Funding Update – 13th January 2025
Grants are available to local not-for-profit groups in Islington to deliver events, activities or projects which bring benefit to residents
| Maximum value: | Discretionary |
| Application deadline: | 16/01/2025 |
Local ward councillors have an annual budget per ward to support community projects in their area. This budget makes up the Local Initiatives Fund.
Objectives of Fund
Funding is intended to support locally run initiatives that will have a positive impact on the local community.
Value Notes
There is a budget of £13,000 per ward. The minimum grant award is £250 and a minimum of £50 per ward should be requested by organisations submitting proposals to more than one ward.
- Applicants are strongly advised to contact councillors for each ward before applying. .
- Groups who have not applied for this funding before should email LocalInitiativesFund@islington.gov.uk before applying.
- Applications for cost-of-living funding can be made at any time.
- Contact Islington Borough Council for more information.
Useful links
Islington – Local Initiatives Fund
The Community Partnerships Team has been allocated up to £100,000 from the Household Support Fund additional provision to support community voluntary sector organisations to offer an additional provision to the Warm Places initiatives in the Borough.
| Maximum value: | Grants are up to £5000 with a minimum of 10 x 3-hour “out of hour” sessions being delivered to be considered for funding. These sessions will need to be delivered by 31 March 2025. |
| Application deadline: | open on a first come first service basis and close on 31 January or when the fund has been fully allocated. |
To apply, please request the application form from The Community Partnerships team email :Partnerships@islington.gov.uk
Funding for Community Groups
Have an annual turnover of less than £100,000
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- Work with Islington residents
- support residents experiencing poverty and/or isolation
| Maximum value: | up to £5,000 for constituted community organisations that: |
| Application deadline: | 12pm (midday) on Monday, 17 February 2025 |
You can access the online application form via the link below:
https://www.tfaforms.com/5145621
IMPORTANT: Please read the UPDATED guidance for applicants attached carefully as there have been changes to the ICCC funding priorities so that they now more closely align with the Council’s 2030 Missions.
Previous Applicants: We have listened to what you have told us as part of the ICCC review this year. If you have been awarded Islington Council’s Community Chest in the previous 18 months and wish to reapply to continue the same project with no changes, then you DO NOT have to complete the full application form. If this applies to your project you will have to submit a monitoring report BEFORE you reapply, even if your current project is still running. If you haven’t received a link to the monitoring form, please email grants@cripplegate.org.uk to request a link.
Applicants are strongly encouraged to contact the Cripplegate Foundation to discuss project ideas before applying.
If you have any questions please contact Patrick Jones, Programme Manager patrick.jones@cripplegate.org.uk
- Foyle Foundation Small Grants Scheme
Grants are available to smaller charities registered and operating in the UK for projects that will make a significant impact on their work.
| Maximum value: | Grants of between £2,000 and £10,000 are available for 12 months. Grants can be used for core costs or essential equipment. |
| Application deadline: | 31/01/2025 |
Objectives of Fund
The Small Grants Scheme is provided by the Foyle Foundation to support smaller, grassroots, and local charities in the UK with projects that have the potential to make a significant difference to their work.
Eligible Expenditure
One-year grants are available for core costs, projects, essential equipment, or building projects.
The Foundation’s priority will be to support local charities still active in their communities that are currently delivering services to the young, vulnerable, elderly, disadvantaged or the general community.
If applying for funding towards a capital project, applicants should apply towards the end of their fundraising campaign, when most of the funding has been raised and they have an estimated start date for the works.
The Foundation is unlikely to consider a request if the lease is less than 10 years. If the application is successful, the pledged grant offer is only valid for 12 months.
Applicants must show how any grant will make a significant difference to their current work and must be able to demonstrate ongoing financial viability over the next 12 months.
How To Apply
Applications can be made at any time.
April 2024 Update: The Foyle Foundation will complete its grant giving programme in 2025. Due to unprecedented demand, it will now stop accepting new applications to the Small Grants Scheme on 31 January 2025
https://foylefoundation.org.uk/how-to-apply/small-grants-scheme-guidelines/
