The Community Foundations for Merseyside has announced the Hill Dickinson Foundation Tower Hamlets Programme to make a positive contribution to the communities in which the firm operates by supporting local grassroots organisations and projects.
Fund Priorities
Homelessness, food poverty, mental health and employability (access to work).
To support projects that:
tackle the issues of homelessness (cause or effect)
seek to alleviate food poverty, and/or contribute towards food security in a sustainable way
assist those suffering from ill mental health and or encourage positive mental wellbeing, including for people with Neurodivergent conditions and for people living with disabilities.
support access to work for those who have either found themselves unemployed or are aspiring to rejoin the workforce through other reasons
Funding Information
The maximum amount you can apply for is £2,500. The total budget available is £10,000 therefore they expect to provide between 4 – 6 grants across Tower Hamlets.
Eligible Projects
Examples of the sorts of projects that may be funded:
Projects that offer advice and guidance to people at risk of homelessness
Peer mentoring projects that focus on improving mental health and wellbeing
Confidence building and education sessions to homeless people to help them move on and gain employment
Drop-in center’s for homeless people
Food banks and social supermarket projects
Support groups and helpline/counselling services for people with mental health issues
Projects that look to achieve a positive mind-set change around mental health, e.g. self-confidence and or awareness raising projects
Projects that offer advice and guidance for people who have become unemployed
Confidence building and education sessions to those who have become unemployed
Projects to offer mock interviews or retraining opportunities to those who are unemployed
Employability projects across the board
Which areas are covered?
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
Eligibility Criteria
The programme is aimed at small grassroots groups with an income level of under £200,000.
Hill Dickinson would prefer to fund a specific project and be the principal funder rather than a contributor towards a much larger project cost.
The organisation needs to have a permanent local presence or branch in Merseyside/Lancashire that delivers projects and services for people in the area. There should be a local management team and be able to provide evidence of income and expenditure for activity in Merseyside/Lancashire rather than national accounts.
They only consider CIC’s limited by Guarantee and they require at least three Directors to be in place and they must be unrelated.
There are limited funding streams available for individuals to apply in specific boroughs of Lancashire and Merseyside.
Ineligible
The following items cannot be supported via the fund:
Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
National organizations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
Private Businesses or Companies Limited by Shares
Organisations with fewer than three unrelated Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members
