The Collective Power Fund – One Community

Recent projects include Holme Village Residents Association. Watch the video below to see how they used their grant. 

One Community Foundation recognises the cost-of-living crisis is already affecting many families and individuals in Kirklees. As a consequence, this is affecting the charities, community projects and social enterprises that are supporting these groups of people.

We are extending the remit of the quarterly grants programme to help with the cost of essentials such as food & toiletries, clothing, utilities, travel costs and volunteer expenses incurred by community groups, charities and social enterprises.

THE CURRENT FUNDING ROUND IS THE Autumn round – cut off for applications- 31st Aug 2022. A decision by/projects to start after 31st Oct.

Find out more here OPEN Kirklees Community Fund – One Community (one-community.org.uk)

The Hirst Brierley fund supports activities that will reduce climate change, for example through energy efficiency, renewable energy or the creation and management of green spaces.

The fund will provide grants of up to £3000 to fund in whole or in part projects such as:

Energy efficiency in lighting or heating, Insulation or window improvement, tree planting or creation of green spaces, or land or river management. Apply by clicking here Application deadline = June 30th 2022.

Previous funded projects include an Eco Church Project in Moldgreen.  

Match It – Open until June 24th for applications. 

We’ll match fund your fundraising efforts over a 3-month period. Partnering charities and community projects can raise up to £10,000 with Match it.

To get you started, we’ll supply you with the ultimate social media starter pack to help you raise as much as you can. The pack includes social media posts, web banners, cover photos, ‘how to’ guides, posters, and so much more.

In addition to funding, we are offering a bespoke organisational support package, specifically designed to support the sector. One Community has commissioned Lisa Jagger from Straightforward funding to provide a series of six workshops. All places in the workshops are fully funded by One Community Foundation.

Sounds great. How does it work?

• Complete the online application form by June 24th, 2022. Tell us how you’ll raise the money and what you’ll do with it. You can ringfence up to £10,000 of match funding. Be realistic in your expected fundraising total, but don’t worry if you don’t meet the target that you set yourself, because we’ll still match every pound you raise.
• An independent Grants Panel assesses the applications. A Grants Officer will let you know the outcome of your application by July 31st, 2022. If you’re successful, you can kick-start your fundraising activity from September 1st, 2022.
• Complete your fundraising by November 30th, 2022.
• Tell us how much you’ve raised and provide proof of the total raised – we’ll give you an online interim monitoring form to submit, the digital link will allow you to supply us with the evidence in a secure digital format
• We process your match funding payment which will be paid by January 2023. Once you receive the funds, you have 12 months to spend them on your project.
• 12 months from the date of the grant payment, you’ll receive a final evaluation monitoring reminder link via email. You must complete the form within four weeks of receiving the email. We’ll need to know exactly how you spent the match funding and the difference it made. At this stage you will need to provide us with receipts to show you spent the funds on what we agreed the funding could be used for.