Do your services deliver genuine social impact to people and their communities in East Central England? If so, you may be eligible to apply for our Community Investment Fund. We can award grants to any organisation that meets the criteria and helps people move closer to the job market by helping them overcome the barriers and challenges that keep them from moving forward.
Community Investment Fund
The Community Investment Fund backs local projects that drive lasting change and help individuals overcome barriers to employment.
Do you deliver genuine social impact?
Are you an SME, charity or third sector organisation that supports people in need?
What is the Community Investment Fund?
The Community Investment Fund supports local projects to create sustainable changes for individuals and their communities. Our ultimate goal is to help organisations tackle key barriers in their local area and help individuals eventually move closer to the job market.
We are dedicated to helping individuals overcome key barriers and recognise that each community may have specific barriers and support needed. This is why we recognise that the role of local community organisations is essential in tackling these barriers, as they are best placed to inform us of what support is needed.
Applying for funding
Our mission is to provide long-term, sustainable, and positive results for individuals and communities. To ensure we achieve our goals, we have set out some criteria for organisations that wish to be considered for funding. Please note we welcome applications from organisations that have previously applied.
Applicants/proposals must:
Be registered with Companies House and/or the Charities Commission
Organisations must be not-for-profit
Share our values, priorities and business objectives
Be financially solvent (we will carry out full due diligence)
Must progress individuals towards more engagement within their local community and closer to employment
Cover East Central England; see locations below
Highlight a compelling need to be awarded funding supported by data, insights and evidence
Present long-term, sustainable, positive results for individuals and communities
Include measurable outcomes and can report to AKG on outcomes regularly (frequency agreed at awards stage)
Present innovation in their approaches to supporting people and addressing community challenges
Observe equal opportunities when designing their activities and programmes
Locations
The Community Investment Fund covers East Central England including:
Bedfordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
North Buckinghamshire
Northamptonshire
Staffordshire
Warwickshire
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