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We’ve changed our Name!East London Community Foundation wins two new programmes.

East London Community Foundation is proud to announce that it has won two new grants programmes:

  • The Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge Programme in HaringeyHaringey . The programme will be open for applications from Wednesday 10 December, with the first deadline for applications on 12th January, 2009 To see the News Release
  • The Fair Share Trust Programme in Ponders End, Enfield. This programme is already open.

Sanjay Mazumder, the Chair of East London Community Foundation and now also Chair of the Fair Share Panel in Ponders End, notes that "winning these new programmes demonstrates the growing strength and recognition of East London Community Foundation amongst our peers. We are looking forward to serving the communities in both these exciting boroughs."

EasThe Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge Programme which funded by the Office of theThird Sector and will run for three years. The Programme is split into two parts, an £80 million small grants fund, and £50 million endowment challenge. EThe Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge Programme which funded by the Office of theThird Sector and will run for three years. The Programme is split into two parts, an £80 million small grants fund, and £50 million endowment chall

The Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge Programme

The Grassroots programme is an exciting new funding programme aimed at helping small, local voluntary organisations in Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest over the next 3 years.

Grassroots consists of two distinct elements:

The Grassroots Endowment Match Challenge

An exceptional opportunity for philanthropists and businesses who wish to support their local communities. The programme enables us to increase the value of a individual's donation by up to 336%, and that of a company or charity by over 200%.

The Grassroots Grants programme
Small grants of up to £5,000 available now and over the next 3 years for a diverse range of community groups across five of the boroughs we cover, Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest.

The value of Grassroots to our communities?

East London Community Foundation is the only independent organisation building endowment and philanthropy for and across East and North East London.


  • The programme will enable us to build a Grassroots Endowment in excess of £2.1 million so we can continue to support our small community groups long after Grassroots Grants are spent
  • It gives us over £1.2 million of Grassroots Grants to invest in Barking & Dagenham, Haringey, Havering, Redbridge and Waltham Forest now and over the next three years to support our community groups

The Grassroots Grants and Endowment Match Challenge Programme is funded by the Office of theThird Sector and will run for three years. The Programme is split into two parts, an £80 million small grants fund, and £50 million endowment challenge.

For every pound donated, another pound is added from government monies, doubling the capacity for community support.

East London Community Foundation Wins Quality Accreditation Mark

East London Community Foundation is proud to announce that they have received the Community Foundation Network quality mark.  The Quality Accreditation Mark is set to standards endorsed by the Charities Commission.