Deadline: 17-Oct-22
Applications are now open for the Community Chest Grants Programme 2022/23.
Funding Information
Amount: £1,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications are accepted from any constituted voluntary, community or recreational group working within the London Borough of Hackney. These are typically the following organisations:
- Registered charity or Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Charitable company or Social Enterprise (companies must have asset locks, be wholly not-for-profit and without share capital)
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Company limited by guarantee (companies must have asset locks, be wholly not-for-profit and without share capital)
- Cooperative and Community Benefit Society
- For Community Chest applications only, they accept applications from structured groups of local residents who have formed for a specific purpose. They may be an established group who have been meeting for a number of years or a group who have recently formed for a one-off event or purpose. Applicants must:
- Have a constitution, registration number or in the case of structured groups of residents an outline of the group’s aims/guiding principles.
- Have a bank account held in the name of the organisation, or a nominated bank account which the funding can be paid into.
- Have an appropriate level of insurance coverage for their project and activities.
- Have appropriate safeguarding policies and procedures for their project activities.
- Have an annual income of less than £10,000
- Demonstrate that at least 80% of the people benefiting from the project will be Hackney residents.
For more information, visit https://hackney.gov.uk/community-grants
