Deadline: 20-Nov-2024
Hackney Giving is working with London Borough of Hackney to distribute funding to not-for-profit groups who are providing emergency relief for residents experiencing financial hardship.
Aim
- Funding will be awarded for work towards the following outcome:
- Reducing the impact of the rising cost of living on people living in Hackney.
Categories
- The activities you deliver with your grant will need to fit into one of the following categories:
- Supply of food and other necessities.
- Contributions towards utility bill payments or mobile phone costs for service users.
- Provision of meals in a community setting.
- Before or after-school club or holiday club (with food provision).
- Preventative support that helps people avoid falling into crisis.
Funding Information
- £150,000 is available. Grants will be £5,000.
Duration
- Your project may begin from 1 January 2025. It should be complete by 24 March 2025.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for a grant, your organisation must:
- Work in Hackney.
- Have a formal constitution or governing document.
- Be constituted to be not-for-profit.
- Have at least two people on its Board of Trustees or Management Committee.
- Not be in overall financial deficit.
- Have a bank account, requiring at least two signatories.
- Be able to declare that all bank account signatories are unrelated (by blood or marriage) and living at separate addresses.
Ineligibility Criteria
- With this funding, they cannot fund:
- Expenditure or activities that have already taken place. By this they mean that retrospective funding will not be awarded; applications may be for ongoing provision.
- Projects that have no community or charitable element.
- Projects that are purely for the advancement of religion or politics.
For more information, visit Hackney Giving.