,000 pounds, for example. Click on

28:52continue. You select what best describes

28:55you. I'm going to select individual, and

28:56I'm going to put my name in here, and

28:59click continue. Then, you put in what do

29:02you need funds for? So, I'm going to

29:04stop there, because like I said, if this

29:06is one platform you want me to go in

29:08depth and show you the walk-through, let

29:10me know in the comments, and I'll create

29:12another video if enough people are

29:14asking for this specific platform. But,

29:16I really like this one, because well,

29:18I'm in the UK, and so not only is it

29:20UK-based, but it's actually very, very

29:23straightforward to get things moving.

29:25Now, let's get to the next one. If you

29:27live in England, and you are struggling

29:29with essential household costs, this is

29:32one I want you to really know about,

29:33because it is newish, but it is also

29:36backed by the government, and it is

29:38called the Crisis and Resilience Fund.

29:41This government-backed program is

29:42distributed through councils to help

29:45people who are facing financial hardship

29:47or some kind of financial shock. So,

29:49this could potentially include help with

29:50things such as food, water bills,

29:52essential household items,

29:54housing-related costs, or other urgent

29:56expenses. And guess what? For once, you

29:59do not actually have to be receiving

30:01benefits to qualify. The fund is

30:03designed to help people who are

30:05vulnerable or who cannot afford their

30:07living costs. Now, the local council

30:09decides exactly how the scheme works,

30:11and the way you get started is by typing

30:13in Crisis Resilience Fund and your

30:16council. Let's head over to the main

30:18website that I found. Let's see how it

30:20works. When will support be available?

30:23They plan to launch an interim crisis

30:25support scheme at midday on the 18th of

30:27August. At the time of recording this

30:29video, that's in a couple of days, so

30:30that's not too bad. And then, you can um

30:33get support to pay for heating oil,

30:35crisis payment, financial resilience,

30:37housing payment, community coordination,

30:40holiday activities and food program,

30:42District Council crisis and resilience

30:44fund support all sorts of things. It's

30:46definitely worth checking this out if

30:48you need this sort of assistance and if

30:50you're in the UK. The next strategy I

30:52want to give you is for those of you in

30:53the UK and I think this works for many

30:55countries. In most countries, there is

30:58an official find a grant scheme and the

31:01UK, we have a very, very good one here.

31:04This is a UK government service that I

31:06think far more people need to know

31:08exists. How does it work? Well, instead

31:10of talking about it, let me show you.

31:12So, this is the official website for it.

31:13It's called

31:14find-government-grants.service.gov.uk.

31:18So, here it is. This helps you to find

31:20grants in the UK and like I said, in

31:23whatever country you're in,

31:24try to find an official government

31:27service that offers grants in that

31:30specific country. So, here it says, find

31:32government grants quick that if you are

31:34eligible, enter a keyword. So, let's say

31:36I'm going to type in the word bills, for

31:39example. Let me see what comes up for

31:41bills. Here we go. Something comes up

31:43for bills and it says how much you can

31:45get from 300 to 350. Total size of grant

31:48scheme, 5 million. Opening date, closing

31:51date. So, this is viable or rather

31:53available until the 31st of March, 2027.

31:56There are plenty of grants available.

31:58And next on my list is the King's Trust,

32:02formerly known as the Prince's Trust. If

32:04you're aged 18 to 30, have the right to

32:06work in the UK, and want to start your

32:08own business, this is an enterprise

32:10program specifically designed for you.

32:13Now, this isn't simply here's a website,

32:14get on with it yourself. Nope, they

32:16provide training. They provide

32:18mentoring. They provide support. They

32:20can help you work on your business idea

32:22and your business plan. And at the time

32:24of this recording, their business

32:25finance grant is up to 5,000 pounds. And

32:29this is a grant, meaning you don't have

32:31to pay back. So, here is my biggest tip.

32:33If you're really wanting to start a

32:34business and you want to use this

32:36platform, don't wait for it to be

32:37perfect. Go ahead and apply for these

32:41grants. This specific grant or any of

32:43the grants that I have talked about in

32:45this video. Before you leave this video,

32:47there is one final thing I want to ask

32:48of you. If you enjoyed this even for a

32:50second, please give this video a thumbs

32:53up, leave a comment especially if

32:55there's a specific platform you want me

32:56to go through or let me know what

32:58country you're from if you haven't found

33:00anything on this list that works for

33:02you. And last but not least, go ahead

33:04and share this video. You never know

33:06which one person's life you might be

33:08changing because you shared this video

33:10with them. Thank you guys so much.

33:11Before you jump off, make sure you check

33:13out this video.