Cheshire Community Foundation’s Small Grants Programme – UK

Deadline: 31-Oct-2024

The Cheshire Community Foundation has launched the Small Grant Programme.

Areas

• No Poverty
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • helps people improve their financial skills and resilience, if they’re in a vulnerable financial position
    • builds awareness of how to access financial support to which you may be entitled, or responsible sources of finance to turn to
    • helps people build skills for work, or to gain experience which will help them move closer to a job
    • helps create equal access to services which can help people save money.
• Zero Hunger
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • Builds awareness of and access to sources of affordable, healthy food across Cheshire and Warrington for those who are financially vulnerable
    • Helps people access emergency food support when they need it
    • Helps to build cooking and growing skills where people feel this will help them to eat well with the resources they have.
• Reduced Inequalities
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • empowers and promotes inclusion and equity for everyone in Cheshire and Warrington.
• Good Health and Wellbeing
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • helps people experiencing or supporting those are living in addiction
    • helps people living with long-term health conditions to cope with the challenges their condition creates for accessing services, finding support or taking part in activities to improve a sense of wellbeing
    • helps unpaid carers of any age
    • supports people experiencing mental health challenges
• Quality Education
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • helps to remove barriers which may be facing children and young people when it comes to being ready for school, accessing their education and being in a fit state to learn
    • helps young people grow their sense of aspiration for the future
    • helps to grow skills for employment and entrepreneurship in Cheshire and Warrington.
• Climate Action
  • They’re keen to fund work which:
    • helps grassroots community organisations use nature to support better wellbeing.

Funding Information

• Maximum Grant: £2500

Eligibility Criteria

• To apply for a grant, you must meet the minimum requirements. That means you must:
• Be a non-profit organisation with its own constitution or other governance document. You don’t have to be a registered charity.
• Show them your governance: you must be able to provide:
  • Copies of your constitution or governing document (if your organisation is a community interest company, your governance document should describe your asset lock)
  • And your most recent set of annual accounts or (if you’re a new organisation) your financial plan for the year
  • And a bank statement for your organisation dated within the last three months
  • And your safeguarding policies.

Ineligibility Criteria

• They can’t fund:
  • Work which isn’t for the benefit of people living in the local authority areas of Cheshire East, Cheshire West and Chester, and Warrington, delivered locally,
  • Organisations providing statutory services such as nursery schools, schools, parish councils or hospitals, or for-profit business.
  • Activities which are primarily about delivering the Early Years Foundation Stage or National Curriculum.
  • Counselling or other mental health therapeutic activities unless delivered by qualified, BACP-registered or accredited professionals using an established ethical framework.

For more information, visit Cheshire Community Foundation.