Themes

• Social cohesion: Community activities; access to essential services; support for people leaving Prison and their families, women’s groups, projects that contribute to strong and cohesive communities.
• Advice and Support:  Debt counselling; Citizens Advice Bureau; welfare advice services, nutrition, and diet.
• Older People: Care at home, integration projects; projects tackling isolation, loneliness and dementia, volunteer costs, sitter, and companionship.
• Homelessness: Interventions/support to assist vulnerable homeless people, e.g., accommodation, advice, food/clothing.
• Food Security: Seed swaps, community growing schemes, advice about food sovereignty and sustainability.

Funding Information

• They aim to distribute around £50,000 per annum
• Grants are for a maximum of £6,000 per year

Eligibility Criteria

• Locally run and managed voluntary or community organisations. Priority may be given to smaller volunteer led community groups.
• They are unlikely to fund organisations that are local branches/organisations of a larger regional or national organisation.
• They can fund local projects that encourage and/or assist those included in the target group.
• They can provide funding to cover equipment, travel, venue hire, telephone, stationery, refreshments, volunteer training and activities that meet an identified need.
• Whatever they fund must benefit your local community.

Ineligibility Criteria

• Political or predominantly religious activities
• Individuals
• Statutory agencies/provision
• Animal welfare
• General contributions to large appeals
• Building work/purchase of vehicles
• Grant making bodies applying for funding to redistribute to others
• Retrospective projects/activities

Applications Requirements

• A Constitution or set of rules
• A local management board or committee of at least three people, of which two must be unrelated
• A bank or building society account in the organisation’s name with at least two account signatories
• Up to date accounts or income and expenditure account.
• A Safeguarding Policy, and any other relevant policies and procedures (vulnerable children/adults’ policy, equal opportunities)

For more information, visit Lincolnshire Community Foundation.