Grants available: Up to £7,500
Who can apply?
– Voluntary and community groups that are charitable in purpose, formally constituted and working for the benefit of Buckinghamshire residents (excluding Milton Keynes)
– Town and parish councils (provided the grant would not replace statutory funding)
– You can find our other eligibility criteria by clicking here
For this round we are only able to offer funding to groups who:
- Have not received funding from Heart of Bucks Community (formerly General) Fund since 1st March 2025
- Have annual turnover less than £500,000
- Have free reserves equivalent to operating costs of 12 months or less
Please be aware that we expect the demand for funding to exceed the funds available. At the full application stage, the success rate for our last round which had the same eligibility restrictions was c92%.
What can be funded?
- Grants can be used to support capital, revenue and project costs and expenditure
Our Community Fund supports charities and community groups in Buckinghamshire whose work benefits local people. We award grants of up to £7,500 to a broad range of causes and welcome applications from both new and established groups.
Made up of a number of private funds with different priorities, HoB Community Fund may be suitable if your project does not fit any of our other specific funds.
To ensure you have the best possible chance of obtaining funding, we have a two stage process.
In this first “Expression of Interest” stage we will review the information to make sure we can match the type of work you want to carry out with one of the 50+ funds that run in the back of this programme.
What happens after this?
If we think we can potentially find funding to match your project, we will send a more detailed full application form out to you to complete. In this second stage we will ask you for more details about the project, including a detailed project budget and how you expect to monitor the success of your work. We will also give you any hints and tips we think may help to enhance your application and give it the best chance of success.
Heart of Bucks always acts in good faith in working with our donors and carries out due diligence checks on the sources of funding we make available. If however, your organisation has specific restrictions on the sources of funds it will accept, please do contact us to discuss further before making your application.
Expression of Interest Deadline: 03/12/2025 midnight
Full Application Deadline: 14/01/2026 midnight
Please note that decisions will likely be made in March 2026. Therefore, any projects applied for must start no sooner than March 2026.
To complete your Expression of Interest, please click here.
