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East End and City rassroots Grants is a three year grants and endowment programme for small voluntary and community groups.
From the Office of the Third Sector, the programme began in 2008 and is due to end in March 2011.
Amount available: You can apply for up to £5,000 but the money must be spent by 31 March 2011.
There final deadline for this programme has been extended to:
- Friday, 30 July 2010, 12noon
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Who can apply
To qualify for a grant, a group must:
- Be a not-for-profit third sector voluntary or community sector group based in Hackney
- Have been active in the community since March 2009
- Have an average annual income of £30,000 or less over the last three years or since the beginning of the group (if less than three years) and be able to provide proof of this
- Be volunteer led
- Be connected with and/or meeting the needs of the community
- Have a governing document that contains, at least, the following information: name, aim/purpose, objects, a dissolution clause, a list of Trustees/Committee members and Trustee/Committee member signatures .
Application pack
You can download an application form, advice on applying, guidance notes and a CRB disclosure form below. If you have any questions, please call Elizabeth Adebola or Nadia Capogrosso on 020 7923 1962 or email elizabeth@hcvs.org.uk or nadia@hcvs.org.uk
 Download Advice on filling in the form (706 KB)
Download Guidance form (95 KB)
Download application form (945 KB)
Download CRB disclosure form (69 KB)
What activities can you apply for?
Strengthening communities: Projects that encourage people to play an active part in making their neighbourhood a better place to live or projects that give communities a voice
Bringing people from different backgrounds together: Projects that work to build positive relations and understanding between different sections of the community
Strengthening organisational capacity and ability: Projects that address training needs of volunteers, management committee and staff members; projects enabling users to take a more active role in the organisation.
Responding to Local Need: Projects that address a problem specific to your community; demonstrating how you have identified the need and why your approach is the best way to tackle the problem.
Examples of things you can apply for include:
• The purchase of equipment
• Putting on a local event or workshop
• Staff costs to enable employment of individuals
• Contribution to rent (related to the activity)
• Attending a conference or event
• Training for volunteers
• Additional activities to expand an existing funded project
• Visiting similar groups to learn from what they do
• To achieve a quality or other standard relevant to your activities
• Start-up costs
• Running costs
• Meeting an identified need in the community.
How quick is the turnaround on decisions?
We aim to give you a decision on the success of your application within eight to 10 weeks of the closing date. However, there may delays depending on the number of applications we receive.
East End and City Grassroots Grants cannot fund:
- Statutory organisations such as schools
- Any party political activity
- Commercial ventures
- Activities where the primary purpose is to promote religious beliefs, or where people are excluded on religious grounds
- Organisations that are for the SOLE benefit or relief of animals or plants where any communities of people are not benefiting
- Regional or local offices of national organisation
- There are some restrictions on the types of activities that can be supported for Asylum Seeker Groups.
Where does this funding come from?
East End and City Grassroots Grants comes from the Office of the Third Sector and is administered nationally by the Community Development Foundation. In Hackney, these grants are administered by HCVS as part of a East End & City Consortium. managed by St Katharine & Shadwell Trust, the community foundation for the East End and City of London . The Trust has teamed up with Hackney Council for Voluntary Service, Newham Voluntary Sector Consortium and City.COMM.
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