Grassroots

The programme, runs from 2008-2011 and is divided into two parts: an £80 million small grants fund for community organisations; and a £50 million endowments programme to enable local funders to generate additional donations on a matched basis and invest them in endowments, thereby building their capacity to provide long-term funding for frontline community organisations.

The Community Foundation for Calderdale is the 'Local Funder' for Calderdale and Kirklees providing small grants for community and voluntary groups from the Grassroots Grants Programme and raising money to build the Grassroots Endowment Fund for Calderdale and for Kirklees.

Grassroots Grants Application Documents

Please ensure that you download and read all the documents before completing and submitting your application form.

Calderdale

For information about applying click here

• Grassroots Endowment Challenge [doc, 34.5kb]
  Building Endowment for Small and Emerging Calderdale Voluntary & Community Groups.

Kirklees

Grassroots Grants for Kirklees Groups

The Community Foundation for Calderdale is now open for applications, to its Grassroots Grants programme, from community and voluntary groups in Kirklees. Grassroots Grants is a Government funded initiative, from the Office of the Third Sector, and will be supporting communities in Kirklees with grants until December 2010.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Foundation Grants Team on 01422 438738 or Sam Lofts at Voluntary Action Kirklees on 01484 518457.

Grants of up to £5000 are available the minimum you can apply for is £250

Applying for a grant from the Grassroots Grants programme is a straight forward process. The Community Foundation operates a rolling programme with decisions being made on a regular basis so it's an accessible source of funding for voluntary and community groups in Kirklees with decisions made within eight weeks of applying.

Who can apply?

Voluntary and community groups

• Your group would need a constitution or set of rules but need not be registered as a charity
• Your group needs to have been established and active in your local community for not less than 12 months prior to 31 December 2007

Volunteer led groups

• Your group would need to be run mainly by volunteers

Community and voluntary groups with an income of less than £20,000

• Your income would need to be less than £20,000 per year taken as an average of the previous three years (or since your group was established if its less than three years old)

Groups meeting local need

• Your group would need to show how it is meeting the needs of local people

All eligible applications will be considered but priority will be given to:

• Projects benefitting people who are disadvantaged or who live in communities that are particularly disadvantaged
• Projects demonstrating that their work will bring diverse communities together
• Projects that promote the involvement of more people in community activity and volunteering
• Eligibility Checker [doc, 569kb]
• Grant Guidelines
• Grant Aid Conditions [doc, 44kb]
• Application Form [doc, 237kb]
• Grants awarded list - information to follow soon
  
• Grassroots Endowment Challenge [doc, 37kb]
  Building Endowment for Small and Emerging Kirklees Voluntary & Community Groups.

Useful Links

• Office of the Third Sector (OTS)
• Community Development Foundation (CDF)