The Community programme focuses on funding core work that helps disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community. We are particularly interested in work that achieves this through:
- improved social and community involvement
- improved life chances
- helping people to be heard.
To be eligible:
- you must be an underfunded charity (12 months of reserves or less)
- if you work locally or in a region you must have an income of £1 million or less
- if you work nationally you must have an income of £5 million or less
- your work must enable disadvantaged people to play a fuller role in the community in one (or more) of the following ways – through:
you will need to be clear on the specific changes and benefits that your work will provide for your users/beneficiaries to help them to play a fuller role in the community
What type of funding do we provide?
We fund charities to continue and develop existing community-based work, or to develop the organisation or its services. We can support charities in a range of ways – examples include funding to:
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maintain and or improve their capacity and or effectiveness
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encourage learning and best practice
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enable the continued provision of services
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support the expansion of services
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help improve the quality of services
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lobby or campaign at a local, regional or national level.
We make grants of one to three years that are appropriate to the size and needs of each charity.
