Deadline: 14-Feb-22
The Community Links Bromley (CLB) working in partnership with Blueprint for All will be launching the National Lottery Community Fund Bromley and Lewisham Covid-19 Grant Giving Scheme.
The programme will bring £237,500 of much-needed funding for the sector into the two boroughs. They are especially thankful to the National Lottery for awarding this substantial grant at a time when the sector is emerging from the stresses and strains of the COVID19 pandemic.
Focus Areas
- The programme will focus on:
- Organisations supporting people and communities who experience disproportionate challenge and difficulty as a result of the COVID-19 crisis;
- Organisations providing services and support for vulnerable people, for which there will be increased demand as a result of the COVID-19 crisis; and
- Organisations which connect communities and support communities to work together to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
- Funding will be prioritised to benefit groups that focus on the following:
- Ethnically diverse groups
- Children and Young People
- Disability including mental health
- Domestic violence
- Long term health conditions
- Older individuals
- Individuals facing crisis
- Vulnerable families
Funding Information
The scheme will provide grants of up to £20,000 for local voluntary and community groups, based on eligibility to deliver activities specifically aimed to support communities through the COVID19 crisis to further realise equality, diversity and inclusion ambitions in Bromley and Lewisham. Blueprint for All are partnering with Community Links Bromley and will be awarding around half of the grant to Lewisham groups.
Eligibility Criteria
- Unincorporated Association/Organisation (only applicable for grants up to £10,000)
- Registered charity
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (“CIO”)
- Charitable Trust
- Registered Societies (Co-Operative Societies; Community Benefit Societies) (must have a not for profit/asset lock clause(s) in their Society Rules AND be registered with the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA))
- Community Interest Companies limited by Guarantee (CIC)
- Community Interest Companies limited by Shares (CIC)
- Company limited by Guarantee (must be a registered charity OR have a not for profit/asset lock clause(s) in their Articles of Association)
For more information, visit https://www.blueprintforall.org/bromley-lew-grant-giving-scheme/
