Grants available: Up to £10,000
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)
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 May 2024
- Have annual turnover less than £500,000
- Have free reserves equivalent to operating costs of 12 months or less
We will be prioritising applications for grants that will;
- meet at least 50% of the project cost,
- have the greatest impact for those most in need,
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 of funding was c50%
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 £10,000 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.
How to apply:
We are now open for Expression of Interest and you can apply using this link.
If you have applied to us before, just enter the email used previously. If you have not applied before, you should use the register link first.
The closing date for this stage is midnight on 13th April 2025
To recognise the resources that go into making a grant application, we have made our Expression of Interest much lighter-touch this time.
We provide a self-assessment tool for you to check whether you are likely to be eligible for funding and then ask you for a broad description of the project or service you are hoping to apply for funding for.
If the self-assessment tool indicates that you are unlikely to be eligible for funding, please do not go ahead with the application, but get in touch if you need more guidance.
grants@heartofbucks.org | 01296 330134
We will review your project and see if we are able to match the type of work you want to carry out with one of the 50+ funds that run in the back of this programme.
If we think we can potentially find funding to match your project, we will send you a more detailed application form to complete.
The closing date for the full application stage is 14th May 2025 for projects starting from July 2025
In the second stage we will ask you for more details about your governance, 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.
