Grants to Tackle Housing Issues

26th October 2019Funding Opportunities

Grants of between £10,000 to £50,000 are available from the Nationwide Community Grants Programme to support projects tackling housing issues. Essex Community Foundation will be holding two Phone-In Funding Surgeries to speak with potential applicants on: – Tuesday 29 October from 2pm to 4pm – Friday 1 November from 10am to 12pm To take part, please call … Read More

Community Funding Scheme

25th October 2019Funding Opportunities

Chelmsford City Council has been undertaking a review of its grant giving processes, the result has been the creation of the Community Funding Scheme. The Scheme combines the discretionary funding previously granted under the Corporate Aid Scheme with the CIL (Community Infrastructure Levy) Neighbourhood Fund. Please read the guidelines on the website. The new fund … Read More

CXK Community Grants Round 2

30th August 2019Funding Opportunities

CXK have announce further grants for VCSE and small organisations available across the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP). New grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 will shortly be available to third sector organisations of any size, and small organisations from other sectors, which support unemployed or inactive adults. This will be the second round … Read More

Active Chelmsford Physical Activity and Sport Grants

5th July 2019Funding Opportunities

No more couch potatoes in Chelmsford! Working in partnership, Active Chelmsford want to create opportunities and resources to reduce inactivity and develop positive attitudes to health and wellbeing in communities across Chelmsford. Grants of up to £500 are available for projects or work aimed at engaging inactive people in Chelmsford district. These small grants could be used to encourage more … Read More

Culture in Essex – Small Grants funding available

23rd January 2017Funding Opportunities

If you’re an individual or member of a voluntary organisation or community group with a vision to host a community arts or heritage activity in Essex this year, then you could receive much needed funding from our ‘Culture in Essex – Small Grants Scheme’. A fund of £25,000 is now open for grant applications and will award grants of between £250 and £2,500. Over … Read More

Fundraising Regulator launches

15th August 2016Funding Opportunities

The Fundraising Regulator, the independent self-regulator for charitable fundraising in the United Kingdom, was launched formally on 7 July 2016. Established following the Etherington review of fundraising self-regulation (2015), the Fundraising Regulator’s purpose is to strengthen the system of charity regulation, improve practice and restore public trust in fundraising. The role of the Regulator is to: … Read More

NHS Patient Engagement Community grants

14th September 2015Funding Opportunities

Has your community or voluntary group been working to involve patients and the public in improving health care services? Have you got some good practice to share? NHS England is seeking to make grant awards to showcase good practice around patient and citizen participation in healthcare. They want to do more to share and learn … Read More

2016/2017 Corporate Aid Scheme is now open to applications.

14th September 2015Funding Opportunities

Chelmsford City Council Corporate Grant scheme is now open, application forms, guidance notes and policies can be downloaded from the Chelmsford City Council website: http://goo.gl/lWygA0. Alternatively a hard copy of these documents can be requested by emailing: grants.funding@chelmsford.gov.uk. The closing date for applications is the 15th of October 2014 at 4:30pm.