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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: 30th November 2009; 2010 closing date to be announced.
Grassroots Grants: 9th February 2010.
Redbridge Small Grants: 1st March 2010.
Fair Share Trust Barking & Dagenham (Fanshawe) Priority One: closed
Fair Share Trust Enfield (Ponders End): n/a
Targeted Support Fund: closed, click left for monitoring report form
Please click on any fund name above to see further details about that fund.
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 £32,184 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.
Please click here to download the full criteria.
Deadline for applications :
To be announced; likely to be Summer 2010.
Groups who received Sports Relief funding in 2008/09 can For those reporting back, please use download the Sports Relief End Of Grant Report here
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Redbridge Small GraThe Grassroots Programme is funded by the Office of the Third Sector as delivered by the Community Development Foundation. It is a three-year scheme to March 2011. East London Community Foundation will deliver 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
Tuesday 9th February 2010 at 5pm.
All application forms must be completed in Word and submitted by e-mail, unless applicants do not have access/knowledge of computing facilities.
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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
Size of Grant
Applications can be for between £250 and £5,000. Groups can reapply until they have received £5,000 in total.
How do groups apply?
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
Download the application form in Word format:
Grassroots Grants Programme Application Form (Word)
How to report on your Grant
Download the Interim Grants Report in Word Format (for grants running across more than 1 financial year):
2009/10 Grassroots Interim Report Form
Download the End of Grant Report in Word Format:
For help and advice
Anja Beinroth on 0300 303 1203 or contact the team at grants@elcf.org.uk
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Redbridge Small Grants programme
Deadline
Monday 1st March 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.
Two types of grants are available to community groups and voluntary organisations based in and working in Redbridge:
- Development grant - to enable a a new group to develop its activities
- New project - to enable a new project to get underway
To download the Eligibility Criteria and the Application form
Redbridge Small Grants Guidelines 2009 (Word Document)
Redbridge Small Grants Application Form 2009 (Word Document)
Reporting back?
For help and advice Reporting and Logos
0300 303 1203 or contact the grants team at grants@elcf.org.uk
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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.
Organisations were invited by 5pm on Friday 27th November 2009 to tender for Priority 1 - Community Infrastructure, which aims to offer community development support in order to:
- foster new community activity,
- build relationships and trust between local people of different backgrounds and beliefs, and
- support existing local groups to work more and better with others in the same area, to strengthen their services and to attract more funds.
This will be in addition and complementary to the existing infrastructure support provided by Barking & Dagenham CVS and others. There will be opportunities in 2010 to apply for funding under Priorities 2 and 3.
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.
Project brief
- To deliver the aims of Priority 1 - Community Infrastructure
- To be able to start delivery in January / February 2010
- To link and support all of the organisations and activities funded by the Fanshawe Fair Share Trust;
- To work towards positive change and deliver lasting outcomes for the area;
- To support the panel’s decision-making by providing the panel with local information about residents’ key issues, needs and priorities.
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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Targeted Support Fund Barking & Dagenham (closed)
Organisations that have been awarded a Targeted Support Fund grant can download the End of Grant Report. Please return your completed report to Matt Allgood no later than 30th April 2010.
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.
