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East London Community Foundation manages a number of funds, many of which are tailored to the individual wishes of our donors. Please see below for details of our current programmes.
Before drafting and sending the application, please read the guidelines for each fund available, paying particular attention to the geographical target areas and specific criteria of each.
Closing dates:
Comic Relief: Friday 10 September 2010.
Grassroots Grants Havering / Redbridge: Friday 27 August 2010.
Grassroots Grants Barking & Dagenham / Haringey: now closed.
Redbridge Small Grants: Monday 4 October 2010 at 5pm.
Fair Share Trust Barking & Dagenham (Fanshawe): n/a
Fair Share Trust Enfield (Ponders End): n/a
Please click on any fund name above to see further details about that fund.
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Redbridge Small GraThe Grassroots Programme is funded by the Office for Civil Society (former Office of the Third Sector) and delivered by the Community Development Foundation. It is a three-year scheme to March 2011. East London Community Foundation delivers small grants programmes in Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering and Redbridge.
Those applying in Waltham Forest should go to our partners, O-Regen, who are delivering Grassroots Grants on our behalf.
Next deadline
Barking & Dagenham and Haringey Grassroot Grants are now closed for applications. There may be a small amount of further funding available in the autumn - if so, details will be published here.
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All required documents (online application plus supporting documents) should reach East London Community Foundation by Friday 27 August 2010 at the latest.
Who can apply?
Not for profit, small voluntary or community groups who:
- have been active in their communities for at least a year
- have an average income of less than £30,000 per year (over three years or the life of the group)
- work for the benefit of their local community
- are led by volunteers
- have a written set of rules or constitution
- have a bank account in their name, or are in the process of opening one
Themes
Applications must fit one of the five themes of the Evening Standard Dispossesssed Campaign, which are:
- Training and educating people who have dropped out of mainstream education
- Getting people into work, such as through apprenticeship or mentor schemes
- Fighting gangs, knife and gun crime
- Improving mental and physical health and well-being, such as through sports clubs and helping carers
- Addressing other manifestations of poverty such as homelessness, pensioner poverty or the working poor
Size of Grant
Applications can be for between £250 and £5,000. Groups can reapply until they have received £5,000 in total.
Applications are currently accepted online only, as part of the London Evening Standard Dispossessed Campaign.
All application forms must be completed via the Evening Standard Dispossessed Campaign website: www.theeveningstandarddispossessedfund.co.uk (click here to open). Supporting documents should be sent by post; applicants will receive detailed instructions by e-mail.
Please read the guidance notes before you complete the form:
Grassroots Grants Application Form Guidance Notes
as well as the Eligibility Criteria:
Grassroots Grants Programme Eligibility Criteria
Who/ What has been funded before?
View a list of all Barking & Dagenham Grassroots Grants, 2008 to July 2010
View a list of all Haringey Grassroots Grants, 2008 to July 2010
View a list of all Havering Grassroots Grants, 2008 to July 2010
View a list of all Redbridge Grassroots Grants, 2008 to July 2010
For help and advice
Anja Beinroth on 0300 303 1203 or contact the team at grants@elcf.org.uk
How to report on your Grant
Download the End of Grant Report in Word Format: End-of-grant report form
All funds must be fully spent and accounted for by 31 March 2011.
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Redbridge Small Grants programme
2010/11 Deadlines
- Monday 7 June 2010 at 5pm
- Monday 2 August 2010 at 5pm
- Monday 4 October 2010 at 5pm
- Monday 29 November 2010 at 5pm
Who can apply?
The Programme is funded by the London Borough of Redbridge. It is aimed at new and/or small groups with an average annual income of up to £60,000. Funding is available for grants of between £250 - £5,000; the average grant is around £2,000.
Two types of grants are available to community groups and voluntary organisations based in and working in Redbridge:
- Development grant - to enable a new group to develop its activities,
or to build capacity to make an existing group more sustainable:
this could include investment in training, fundraising and the development of fundraising skills, equipment, etc.
