Deadline: 1-Oct-25
The Lincolnshire Community Foundation is seeking applications for Evan Cornish Grassroots Fund Program to improve the wellbeing of people living in Greater Lincolnshire and to make life more comfortable, ease distress and isolation for those most in need.
Themes
- Social cohesion: Community activities; access to essential services; support for people leaving Prison and their families, women’s groups, projects that contribute to strong and cohesive communities.
- Advice and Support: Debt counselling; Citizens Advice Bureau; welfare advice services, nutrition, and diet.
- Older People: Care at home, integration projects; projects tackling isolation, loneliness and dementia, volunteer costs, sitter, and companionship.
- Homelessness: Interventions/support to assist vulnerable homeless people, e.g., accommodation, advice, food/clothing.
- Food Security: Seed swaps, community growing schemes, advice about food sovereignty and sustainability.
Funding Information
- They aim to distribute around £50,000 per annum
- Grants are for a maximum of £6,000 per year
Eligibility Criteria
- Locally run and managed voluntary or community organisations. Priority may be given to smaller volunteer led community groups.
- They are unlikely to fund organisations that are local branches/organisations of a larger regional or national organisation.
- They can fund local projects that encourage and/or assist those included in the target group.
- They can provide funding to cover equipment, travel, venue hire, telephone, stationery, refreshments, volunteer training and activities that meet an identified need.
- Whatever they fund must benefit your local community.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Political or predominantly religious activities
- Individuals
- Statutory agencies/provision
- Animal welfare
- General contributions to large appeals
- Building work/purchase of vehicles
- Grant making bodies applying for funding to redistribute to others
- Retrospective projects/activities
Applications Requirements
- A Constitution or set of rules
- A local management board or committee of at least three people, of which two must be unrelated
- A bank or building society account in the organisation’s name with at least two account signatories
- Up to date accounts or income and expenditure account.
- A Safeguarding Policy, and any other relevant policies and procedures (vulnerable children/adults’ policy, equal opportunities)
For more information, visit Lincolnshire Community Foundation.