Focus Areas

• Organisations successful in receiving funding are focused in the following areas:
  • Addressing direct needs in the local community
  • Providing food and support for individuals
  • Reducing social isolation and widening networks
  • Building knowledge, confidence and opportunities

Funding Information

• Eligible organisations can receive a Greggs Foundation Community Grant of £20,000 per year, for up to two years.

Eligibility Criteria

• To be eligible to apply for a grant from them, you need to meet all of the criteria below:
  • A not-for-profit organisation.
  • An annual income of between £25,000 and £1,000,000 in your last set of accounts.
  • At least one set of annual accounts, having been delivering services for over a year.
  • Based in the geographical focus area listed for each funding round
  • Free reserves of less than six months' running costs in your last set of accounts which includes reserves you have decided to allocate but are free to reallocate and does not include fixed assets such as land and buildings.
  • A board of at least three unrelated trustees or directors.
  • A safeguarding policy in place.
  • An independent organisation.

Ineligibility Criteria

• They are unable to consider applications from any of the following:
  • Animal charities
  • Friends of associations
  • Branches or federations of national charities
  • Organisations where the primary benefit is the advancement of religion
  • Larger organisations with a greater capacity to fundraise
  • Schools or colleges

For more information, visit Greggs Foundation.

https://www.greggsfoundation.org.uk/grants/community-funding