Your Community Fund opens soon – Get involved

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Published 21 Sep 2022 in Communities

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On 26^th September our new community fund will be going live! Are you looking to make a difference in your community? Then why not apply for our exciting new community grant? Find out how below.

£500 Community Grant

Supporting communities lies at the heart of everything we do. That’s why our community group grant is available to help fund local projects that will make a real difference in your community. You can apply for a £500 grant, once a year. So wherever you are in the UK, we want to hear from you. The fund will be open all year round so come back and apply from 26^th September when it opens.

This is a continuation of the funds we have operated for several years but we have refined our offering making it more accessible to communities and more fitting with our values. Part of the grant is ensuring that projects are building-wide communities and that they are people led, so we know communities are thriving as much as they can with our help. This is just another way we want to say thank you to our amazing members; helping members help others is what we do!

Help your community

Are you part of or know a community group that could do with a helping hand in the form of a £500 grant from us? We’d like to hear from them, so spread the word and tell them to apply online through this link here.

Information on the full criteria:

The group must have been established for 3 months.
The group can only receive funding once a year.
Groups must be either a registered charity and/or a fully constituted community group holding a bank account in the name of that group; evidence of this should be made available if requested.
The person making the application for funding must have a direct ongoing involvement with the group and be a member of The Midcounties Co-operative (applicants will be asked to provide details of this membership number at the first stage of the process)
We do not support individuals, groups promoting or directly linked to a political party.
We cannot support any organisation that is unlawful or involved in unlawful activities.
We will not fund capital projects that are over £1000 in value.
Applications from religious groups must demonstrate that their request for support benefits the wider community, be inclusive of all, not directly only supporting those of a specific faith, and demonstrate grant monies are not used in anyway to promote religious faiths or beliefs.