Deadline: 14-Jan-2025
The Cambridge City Council has launched the Community Grants Programme to support activities that will reduce social and/or economic inequality for Cambridge residents with the greatest need.
You can apply for funding for:
- activities that help people be more active
- activities improve access to arts and culture
- activities that bring communities together
- activities that reduce poverty
- activities that reduce loneliness and social isolation
Funding Information
- You can apply for £5,000 and less – this can be for a single activity or split between multiple activities with a combined maximum total of £5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Activities can either be open to all Cambridge residents and those living in particular area of Cambridge.
- Your group must be set up for charitable or philanthropic purposes. It must meet one of the following criteria.
- A constituted not-for-profit organisation such as:
- a registered charity
- a company limited by guarantee
- an unincorporated association or club
- a community interest company
- a charitable incorporated organisation
- A group of local residents who keep simple financial records and have a dual-controlled bank account
- A partnership of constituted groups and local residents
- A constituted not-for-profit organisation such as:
Ineligibility Criteria
- They cannot award funding to:
- individual applicants
- organisations that were set up or are managed wholly or partly by a statutory organisation
- groups based outside the UK
- groups that operate for private gain
- groups that are connected with any political party, involved in party politics or promote any political party or view
- uniformed groups
- groups that have not complied with the monitoring requirements for any grant previously received from them
For more information, visit Cambridge City Council.