Oxfordshire Community Foundation: COVID-19 Small Grants Program (United Kingdom)

Deadline: 09-Sep-20

Oxfordshire Community Foundation has announced a new round of small grants to support COVID-19 response and recovery,

These grants are funded from their Community Resilience Fund and aim to give smaller organisations vital funding as they continue to respond to the pandemic, or enter the recovery phase.

This programme will prioritise applications where the group has a small annual income and funding will form a significant part of the project. These grants can help with ongoing running costs. The number of people participating will be considered (proportional funding).

Areas

Applications working in the following areas will be assessed most favourably to receive funding:

Supporting the ongoing needs of vulnerable people to maintain their health and wellbeing, in particular tackling educational disadvantage and homelessness
Activities that relieve pressure on local statutory services, particularly emergency or health and social care provision
Support for vulnerable people self-isolating, such as recommencing of small community/befriending groups
Food insecurity, such as foodbanks, combating hardship caused by the pandemic, including child hunger
Community response coordination
Volunteer costs for new and existing organisations responding to the effect of the crisis
Additional costs of working remotely and adapting services delivered in the wider community, or promoting digital inclusion
Additional support as required for emotional support, mental health and bereavement support
If grant funds allow, countering loss of income and fundraising directly linked to the pandemic.

Note: The Foundation cannot fund expenses that have already been paid.

Please Note: Priority will be given to applicants who have not previously been awarded grant(s) for their COVID-19 response.

Funding Information

Amounts available: £250–£2,000
Group annual income: Under £100,000; groups with a larger income working directly with beneficiaries in their immediate locality are also eligible

Time frame

Payment will be made by 8th October 2020; grant MUST be spent by 31st March 2021; monitoring to be returned within 12 months of application.

Target Beneficiaries are:

Families
Young people and children
Seniors
Volunteers
People with a disability
People with mental health difficulties.

Eligibility Criteria

To be eligible to apply for funding from Oxfordshire Community Foundation (OCF), your group must:

Be a registered charity, registered company with charitable status, constituted group or social enterprise/CIC
Be based in Oxfordshire and/or have beneficiaries in Oxfordshire
Have at least three trustees or committee members who are not related to each other
Have a bank account in its own name with at least two unrelated signatories, open for three months or more
Be open to people of all religions and political affiliations, and must not proselytise
Be able to submit audited accounts for the most recent financial year

The following types of group/project are NOT eligible: