There are a range of different types of funding available for community assets. Below is the information which has been shared with us in recent weeks.
Birmingham Emergency Food Aid Fund
Almost a half million pounds worth of grants is being made available by the city council to projects which are providing food to Birmingham residents. The Council recognises the vital work that food projects are doing in the city and want to support them as they respond to the cost of living crisis.
Cash grants of £4800 will be available for 100 organisations across the city, such as foodbanks, food clubs, food pantries, social supermarkets and community cafés. The organisations will receive £800 per month for six months to support them. The money will be primarily for buying food but can also be used for hygiene products, baby food and formula, and pet food where appropriate.
More details, including how to apply, can be found here: www.birmingham.gov.uk/emergency-food-aid-fund
Get Grants
Get Grants is an amazing central resource for assets to find out what funding may be available to them. Their funding finder is an easy tool to use and sorts funding into separate categories.
Additionally, they have a range of free events! Including,
January 2023
- Meet the Funder – Severn Trent Community Fund
- When: Wednesday 25th January, 10am – 11am
February 2023
- Meet the Funder – Tesco Community Grants
- When: Wednesday 1st February, 10am – 11am
March 2023
- Meet the Funder – Heart of England Community Foundation
- When: Monday 27th March, 1pm – 2pm
April 2023
- Meet the Funder: The Clothworkers’ Foundation
- When: Wednesday 5th April, 10am – 11am
May 2023
- Meet the Funder – The Eveson Charitable Trust
- When: Wednesday 24th May, 10am – 11am
At these events, a Get Grants Expert is joined by a funder to talk about their funding programmes – giving attendees the opportunity to speak directly to the funder, participate in discussions, and gain unique insights.
Whether you are new to fundraising or you are an experienced fundraiser, you are welcome at these events, regardless of the size of your not-for-profit organisation
We would recommend community organisations to sign up to the Get Grants newsletter so you don’t miss out on all the great opportunities they share. You can sign up to their newsletter here: https://www.getgrants.org.uk/newsletter/
Co-op Warm Spaces Funding Boost
Co-op and Crowdfunder have teamed up to help community organisations navigate the cost of living crisis to provide vital services this winter.Are you welcoming people into a warm space in your community, or wanting to extend existing activities or services to support more people?
Eligible community groups could get up to £3,000 to continue or extend vital services.
This £1m match fund has been launched by Co-op to support local organisations who are supporting their communities through rising costs this winter, by bringing people together into warm spaces.
To be eligible for match funding your organisation must:
- Be based and have a bank account based in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland
- Be a not-for-profit constituted organisation, including community groups, schools, registered charities and social enterprises
- Have a bank account in the name of the organisation
- Run a crowdfunding campaign this winter, delivered by 31st March, 2023
- Be raising funds for revenue costs only (capital costs such as building refurbishment are not eligible)
Your project must be a community organisation that welcomes people into a community space in your local area to provide support and needs urgent help this winter to:
- Maintain vital existing services in the face of rising energy costs
- Make the community space that you operate from more welcoming
- Increase opening times or extend services
Typical projects may include (but are not limited to):
- A community cafe that needs funding to continue offering their building as a warm space.
- A local village support group wanting to extend existing activities to support more people in their community.
- A community fridge, wanting to promote their services more widely to meet increasing need.
- A youth group whose energy costs have increased.
Match Funding criteria:
To receive match funding, the following conditions must all be met:
- For every donation made towards your project we’ll match it up to £250, so if your project receives a donation of £20 we’ll add another £20, If your project receives a donation of £600 then you’ll receive an additional £250.
- Only one donation per supporter will be matched (we will not provide match funding where a supporter is deemed to have made multiple donations).
- You can receive a maximum of £3,000 of match funding per organisation.
This fund will be distributed on a first come first serve basis and applications will close on 28th February 2023.
To find out more about this fund, you can visit their website.
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