Each year, the Better Community Business Network provides 12 grants, each of £3,000, for initiatives across the UK that aim to improve the quality of life and expectations of people and their communities, especially those who come from disadvantaged or socially deprived backgrounds.
Grant applications are open to non-profit organisations, charities, and community groups (including local branches of national charities).
Although this is not an exclusive list, eligible organisations should be working in one or more of the following areas:
- Arts and Culture, including sport activities and seeking funding for libraries.
- Disability, including help lines and social inclusion.
- Education, including schools and extra-curricular clubs.
- Elderly, including befriending and social clubs.
- Environment, including natural disasters and regeneration projects.
- Ex-offenders, including mentoring and rehabilitation.
- Health, including cancer research, healthy eating and hospitals.
- Homelessness and poverty, including Food Banks and shelter, and
- Social inclusion.
Organisations must meet the following criteria:
- Able to demonstrate that money awarded will be used for project-specific costs,.
- Be addressing a community issue or supporting a local community initiative.
- Be UK-based, and
- Providing benefits to the local population.
Applicants are required to complete the grant eligibility quiz prior to downloading the application form. For eligible applicants, the completed application form should be emailed to grants@bcbn.org.uk
Further information, guidelines, and an online application form is available on the Better Community Business Network website.