Deadline: 17-Nov-22
The London Community Foundation (LCF) is seeking applications for its Together for London Programme to support organisations to respond the immediate impacts of the cost-of living crisis in their communities.
Programme Priorities
- Based on what their current grantees have told them, their research and their own knowledge of London’s most pressing needs in the face of the cost-of-living crisis, they will prioritise applications from organisations supporting people on low incomes or those who are likely to be disproportionately impacted by the cost-of-living crisis as a result of systemic inequality.
- They will first prioritise the following groups of people, although they will also consider funding organisations whose work supports people outside these priority groups:
- People with disabilities
- Older people
- Black and Minoritised Ethnic (BME) communities
- Carers
- Homeless people or people at risk of homelessness
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £10,000
- Duration: To be spent within 6 months
- Type of grant: Flexible
Geographical Area: Applications are welcome from all London boroughs.
Eligibility Criteria
- Specific eligibility for this programme:
- They will fund organisations with a total annual income of up to £500,000 in the previous year. This means organisations with an annual income of more than £500,000 cannot be funded through this programme.
- All posts (including staff members, sessional workers, part-time or full-time posts, freelance workers) funded by these grants must be paid at or above the London Living Wage.
- This fund will not give grants directly to individuals, however, they can fund organisations planning to provide cash grants to individuals of up to £500 per individual, if you can demonstrate that you have a robust process for managing this.
- LCF’s core eligibility criteria:
- 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.
- 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):
Ineligible
- 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
- Grants cannot be used for:
- activities that promote religious or political views
- purely commercial ventures (for profit)
- spending that has already taken place (i.e. retrospective funding)
- activities where people are excluded on the basis of religion, sexual orientation, gender or ethnicity (unless the issue is group-specific)
- There must be no personal benefit attached to the grant.
- Organisations where trustees are paid are not eligible.
For more information, visit https://londoncf.org.uk/grants/together-for-london