Deadline: 27-Sep-21
Funding for Community Chest is provided through a partnership between Islington Council and Cripplegate Foundation which administers the fund to achieve better lives for the people of Islington.
Priority is given to organizations working with people who are experiencing poverty and/or isolation.
Funding Information
Amount: Funding of up to £5,000
What Community Chest can fund?
Islington Council’s Community Chest can fund:
- Running costs, including rent, venue hire, bills, insurance, stationery etc
- Salary costs, including National Insurance employers contribution
- Materials and equipment
- Islington Council’s Community Chest funds a wide range of projects that support disadvantaged Islington residents. Islington Council’s Community Chest actively seeks to fund projects which reflect the boroughs diversity.
- Islington Council’s Community Chest is inclusive of all people regardless of their age, culture, disabilities, ethnic origin, gender, nationality, race, religion, and sexual orientation.
Note: Islington Council’s Community Chest can only fund computers and IT equipment at modest cost, where it is essential to your project and is kept somewhere where it is accessible to everyone involved in the project.
What Community Chest cannot fund?
They cannot fund:
- Political activities
- Promotion of religion
- Construction or acquisition of buildings
- General appeals
- Organizations delivering second tier activities
- Trips / outings unless part of a bigger project
- Residential trips
- Debts
- Expenses that have already been incurred
- Local branches of national or regional organizations
- Statutory organizations
- Individuals
What are they looking for?
They are looking for projects that:
- Advise and support people
- Educate people and improve their skills and Employability
- Reduce isolation and people’s involvement in the community
- Improve people’s mental and physical health
- Improve the local environment and make communities safer
Eligibility Criteria
- Funding from Islington Council’s Community Chest can only be used to support Islington residents, meaning people who live in Islington or are in full time education in Islington. If your organization does not work with Islington residents, then you should not apply for funding from Islington Council’s Community Chest.
- They accept applications from unregistered community groups, registered charities, social enterprises, companies limited by guarantee, Community Interest Companies and other not-for-profit organisations. Islington Council’s Community Chest is not able to provide funding to organisations seeking funding for second tier activities, statutory organisations, local branches of national or regional organisations, or private companies.
- Priority is given to organisations with a turnover of less than £50,000.
For more information, visit Cripplegate Foundation.
For more information, visit https://cripplegate.org/support-funding/funding-organisations/islington-councils-community-chest
