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NAVCA Directory of members and local contacts. Community Fund. Grassroots Grants - cdf.org.uk. Grassroots Grants offered funding for organisations and groups working in local communities. The funding was available for projects until March 2011. For more videos from Grassroots Grants funded groups, check out our Youtube channel. If your group ticked all the boxes, you could apply for a Grassroots grant of £250 – £5000: a not-for-profit voluntary or community group in England;led by volunteers;active in local community 12 months or more;average income (over three years) of less than £30,000 per year;works for the benefit of your local community.

“We’ve found that it’s not always easy for very small community groups to access grant funding, but applying for Grassroots Grants was relatively simple. Grassroots Grants was a £130 million government funded programme that supported the voluntary sector in building stronger, more active communities. Community Foundation Network. We help individuals, families, entrepreneurs, companies, charitable trusts and public sector bodies connect with, support and invest in their local communities right across the UK. What is a community foundation? A community foundation is a vehicle for charitable giving. Community foundations work with individuals, families and companies to design bespoke grant making strategies that target particular issues or focus on particular geographical areas. There are 46 accredited community foundations in the UK.

What is UKCF? UKCF is the umbrella organisation for all community foundations. Directory of Social Change : Home. Awards for All, Lottery grants and funding for projects in the UK. Esmée Fairbairn Foundation - Apply for funding - Food Strand. The Foundation has a long standing interest in food and in its impact on people, communities and the wider environment. Our Food Strand supports work that demonstrates the important role food plays in wellbeing and that connects people to the food that they eat.

As part of this primary aim the Strand seeks to bring about more sustainable food production and consumption policies and practices. The Strand is open to both large-scale strategic interventions and innovative local work. Its budget is £5million over three years, from January 2013 although it may be extended for a further two years pending a review during 2015. We will support work that: • delivers high quality, innovative local food projects, particularly those that can become financially sustainable and are replicable. • establishes closer links between NGOs, community groups, producers, retailers and industry in order to create more coherent food sector.

We will prioritise applications that have the following: PreviousNext. SITA Trust. The Co-operative Membership Community Fund.