Deadline: 8-Oct-21
Applications are now open for the East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund to support the work of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE) that are creating or adapting services or activities that will have a positive impact in the communities where the East of England Co-operative trades in Norfolk, Suffolk and North East Essex.
Focus Areas
Funding applications must address at least one or more of these key areas:
- Community Action – including the development of physical and virtual spaces, and services that bring communities together.
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Food Justice for all – including access to, and sharing knowledge about good quality, nutritious food.
Funding Information
- The Fund will award grants of between £1000 and £5000 to support the work of voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (VCSE), charities and parish councils looking to create or adapt services or activities to address local needs in the areas of Norfolk, Suffolk and North East Essex where the East of England Co-op trades.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants to the East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund will need to have:
- a management committee of at least three members
- a governing document/constitution with a dissolution clause
- a bank account with two unrelated signatories living at separate addresses, who must both sign for all withdrawals
- an equal opportunities policy
- annual accounts
- management accounts (if your accounts are less than six months old) which show income, expenditure, reserves (split by restricted and unrestricted)
- relevant safeguarding policies if you are working with young people or vulnerable adults.
- The East of England Co-op Community Cares Fund is administered on their behalf by Suffolk Community Foundation working with Essex and Norfolk Community Foundations.
For more information, visit https://www.eastofengland.coop/community/community-cares-fund