Up to £50,000 available for Charities Operating in the UK

Deadline: 20-Aug-21

The Kusuma Trust is offering grants of up to £50,000 to London-based charities working in the sectors of informal learning, special educational needs (SEN), air pollution and green spaces.

• Helping young people, including those with SEN, to develop their skills, knowledge, and/or social capital outside of the formal learning space. Eligible projects will target young people 0-25 from disadvantaged and underserved backgrounds in London to:
  • Broaden their horizons and offer new experiences;
  • Provide pathways to higher education and/or employment;
  • Improve awareness of career prospects and raise aspirations;
  • Develop life skills, including confidence, resilience and social capital;
• Working to address air pollution across the city. Eligible projects will target areas of deprivation within London to:
  • Decrease air pollution;
  • Increase engagement and awareness;
• Working to improve London’s green space provision. Eligible projects will target areas of deprivation within London to:
  • Open up, extend, or improve green spaces
  • Engage the city’s communities in these spaces

• The Trust will take a particular interest in enterprising and innovative ideas, and work led by inspiring, visionary individuals and teams who are passionate about their work
• Sustainable projects, i.e. projects that can continue once the grant period is over, or have lasting benefits
• Pilot projects
• Training
• Capital projects, with associated programming
• Feasibility studies, project evaluations and community consultations will be considered as part of wider programming

• Be a registered charity in England with a turnover of £200,000 – £10M (in your latest published accounts):
  • The project being applied for must take place in Greater London
  • Charities with a turnover of less than £1M will only be considered if they are based in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent, Camden, Islington, City of London, Lambeth, or Southwark
  • Projects that only engage the community of one borough must be impacting in Westminster, Kensington and Chelsea, Wandsworth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Brent, Camden, Islington, City of London, Lambeth, or Southwark
• Hold a valid UK registered bank account in the name of the organisation
• Have governance and financial management systems appropriate to your overall work and the proposed programme
• Hold relevant DBS checks and safeguarding policies and procedures
• Have paid staff

For more information, visit https://www.kusumatrust.org/call-for-proposals/