Deadline: 20-Mar-25
The Imperial Polythene is proud to announce the launch of the Imperial Community Impact Fund, a new initiative designed to support local community groups and charities committed to making a positive difference.
The goal is to support initiatives that drive meaningful change, whether through environmental conservation, creative community participation, or solving pressing local challenges.
Funding Information
- With an annual fund of £10,000, this grant scheme offers between £500 to £1,000 per project to inspire and empower local organisations working in the areas of the environment, sustainability, creativity and local problem solving.
Ineligible Funding
- Activities that promote religious or political views
- Purely commercial ventures (for profit)
- Spending that has already taken place (i.e. retrospective funding)
- Individual sponsorship or redistribution of a grant to individuals or otherorganisations
- Activities where people are excluded on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, sex or ethnicity (unless the issue is group-specific)
Eligibility Criteria
- The community grants are aimed at aimed at charities and not-for-profit organisations. Please make sure your organisation is able to fulfil the following criteria before applying for a grant:
- You must be a charity or not-for-profit organisation that helps local communities
- Organisations must be one of the following types of organisations:
- Charity
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Be based in the UK
- Organisation projects must fall into one if not more of these categories: Environment, Sustainability, Creativity, Local Issues
- Funded activity must take place after the grant has been awarded
- Organisations should have an annual income of £25,000 – £500,000 in your last set of accounts
- A safeguarding policy must be in place (if the organisation supports children or vulnerable people)
- You must have a bank account in the same name as the organisation you are applying for, with a minimum of two unrelated signatories.
- A board of at least three unrelated trustees or directors.
- Operating for at least 12 months and have published financial data available
- Projects/activities must not run longer than 6 months
Ineligibility Criteria
- They do not support individuals, nor do they support:
- Companies limited by shares
- Friends of associations
- Branches or federations of national charities
- Organisations where the primary benefit is the advancement of religion
- Large organisations that have a greater capacity to fundraise
- Schools, colleges or those seeking educational bursaries
- Uniformed groups such as scouts, guides and sea cadets
- Sports clubs and associations
- Organisations using funds to provide cash grants or vouchers
- Third party fundraising (e.g. sponsorship a challenge)
For more information, visit Imperial Polythene.