Who We Are Able to Support 

• Registered Charities
• Constituted community groups
• Constituted voluntary groups
• Social Enterprises
• Not for profit organisations

Who We Are Not Able to Support 

• Non – constituted community groups
• Non – constituted voluntary groups
• Organisations that have been established less than 12 months
• Statutory organisations (this includes schools and Parish Councils)
• Organisations that have a statutory responsibility
• Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery
• Limited companies or sole traders

Eligible Costs

The fund will be able to support:

• Equipment costs
• Capital costs
• Training costs
• Revenue costs
• Project costs
• Event costs

Ineligible Costs

• Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion. Projects delivered by faith-based organisations will be considered, as long as the services they provide are available to people or all faiths or no faith
• Political campaigning activities specific to any one party, including participation in political demonstrations, support of a political party, or the issuing of material which supports or opposes a particular party or government
• Statutory bodies or provision, including towards the provision of core statutory services or services that carry out a statutory responsibility
• Retrospective funding, where the project has already occurred or for goods and services which have already been ordered or purchased prior to funding being approved

Grants Available

Grants of up to £1500 per organisation are available.

Duration of projects  

Projects to be delivered within 12 months  

Documents You Need to Send Us

The following documents must be provided with your application. If you fail to provide these documents, your application will not be considered. All documents should be submitted at the time of the application.

• Governance document (Constitution, Memorandum and Articles of Association)
• Accounts – either audited, independently examined or financial forecast
• Bank Statement – must be no older than 3 months and needs to clearly show the bank account name (which matches the application), number and sort code
• Safeguarding policy
• Equality Policy
• A copy of your insurance document
• Quotes for capital items

During the assessment stage, we carry out due diligence checks to ensure all submitted documents meet the legal requirements for grant giving. It is the applicants responsibility to ensure that their submitted documents meet these requirements

Submission Dates 

Applications received before 13th February 2026 will be considered at a panel in late February / early March.