Deadline: 7-Nov-22
The Community Knowledge Fund is giving grants worth between £10k and £100k to community groups and organisations around the UK.
The Community Knowledge Fund is a new fund available to community groups and local organisations around the UK. It aims to develop and test new ideas and different approaches to creating, sharing and using community knowledge to make progress on local and national challenges.
Themes
The Community Knowledge Fund is an open fund with particular interest in the two following themes:
- Community safety and resilience
- Environment and sustainability
Funding Information
The Community Knowledge Fund provides a total pot of £950,000 to support up to 34 grants to grassroots community groups and local organisations across the UK.
- In Phase 1, development grants of up to £10k will be awarded
- Phase 1: Groundwork and Early-Stage Testing grants
- Grants up to £10,000 to support grantees to create the conditions for research and innovation and to develop and begin early testing of their ideas.
In addition to funding, there is a bespoke support package that includes a learning programme, coaching support and events for community groups and organisations to share learning, draw on the skills, knowledge and expertise from across the fund’s participants, and to develop new relationships and networks.
Eligibility Criteria
- Only incorporated community groups or organisations are eligible to apply if they are one of the following:
- A charitable trust, registered charity, community interest company (CIC), social enterprise, cooperative society, local authority, community benefit society, voluntary or community group, non-profit company limited by guarantee. They also welcome partnerships of several of the types.
- Unincorporated community groups are welcome to apply but will need to clearly state who will sponsor their work (e.g., a constituted group which is happy to hold the funding on their behalf).
- Only organisations registered in the UK can apply. Organisations based in overseas territories and crown dependencies are not eligible to apply or to be listed as partners.
For more information, visit https://www.youngfoundation.org/community-knowledge-fund/