Tag Archive for: community grant

East Cambridgeshire Community Fund/ East Cambridgeshire District Council/ Deadline 9 Dec 2024

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The East Cambridgeshire Community Fund will be open to applications between 28 October to 9 December 2024.

What is available?

The aim of this small community grants scheme is to support local community groups to provide new or develop existing community services and initiatives that improve the quality of life for residents living in East Cambridgeshire.

There must be evidence of how the project meets local need, involves and empowers local people, ensures equality of access and an indication of how the project will be sustained. This grant scheme cannot give capital funding for buildings but can be used to buy equipment for the project.

Who can apply?  

Applicants must:

  • Have a written constitution
  • Have a management committee of at least three people: a Chair, a Treasurer and a Secretary
  • Have their own bank account with a requirement for two signatories for any payments made
  • Be able to provide an up to date copy of their accounts
  • Provide an Equal Opportunity and Child Protection Policy where applicable

If your organisation does not have a written constitution, mission statement and/or relevant protection policies, please contact Voluntary and Community Action East Cambridgeshire for advice in meeting these requirements. Please call 01353 666166 or email Voluntary and Community Action East Cambridgeshire.

How much money can you apply for? 

Up to 75% of the project costs can be sought, with a minimum grant of £250 and a maximum grant of £1000 payable.

We require 25% of the total project cost as cash or in-kind match funding. Only one grant per group/organisation may be awarded in any financial year (April – March).

For further information contact 01353 665555.

Application Forms 

Application forms are available below, you may either complete a paper version and send as a hard copy to the address on the application form, or apply online using our Self-Service Portal.  In order to complete the form online you must be registered as an Individual, registration is quick and easy and will only take a couple of minutes:

East Cambridgeshire Community Fund | East Cambridgeshire District Council (eastcambs.gov.uk)

Deadline: 9 December 2024

GSK Community Health / Small charities / 12 August

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About:

The new GSK Community Health programme is funded by GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) in partnership with The King’s Fund, a leading independent health charity working to improve health and social care. The programme is designed to run alongside the GSK Impact Awards.

Charities will need to demonstrate how their organisation is supporting communities that experience health disadvantage and how their work helps tackle this issue.

Examples include but are not limited to:

  • Working to make health services more accessible, appropriate or welcoming to the communities they serve.
  • Supporting communities to access health services.
  • Providing specific services to communities to support their health and wellbeing, increase uptake of screening services, improve healthy lifestyles or other similar activity.
  • Using focused interventions to ensure parts of the community that have traditionally been under-served or have experienced marginalisation have access to appropriate services.

 

Link Here

The deadline for applications is 12 August 2024 (5pm).

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What is available?

The new programme will support up to 15 charities with £10,000 in unrestricted funding plus access to free training and development valued at £3,500.

Eligibility

Small charities that are working, located and registered in the UK can apply as long as they:

  • Are a registered charity by the application deadline of 12 August 2024.
  • Have existed for a minimum of one year by 12 August 2024.
  • Have a total annual income of between £20,000 and £150,000 as shown in their most recent accounts.
  • Are independently constituted from any national umbrella organisation.

Organisations led by and supporting people from under-represented backgrounds, people from ethnic minority communities, people with disabilities and people from the LGBTQ+ community are encouraged to apply.

Rural Prosperity Fund / Hunts Rural Business/ Now open

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About:

The Rural England Prosperity Fund (REPF) is an addendum to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. It aims to support activities that specifically address the particular challenges rural areas face.

It succeeds EU funding from LEADER and the Growth Programme which were part of the Rural Development Programme for England. Nationally, a total of up to £110 million is available for financial years 2023 to 2024 and 2024 to 2025.

Huntingdonshire District Council (HDC) has been allocated a total of £957,788, of which £350,000 has been allocated to support the growth of rural businesses.

Link : For more information

What is available?

HDC has made £350,000 available to micro and small businesses that meet the rural eligibility areas as defined in the Defra Magic Map. Please ensure you have checked your project postcode for eligibility before starting your application.

You can apply for capital grants of a project value of up to £150,000. We reserve the right to award greater or lower amounts based on your application, the project outcomes and the quality of evidence provided.

The minimum project value is £10,000 with a grant award of £5,000.

The maximum project value is £150,000 with a grant award of £75,000.

Eligibility

Eligible businesses:

  • Are located in the central government-defined Huntingdonshire Rural England Prosperity Fund area. Before you start an application, please ensure you check your eligibility on the Defra Magic Map. View the guide on how to use the map.
  • Are a small or micro enterprise employing between 1 and 249 staff
  • Trading as a business or organisation whose company type is either: limited liability, limited liability partnership, partnership, sole trader, franchise, social enterprise, or charitable company limited by guarantee
  • Must be able to spend the funds by 28 February 2025
  • Can fund 50% of the project cost with match-funding from elsewhere
  • Are trading and operating within Huntingdonshire and paying business rates or Council Tax.

Community Grants / Cambridge City Council / Next round starts 26 Nov

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The Cambridge City Council 2025-26 Community Grants, Homelessness Prevention Grants and Sustainable City Grants.

 

The 2025-26 Homelessness Prevention Grants and Sustainable City Grants – next round starts on 26 November 2024.

 

What is available?

Groups wishing to apply for a 2025-26 Community Grant should note that the following funding pots will be available:

 

 

 

 

Activities must reduce social and/or economic inequality for City residents with greatest need

 

Activities can be open to city wide residents

and / or

those living in a particular area of the city

 Over £5,000 fund

 

Discretionary Rate Relief (DRR)

 Must meet one of the following priorities:

  • promote active lifestyles
  • arts and culture
  • community development
  • reduce poverty
  • employment support
 Launch: 1 August 2024

 

 Apply by: midday on 18 September 2024

 

Application via a Word document

 Funding awarded: April 2025 and must be spent by 31 March 2026

 

 
£5,000 and under fund

 

 Activities must address one of the following:

  • help people be more active
  • improve access to arts and culture
  • bring communities together
  • reduce poverty
  • reduce loneliness and social isolation
 Round 1

Launch: 26 November 2024

 

 

Round 2

Launch: 23 April 2025

 Round 1

Apply by: midday on 14 January 2025

 

 

Round 2

Apply by: midday on 3 June 2025

 

Application (to both rounds) via online application form

 Round 1

Funding awarded: from April 2025 and must be spent by 31 March 2026

 

Round 2

Funding awarded: from July 2025 and must be spent by 31 March 2026

Please note the following:

  • earlier launch and application closing dates
  • the more focussed list of priorities for both funds
  • the £5,000 and under fund replaces Area Committee Grants and builds on the small grants (£2,000 and under) programme introduced in 2023-24.
  • You can only hold one Community Grant award during the funded year (2025-26) – either from the over £5,000 fund or the £5,000 and under fund.

You can apply for more than one activity to the over £5,000 Community Grant fund providing you are requesting more than £5,000 for each activity. We also have a £5,000 and under Community Grant fund. You can apply for £5,000 for a single activity or split between multiple activities with a combined maximum total of £5,000. You can only apply to the over £5,000 Community Grants fund or the £5,000 and under Community Grant fund. Please refer to the Community Grants of £5,000 and under fund to make sure that you are know which fund to apply to and when you need to apply. The first funding round for grants of £5,000 and under opens on 26 November 2024. The £5,000 and under Community Grant fund replaces Area Committee Grants and builds on the small grants programme introduced in 2023/24.

For more information please visit: Grants and funding – Cambridge City Council