Deadline: 19-Sep-2025
The London Borough of Hounslow is pleased to invite proposals for its Small Grant Programme to support informal and incorporated organisations that can deliver locally based, small scale, impactful community projects promoting social cohesion, civic pride and volunteering.
The grant can also support testing ideas and running pilots springboarding an idea and organisation to becoming more sustainable.
Focus Areas
- They are keen to support projects that promote and improve:
- Health and Wellbeing
- Community Cohesion and Social Action
- The Environment
Funding Information
- Activities for residents over a period of several months to a year: up to £1000
- One-off large community event that attracts residents from across the borough: up to £500
- One-off smallscale event such as a street party: up to £250
Eligible Activities
- Activities supporting mental and physical wellbeing
- Activities that help address social isolation and loneliness
- Social action projects that address local issues
- Environmental projects
Ineligible Activities
- They cannot provide funding for:
- Activities, events, or services which have already taken place, including staff development time in planning services or preparing funding bids
- Any costs which someone else is paying for, whether in cash or in kind
- Items that only benefit an individual or are not needed to deliver the project outcomes
- Funds to build up a reserve or surplus, whether distributable or not
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted not-for-profit organisations (e.g. a registered charity, company limited by guarantee, unincorporated association or club, Community Interest Company, Charitable Incorporated Organisation)
- Un-constituted groups or groups of neighbours or residents.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Individuals
- Organisations that do not have a minimum of three unrelated trustees or directors
- Organisations with significant unrestricted or unallocated reserves
- Organisations with an annual turnover of more than £50,000
- Organisations based outside the UK
- Services that are the responsibility of statutory providers.
For more information, visit London Borough of Hounslow.