Voluntary Sector Grants

If you are a voluntary or community organisation or group, you can get financial help (grant funding) from a number of different places to:

  • start up your organisation
  • run a project or activity
  • buy equipment

Help and advice on finding and applying for other sources of funding is available from Community Action Redbridge. You can contact Shaweb Ahmed, Community Fundraiser at Community Action Redbridge by telephone on 020 3874 4137 or by email shaweb@communityactionredbridge.org.uk

Current grant funding opportunities: 

Redbridge Community Seed Fund - Open for Applications

The £50,000 Redbridge Community Seed Fund (RCSF) is open for applications, offering awards of up to £3,000.

Grants will being offered to support not for profit groups to carry out work and projects that support the delivery of the four priorities the Redbridge Plan: 

  • Safe and Healthy
  • Homes and Neighbourhood
  • Jobs and Skills
  • Clean and Green

For further information about the Fund and how to apply for funding please visit Let's Talk Redbridge website

 

Funding Awarded for 2023-26

Redbridge Commissioned via Grants Fund 2023-2026: Closed

The Council has commissioned three service strands as detailed in the table below:

Organisation

 Purpose

Amount Awarded (2023-26)
Community Action Redbridge Infrastructure support for the Voluntary and Community Sector £329,994
One Place East Supporting those with complex needs to have a voice in Redbridge and to live fulfilling and independent lives. £239,928
Citizen's Advice Redbridge Enhancing the information, advice and guidance offer in the borough

 

Funding for 2020 to 2023

All grant funds for 2020-23 have now been awarded. The grants programme was framed around the Borough Partnership Plan, which was published in 2018. By aligning the grants to the Borough Plan we ensured that key priorities were met. 

Details of funding distributed between April 2020 and March 2023 are provided below. 

Redbridge Social Action Fund

Over late spring and summer 2020, and winter 2021 the Council made a pot of funding available to support not for profit groups working with those affected by the Covid-19 Crisis in Redbridge. The first round of funding opened in May 2020 for applications and closed in July when £8,910 of the £10,000 pot had been awarded. A second round of funding opened in November 2020 and closed in February when £11,321 had been awarded. 

Details of the successful applicants for each round are provided below:

Winter 2021

Applicant

Name of Project

Amount Awarded

Wanstead Parish

Wanstead Parish Winter night Shelter

£1,000

Free Your Mind CIC

The Well Child Project

£1,000

Friends of Loxford

Friends of Loxford

£1,000

Solidarity and Community for Action

SOCOA COVID-19 Support for non English Speaking Refugees in Redbridge

£450

Mutual Aid Redbridge

Mutual Aid Redbridge

£250

Redbridge  French Speaking African Women  (RFSAW)

RFSAW Information Advice Guidance Support for  Refugees  with COVID-19 in Redbridge

£1,000

Centre for Excellence in Education and Training

Ready, Steady, Work

£1,000

Free Your Mind CIC

Redbridge Reach for the Child

£1,000

London Visitation Action Group

LEYVA COVID-19 Support for non English Speaking Refugees in Redbridge

£1,000

Redbridge Pensioners Forum

Keeping in Touch

£221

Redbridge CVS

Covid Responsive training sessions

£1,400

Winners community Group CIC

Social and luncheon  club for Elderly Africans in Redbridge

£1,000

Red4 Ed Tech CIC

Red4 Ed Tech CIC

£1,000

Redbridge Social Action Fund Summer 2020

Applicant  Name of Project  Amount Awarded
Free your mind Community Interest Company

Thrive

£1,000
Ilford & District Indoor Bowls Club Ltd

Social Distancing Alterations

£1,000
Grassroots Trust Women & Families Revitalise Project £960
Forest Farm Peace Garden

Forest Farm Wellbeing Care Package

£1,000
Arthritis Self-help Network [London]

NEW CONNECTIONS

£1,000
Empowering Deaf Society

Deaf-Covid19

£1,000
P.A.L.A.C.E

Fitness for Families

£950
HumDum CIC

HumDum CIC

£1,000
Winners Community Group CIC

Social and luncheon club for Elderly Africans in Redbridge

£1,000

The remaining £1090 from the spring/summer pot has been rolled forward to be offered in addition to a further £10,000 pot that the Council released in autumn 2020.

Redbridge Commissioned via Grant Fund

Sought to provide funding for organisations that could provide infrastructure support for voluntary and community sector organisations in Redbridge, enhance the offer of information, advice and guidance to residents, and support our residents with complex needs. The successful organisations are listed in the table below. 

Organisation Purpose Total Amount Awarded
Citizens Advice Bureau  To develop a strategic approach to the provision of information and advice services in Redbridge £130,000
Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service To develop and support the voluntary and community sector £190,000
One Place East

To improve the health and well-being of people living with disabilities

£159,872

 

Redbridge Grant Fund

Sought to provide up to £20,000 per year for two years to organisations that provide voices for the lesser-heard communities of Redbridge. The successful organisations are listed in the table below.

Organisation  Purpose Total Amount Awarded 
Age UK Redbridge Barking and Havering Enable representation of older people, support the development of integrated care services as well as improve outcomes for older people. £40,000
Redbridge Council for Voluntary Service

Establish a group of Young Advisers in Redbridge, who will work with community leaders, as equal partners, to develop new initiatives to effectively engage young people in community life, local decision-making and improving services.

£10,000
Redbridge Faith Forum  Engage with faith communities to tackle the root causes of social challenges, organise interfaith events and promote equality. £35,162
Somali Welfare Trust

To work hand-in-hand with the borough’s Somali Community to plan, develop and deliver a range of services including economic support programmes for younger, older and disabled people, advocacy and advice on legal issues, programmes on mental health issues and to help the community access mainstream health provision.

£30,000
Redbridge Forum

Support young people with a learning disability and/or on the autistic spectrum to transition from children’s to adult services, including help filling in forms, travelling to an interview, or opening a bank account.  Also offer a forum where the carers and young people can communicate with their peers to get support from people going through similar things.

£39,740
Redbridge Carers Support Service

To help the ‘Circle of Carers Empowerment and Inclusion Project’, which is all about identifying carers needs, listening to carers, particularly in seldom heard groups, responding to their needs and empowering carers to gain more choice, control, independence and representation.

£14,000

 

 

Redbridge Local Lottery

Voluntary sector organisations can also secure funding by signing up as a good cause and taking part in the Redbridge Local Lottery, where 60p of every £1 goes towards charitable causes. 

 

Financial help and advice

Advice Agencies

External organisations that provide information and advice on various issues

 

Other ways to get financial help

External organisations that provide information and advice on various issues