Keeping you informed about those small local pots of funding and opportunities as we hear of them.
Latest funding opportunities
New government grant funding tool
A new service has been launched to help find available grants offered by the government. These grants are for:
voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (for example, a charity, small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and other businesses
This service is a pilot, and more grants will be added for further sectors later in 2022.
The first release of the Find a Grant pilot is now open to all.
Find out more about Find a Grant, and what you can expect to come over the year ahead.
Norwich City Council Get Involved Grants
1. Get Together Grant: £50 to help residents address a local issue, or run an event. You do not need to be a formal group, simply three or more residents wishing to make a difference.
2. Get Started Grant: Supporting groups just starting up to bring positive benefits to Norwich. You can apply for a £300 start-up grant for your first 12 months to help develop your group and cover costs.
3. Get Growing Grants: Follow on funding for groups awarded a Get Started grant. Those demonstrating good use of their start-up funding are invited to apply for £500 for projects to bring further benefit to their local area.
Visit the council's website for more information on: https://www.norwich.gov.uk/info/20256/commissioning/1685/community_grants_programme/1
Pledge Norwich
Norwich City Council's Pledge Norwich gives char
ities, social enterprises, residents groups and community organisations the opportunity to apply funding to support community projects.
Eligible projects can be awarded funding of up to 50% of the total project costs to a maximum of £5,000. The amounts award will vary and are decided by an assessment of your application using a scoring system against set criteria.
For detailed further information and guidelines on applying visit: https://www.norwich.gov.uk/pledge
Local funders
There are a multitude of funders you can approach for a community grant. You may want to start with one of these three key funders in Norwich below. Each manages a range of funding programmes that might be of some help:
Norfolk Community Foundation
Manages a wide range of grants for groups working across the county.
Visit Norfolk Community Foundations website
Norwich Consolidated Charities
Provides grants to individuals and local organisations.
Visit Norwich Consolidated Charities website
Remember though, there's a wide range of funders that it could be worth trying. Have a look at some of the links in the next section.
Helpful resources
We've included some helpful websites below, and there's some further resources / toolkits here to help get you started. These include tips on writing an application to working with businesses.
Grants 4 Norfolk (Norfolk County Council)
Great tool for funding searches and it's free for Norfolk community groups.
www.idoxopen4business.co.uk/norfolk_bus
The Brighton Resource Centre
Excellent website with plenty of helpful guides from planning your project, finding the right funders and preparing your budget to writing bids.
www.resourcecentre.org.uk/information-category/raising-money
Funding Central
Funding Central provides unique access to thousands of grants, contracts and loan finance opportunities from local, national and European funding sources, all in one place. There are also a number of other tools and resources.
Funding Central does charge a subscriptions but this is free for groups with an income under £100,000.
www.fundingcentral.org.uk/default.aspx
Crowdfunding:
Crowdfunding helps connect people who have great ideas. Perhaps your neighbours and friends or maybe local businesses and other likeminded people willing to help fund your project.
It's perfect if you are trying to raise money for a single project. Especially if you want to raise awareness at the same time! You will need a good team and a significant amount of time and energy over the campaign.