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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 and recent 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:
Redbridge Small Grants: Wednesday 7 November 2012.
Redbridge Community Awards: extended to Monday 29 October 2012
The Kaye Hall Trust Awards: Currently closed for nominations.
Surviving Winter Campaign: Expressions of interest accepted.
Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund: expected to re-open Autumn 2012.
Grassroots Grants Programme: Closed.
Comic Relief: Please contact London Community Foundation.
Please click on any fund name above to see further details about that fund.
To report on an existing grant, download the monitoring form here.
To download the ELCF logo for use in your grant publicity, click here.
Page last updated: 24 October 2012
Redbridge Small Grants programme
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 and grants of more than £3,000 are rare.
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.
Closing dates in 2012/13:
- Wednesday, 25 April 2012 at 5pm
- Wednesday, 5 September 2012 at 5pm
- Wednesday, 7 November 2012 at 5pm
Help with applying
Draft applications e-mailed by 1 November will receive feedback .
What has been funded before?
You can download our Redbridge Small Grants annual report which includes project summaries for all grants awarded in 2011/12.
To download the Eligibility Criteria and the Application form
Please click here to download the 2012/13 Guidelines and fund criteria. Please make sure you understand the eligibility criteria before you apply, and refer to the guidance notes to help you complete the application form.
Download the 2012/13 application form here.
Reporting back?
Download the End of grant report form here.
Phone 0300 303 1203 or contact the grants team at grants@elcf.org.uk
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The Redbridge Community Awards 
East London Community Foundation is pleased to support the Redbridge Community Awards, organised by East Ilford Betterment Partnership. The Redbridge Community Awards aim to recognise outstanding community work and extraordinary achievement by individuals, groups and communities in Redbridge.
Nominations for the awards for this year have now opened with an extented deadline of Monday 29 October for completed returns. A special reception with late night celebratory music event will be held on Friday 9 November 2012 at Ilford Town Hall to celebrate all successful nominations.
There are eight award categories:
- 1. Lifetime Achievement Award
- 2. Sport for the Community Award
- 3. Best Community Performer Award
- 4. Police Officer of the Year Award
- 5. Volunteer of the Year Award
- 6. Council Employee of the Year Award
- 7. News Reporter of the Year Award
- 8. Young Volunteer of the Year Award
For further details and the nomination form please click here.
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The Kaye Hall Trust Awards are made in memory of Kaye Hall, a remarkable young woman who had Down’s Syndrome. Kaye died on the 9th of February 2007, seven weeks before her 27th birthday, and the Kaye Hall Trust Fund (which funds the awards) was set up in her honour.
The Kaye Hall Trust aims to celebrate and support community projects and activities which promote independence and social inclusion for young people with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities living in Haringey, helping them to realise their potential and to play a full and active role in society. The Awards are for projects that really make a difference to young disabled people’s lives.
Eligibility
The awards are open to any community group, self-help group, voluntary group or social enterprise that actively works with young people with Downs Syndrome and/or other disabilities living in Haringey.
To be considered for an award, nominated groups need to show how they achieve one or more of the following:
- Enable young people with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities living in Haringey to access new opportunities or report improved well-being as a result of participation in community activities, such as arts or sporting activities.
- Support young people with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities living in Haringey to access community facilities and resources (e.g. public transport, leisure facilities), and develop the confidence to use them alongside non-disabled people – promoting social inclusion.
- Support young people with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities living in Haringey to realise their potential and lead more independent lives.
In addition, nominated groups should demonstrate good practice by involving individuals with Downs Syndrome and other disabilities in the planning, management and running of projects, by welcoming people of all backgrounds and valuing diversity, and by valuing and supporting volunteers.
The nomination process
In order to be considered for a Kaye Hall Trust Award, the Group must be nominated by an individual, who needs to explain why the Group’s activities deserve recognition. The person making the nomination can be a member of the group, a beneficiary or a supporter, and this person should complete Part A of the nomination form. Part B should be completed and must be signed by two representatives of the nominated Group.
