Deadline: 19-May-25
The London Community Foundation is accepting applications for its Thamesmead Community Fund.
Themes
- Applications must be for projects/activities that demonstrate benefits for the wider Thamesmead community and meet one or more of the following themes:
- Increases levels of arts and cultural activity
- Supports educational outcomes for a group
- Brings the community together
- Seeks to improve local health and wellbeing
- Encourages community use of local outdoor spaces
- Supports activities to strengthen children and family relationships
- Help people develop new skills
- Provides local services or activities for older people
- Use nature of gardening to bring people together
- Provide opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy the natural environment
- Increase biodiversity in Thamesmead.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £3,000 are available covering costs relating to the proposed project.
Funding Criteria
- Applications must be for projects/activities that demonstrate benefits for the wider Thamesmead community and meet one or more of the following criteria:
- Increases levels of arts and cultural activity
- Supports educational outcomes for a group of people
- Brings the community together
- Seeks to improve local health and wellbeing
- Encourages community use of local outdoor spaces
- Supports activities to strengthen children and family relationships
- Help people develop new skills
- Provides local services or activities for older people
- Use nature of gardening to bring people together
- Provide opportunities for people to connect with and enjoy the natural environment
- Increase biodiversity in Thamesmead
Eligible Projects
- Arts and culture-based activities that bring the community together
- Sports clubs that encourage the use of Thamesmead’s green spaces and waterways
- Projects which celebrate and share Thamesmead’s unique history
- After-school clubs and school holiday activities
- Photography or art exhibitions which promote community cohesion
- Literacy, numeracy and digital skills sessions
- Wellbeing activities, i.e. regular tea dances, coffee mornings or film clubs
- Projects which promote involvement in the local community such as volunteering and befriending
- Walks, talks and tours of natural places to encourage curiosity and exploration, inform and educate
- Improving and creating habitats to enable native wildlife to thrive in Thamesmead
- Gardening and growing activities at new or existing gardening spaces
Ineligible Projects
- Individuals running projects for children and young people or vulnerable adults
- Local Authorities
- Any party-political activity
- Purely commercial ventures (for profit)
- CICs Limited by Shares
- Spending that has already taken place (i.e., retrospective funding)
- Individual sponsorship, or redistribution of a grant to individuals or other organisations
- Activities promoting religious beliefs
- Activities where people are excluded on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender (unless the issue being dealt with is gender-specific), ethnicity
Eligibility Criteria
- Organisations – Eligible Legal Structures: there must be a signed governing document in place appropriate to the legal structure which includes an asset lock (or equivalent clause), and the purpose of all funded activities must be charitable (not for profit):
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG) – may also be registered as a Charity or a Community Interest Company Limited by Guarantee (CICLG)
- Trust
- Unincorporated Association
- Community Benefit Societies (CBS). Ideally, the CBS will also be registered as charitable with HMRC, however, this is not essential
- Constituted residents’ associations
- All applicant organisations should have a minimum of 2 unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members.
- Organisations with an annual income of a maximum of £100,000 may apply for funding.
- Alongside this, individuals aged 18 and over are eligible to apply to run not-for-profit projects:
- Individual applicants must provide proof of address, photo ID and a bank statement evidencing that the bank account where the monies are to be paid is in their name. This evidence will need to be seen, however, copies will not be retained.
- If an individual applicant is a Peabody resident, then there must be no outstanding rent arrears.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following types of organisation are not eligible:
- Companies limited by Shares (including CIC limited by shares)
- Statutory organisations, such as local authorities
- NHS bodies
- Co-operative societies
For more information, visit The London Community Foundation.