Themes

• Your application will need to support the delivery of at least one of the fund’s three theme:
  • Enhance the quality of life for local people:
    • Intergenerational projects that bring the community together
    • Community safety initiatives
    • Activities that are prosperous, vibrant and improve outcomes for people
  • Promote community spirit and encourage community activity:
    • Support for meeting places (community centres, village halls, playing fields, church halls)
    • Helping people from different backgrounds develop strong positive relationships
    • Enabling people to have the same opportunities regardless of background
    • Supporting projects that help people to develop new or improve existing skills
  • Contribute to vibrant, healthy successful and sustainable communities:
    • Projects that improve the health and educational outcomes of families living in poverty
    • Reducing unemployment and raising household incomes

Funding Information

• The fund will offer grants of up to £5,000.00. Organisations can only hold one grant at any one time.

Eligibility Criteria

• Eligible Organisations, who can apply for funding include:
  • Voluntary, community groups
  • Parish/Community Councils/Town Councils
  • School PTA
  • Social enterprises (including credit unions, co-operatives, social firms, community owned enterprises, community interest companies and development trusts) provided they operate on a not-for-profit basis
  • National or regional organisations considering applying would need to demonstrate clear local need/demand and benefit, as well as providing evidence of local partnership working

Ineligibility Criteria

• Grants will not be available for:
  • Commercial organisations, District or County Councils
  • Any works considered a statutory responsibility, such as scheduled transport services, works to public highways and public car parks
  • Projects that are religious in focus or that support a party political campaign or cause or may bring the fund or the funder into disrepute
  • Retrospective funding, i.e. projects that have already been completed, whether or not already paid for
  • Building up a reserve or surplus, whether distributable or not

For more information, visit Lincolnshire Community Foundation.