- New project - to enable a small scale innovative project to be started:
this could include revenue and capital monies, core administrative and other costs
The application must fit one or both of these categories, otherwise it cannot be awarded a grant.
Help with applying
A free funding workshop for groups interested in applying is planned for Wednesday 2nd June, in partnership with Redbridge CVS. Please contact the ELCF grants team if you would like to attend.
To download the Eligibility Criteria and the Application form
Please click here to download the Guidelines and fund criteria.
Download the application form here.
Reporting back?
Download the End of grant report form
For help and advice Reporting and Logos
0300 303 1203 or contact the grants team at grants@elcf.org.uk
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Open for Application in Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
What are the grants for?
This programme aims to empower local people enabling them to create lasting change in their communities.
The Grant shall be used to support work where there is clear evidence of a sustained beneficial impact or people’s lives who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, social isolation, age, disabilities, race, sexuality or gender.
Projects should be run by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with and priority will be given to small, locally based groups, or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community and are undertaking actions as a means of addressing these needs. This can also include “Communities of Interest” which cover a wider geographical area.
Within this context, the Grant Criteria are:
Comic Relief specifically wants 50% of the available funds to go to sports projects that
- increase access to sport and exercise for people who face social exclusion and isolation
- help people who are experiencing difficulties in their lives.
The remaining funding will support community groups running projects that
- increase local services,
- builds skills of local people,
- increase community cohesion,
- respond to local economic needs.
Please click here to download the full criteria.
How much funding is available?
Grants can start at £1,000 up to a maximum of £10,000. In 2010/11, East London Community Foundation has a total of £32,170 to award in line with the above criteria.
Due to the limited amount of funding available, East London Community Foundation will be looking to fund 4-5 exemplary projects that clearly meet the above criteria, and have the potential to make a demonstrable positive, lasting difference to the lives of people in deprived areas within our five boroughs.
Applications will be prioritised based on potential impact and fit with the criteria, so only apply if you think your project is an excellent fit. If you are unsure, please discuss your idea with us first.
How to apply?
Applications will be accepted online. Click here to apply or use the following web link: http://tinyurl.com/elcfcomicrelief
Please click here to download the full criteria.
Deadline for applications in 2010/11: Friday 10 September 2010 at 5pm.
Reporting back?
Download the End of grant report form
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Fair Share Trust Barking & Dagenham (Fanshawe)
This is a strategic funding programme restricted to the Fanshawe area of Barking & Dagenham.
The Fair Share Panel has established three new funding priorities for the remainder of the programme in Fanshawe between now and 2013:
- Priority 1 - Community Infrastructure,
- Priority 2 - Community Involvement & Cohesion, and
- Priority 3 - Community Empowerment & Local Services.
Available funds – approx. £500,000 over three years – will be split equally between the three priorities.
Eligibility criteria
Eligible organisations must:
- be properly constituted and not for private gain;
- be solvent;
- demonstrate an understanding of and commitment to the national standards for Community Development Work;
- demonstrate local knowledge of the Fanshawe area;
- either have a physical base in the Fanshawe area, or demonstrate clear plans for developing a strong presence in the area; and
- be committed to equal opportunities and the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults.
Fair Share Trust Ponders End
This is a strategic funding programme restricted to Ponders End in Enfield. Projects are being commissioned under four local priorities. This is not an open grants programme. Should you be interested in submitting an Expression of Interest to work within the area, please contact us to discuss your project idea.
For help and advice
Anja Beinroth on 0300 303 1203 or contact her at grants@elcf.org.uk
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Do review this page regularly for funding updates.
To discuss any of these programmes, you can contact our grants team / Anja Beinroth electronically or by telephone at 0300 303 1203.
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We help communities in London, particularly those in North East London, in Barking & Dagenham, Enfield, Hackney, Haringey, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
