£1,000-£5,000

The Trust‘s mission is to manage the funds at its disposal to support literary, artistic, musical and theatrical projects and organisations.

The amount of each grant usually falls within the range of £500 to £5,000. However, the Trustees retain the right to give discretionary grants, and development grants, outside this amount, but do so only in exceptional circumstances.

Funding is available for projects that benefit the local community and where the majority of participants are Southern Housing Group residents.

The funding can be for a range of projects, including costs for community fun days, day trips or residential, dance classes, training and/or employment projects, music courses, sports activities, arts projects, IT classes, buying equipment, improving local services for young people and special events to showcase talent.

The Yelvertoft Windfarm Community Benefit Fund has been established on behalf of AES Wind Generation. It will be available for the 25 year lifetime of the Yelvertoft Wind Farm and will be administered by the Northamptonshire Community Foundation.

Funding is available for a range of charitable, educational, environmental and general community amenity projects which will benefit residents in the local communities around the wind farm site.

The Small Grants Scheme for the Arts is provided and administered by Wycombe District Council.
Funding is intended to assist local voluntary and community groups, arts organisations, individuals and arts companies with the cost of delivering arts projects and events that benefit Wycombe residents.

Grants will cover up to 50% of total costs to a maximum of £1,500.

West Devon Borough Council is committed to helping community groups to access support for local projects.

The Community Projects Grants Scheme is available to local community groups, towns and parishes for a wide range of local community projects that will provide benefits to local residents

Grants of between £100 and £5,000 or 50% of the total project costs (whichever is the lower) are available.
In exceptional circumstances, grants of up to £10,000 may be considered.

The Community Plus Fund, formerly known as the Housing Plus Fund, is a partnership between West Berkshire Council, Sovereign Housing, A2 Housing Group, Catalyst Housing Group and Testaway Housing. West Berkshire Council administers the scheme on behalf of its partners.

The Fund aims to provide small but positive changes to help enhance the lives of local people living in housing association areas.

The Fund offers two levels of grant assistance:
• Small grants of up to £500.
• Large grants of up to £4,000.

The Community Foundation Serving Tyne and Wear and Northumberland manages a variety of different funds. Funding is intended to support local groups who 'deliver valuable opportunities, support and help to the people in their communities' in Tyne and Wear and Northumberland.

The Community Foundation is particularly keen to support people who experience discrimination or disadvantage for whatever reason.

Stevenage Borough Council offers the Local Community Budget Grant Scheme to support local community groups and organisations to deliver projects and services that will be beneficial to local residents and will improve the neighbourhood.

Each ward Councillor has a total of £2,500 to distribute throughout the year.

South Somerset District Council provides its Community Grants scheme as part of its support to local voluntary and community groups and organisations and other not-for-profit organisations working for the benefit of South Somerset.
This funding is aimed at local not-for-profit projects that will improve the local quality of life in the District.

Grants of up to 50% of the project costs with a maximum of £12,500 per project are available.
Larger awards of over £12,500 may be available for particular projects or to groups providing services across South Somerset

Saffron Community Foundation is the charitable arm of Saffron Housing Trust.

Saffron Community Foundation supports projects that are aimed at improving the quality of life and wellbeing of groups and communities in the areas in which Saffron Housing Trust has stock.

Grants should:
• Benefit the local community.
• Encourage local people to get involved.

Grants are awarded to individuals and groups in Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk and Suffolk for community projects aimed at improving quality of life and wellbeing.