50 Grant Ideas for CICs
Fifty fundable project ideas grouped by the funders that back them, with who each is for and what the funder scores.
What's inside
- Twenty ideas for National Lottery Awards for All England, five under each funding priority, each with a typical ask
- Thirty more across Sport England, the Heritage Fund, BBC Children in Need, Arts Council England, community foundations and UnLtd
- The four Awards for All questions with their word limits, and the gates to pass before you write a word
- Eleven budget lines funders accept, with the wording
- Five steps that make any idea yours, and the three reasons CICs get turned down
Three of the fifty
- 1
Shared meal on the estate
Awards for All England, typical ask £3,000 to £5,000
Who: around 40 households on one estate, many new to the area
You would run: a monthly meal in the community centre, cooked by residents in rotation, with a language-swap table
It scores on: relationships across communities, and residents visibly running it
- 2
Homework club with a hot meal
Awards for All England, typical ask £7,000 to £10,000
Who: 30 children aged 8 to 12 from low-income families
You would run: three evenings a week with tutors and a cooked meal, in partnership with the school
It scores on: early support; cost-of-living relief on the side
- 3
Walking football for over-60s
Sport England Movement Fund, typical ask £2,000 to £4,000
Who: 30 men and women, most currently inactive
You would run: weekly sessions with a qualified coach, kit and a social afterwards
It scores on: reducing inactivity in a named group
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