Quartet Community Foundation (South West)
What can you apply for?
The Express Grant can support charitable and community activities that aim to improve the lives of local people by addressing specific needs and disadvantages within their communities. These activities should reflect the concerns and priorities of the people they aim to benefit and where possible include the active involvement of local people in designing and delivering the activity. The application must also demonstrate how the activities will complement existing local charitable and community initiatives.
We prioritise charitable and community activities where the need is greatest.
The Community Foundation is particularly interested in awarding Express Grants to support early intervention and preventative work.
We don’t just support specific projects and activities. You are welcome to apply for funding towards costs that help your organisation in any of the following areas:
Long-term planning
Generating new income
Responding to increasing demand, unmet needs or aspirations
Strengthening your organisation’s governance and key staff and/or volunteer skills
Improving and/or enabling a new way of working
Who can apply?
Express Grants are targeted at small not-for-profit organisations and community groups with charitable aims. Applicants must be based and working in Bristol, Bath & North-East Somerset, North Somerset or South Gloucestershire.
There are no limits to the size of organisation which may apply for an Express Grant. However, if an applicant organisation is holding financial reserves that could cover more than 8 months of its annual expenditure, the application will be considered a lower priority for funding. If your organisation is holding significant financial reserves, you will need to make it clear why these reserves cannot be used to cover the cost of the activities.
https://quartetcf.org.uk/grants-support/