Click here to download the Nomination Form.
This year's deadline for receipt of nominations was Saturday, 30 June 2012. The awards ceremony will be held on Saturday 27 October.
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Surviving Winter is a UK-wide co-ordinated campaign to encourage people to make donations to help older and vulnerable people affected by fuel poverty this winter. Fuel poverty is defined as the need to spend over 10% of household income on fuel costs to maintain adequate warmth for health and comfort.
Although the 2011/12 donations have now been allocated, we are still interested in receiving expressions of interest for next winter from local groups and organisations who would like to disburse hardship grants directly to older people living in fuel poverty in East and North East London, and/or to provide activities to help vulnerable older people to stay warm, stay safe and socialise or access local amenities.
Activities must take place within the East London Community Foundation’s area of benefit, which comprises Barking & Dagenham, City of London, Enfield, Haringey, Hackney, Havering, Newham, Redbridge, Tower Hamlets and Waltham Forest.
Hardship grants (between £50 and £200 per individual) may be used to pay for essential items to help vulnerable older people increase their energy efficiency or replace essential equipment in their homes. Items that the hardship grant could contribute to are: draught excluders, reflective radiator panels, hot water tank jacket and pipe insulation, energy monitor (to monitor electrical items), secondary glazing, energy efficient kettle, fridge freezer, cooker and emergency heating repairs.
Activities provided by local groups to support older people stay warm and safe (between £100 and £500 per group) may include befriending schemes for isolated older people, provision of transport, luncheon clubs providing hot meals etc.
Download the Expression of Interest Form.
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Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund
East London Community Foundation is the local delivery partner for the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund in Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.
Grants are usually awarded twice every year, in April and November. Application rounds will usually open approximately 3-4 months before.
Who can apply?
Applications are accepted online from community groups and small voluntary organisations working to lift people out of poverty in one of the following areas:
- 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
Applications must also meet the Big Lottery Fund’s People Powered Change initiative outcomes. So, your proposal needs to show:
- demonstrable inclusion of groups, communities of interest and places of poverty with poor sense of community and social infrastructure.
- how you are helping capable, resilient people and communities to make choices for themselves and enable them to make a social contribution.
How do groups apply? How do groups apply? Please explain how the grant would mobilise volunteers and people in the community, enabling people to find solutions to issues for themselves.
The fund is open to groups with an average income below £250,000.
East London Community Foundation will prioritise applications from smaller groups (up to £30,000 income) that can clearly demonstrate how their activities will change the lives of poor and disadvantaged Londoners.
How much is available?
The Dispossessed Fund is pleased to be working with the Big Lottery Fund’s People Powered Change programme and the Office for Civil Society.
Groups can usually apply for grants between £2,000 (min.) and £10,000 (max.).
How do groups apply?
The first stage of the application (Part A) is usually online through the Dispossessed Fund website. When you apply, you will receive a Part B form with supplementary questions and a list of supporting documents you need to submit to ELCF by the closing date.
Click here to apply through the London home page of the Dispossessed Fund
Click here to download the November 2011 round's guidance notes.
Who has been funded before?
Two of East London Community Foundation's grantees have been featured in the Evening Standard: Cirque Nova and Music and Health in the Community. Click on their names to read their stories.
A full list of grants awarded is available from the Dispossessed Fund website.
Reporting back?
Download the Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund end of grant report form
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Grassroots GrantsRedbridge Small Grants programme
Redbridge Small GraThe Grassroots Grants Programme was funded by the Office for Civil Society
(former Office of the Third Sector) and delivered by the Community Development Foundation. It was originally a three-year scheme ending in March 2011. Additional Funding was available in 2011/12 in some boroughs. East London Community Foundation manages Grassroots Grants in the London boroughs Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering and Redbridge. This programme has now ended.
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Community Foundation Network has delegated Londonwide grant-making for Comic Relief's community grants to Capital Community Foundation, who have recently changed their name to London Community Foundation (not to be confused with ELCF!). Please contact them directly for further details.
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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.
