Funds Available

The Leeds Community Foundation began making grants in early 2005. Unless otherwise stated, all funding streams are open to ‘not-for-profit’ organisations. Your group does not need to be a registered charity to apply for funds, as long as the organisation has charitable aims and has a structure in place to show us it is properly run.

A copy of our funding criteria is available to download here.

The following forms are now available for applications:-

Grassroots Grants - Rolling Deadline

Guidance Notes

Application Form

Application Form Help Notes

 

The Leeds Children's Gift Fund - Applications currently closed

For groups working with children, young people and families.

 

Sport Relief - Deadline 15th September 2008

For community groups using sport or exercise as part of their wider work.

Guidance Notes

Application Form

 

The Barclays Wealth Fund - Deadline 31st October 2008

Financial education, financial inclusion, income generation and social enterprise, helping people back to work, environment.

 

 

 

The Hesco Bastion Fund - Rolling Deadline

Health (especially hospitals and hospices), projects supporting communities in Leeds 9, Leeds 10 and Leeds15.

 

 

 

The Keepmoat Fund - Rolling Deadline

Groups working in Beeston, Burley, Halton Moor, Hawksworth, Horsforth, Kippax, Morley, Osmondthorpe, Scott Hall, and Weetwood.

 

 

 

 

The Bartuf Fund - Rolling Deadline

Community Groups operating in LS11 or LS12, Beeston & Holbeck and Armley.

 

 

 

 

The International Personal Finance Fund - Rolling Deadline

Organisations with a link to countries in East Europe; tackling social inclusion and education with financial literacy and money advice initiatives.

Funding Advice

A copy of our funding criteria is available to download here.

Can I apply for funding?

We have produced a simple Expression of Interest form that we ask you to complete and return. We can then advise you as to whether or not you can apply for any of the funds that we manage, or if we know of other schemes that might be able to help. The form is available here.

Leeds Funding Website

Thanks to generous support from Leeds City Council’s VCFS Infrastructure Fund, the Foundation has been able to develop a new resource for groups. This is a new web-based tool containing up-to-date information about: infra-structure groups that can provide support, current and new sources of funding as well as details about the Leeds City Council small grants scheme. For further information please visit www.fundsinleeds.org.uk. We welcome feedback as to how you have found the site and any recommendations you have for improving it.

We encourage all grants recipients to try to get as much publicity for their grant and their project as possible – via local radio, television, newspapers, newsletters etc.

Details of grants we have made, to date, are posted here.