Looking For Funding

Eligibility

Applications for grant funding must be in respect of a community or voluntary activity for the benefit of residents of the southern six wards of Hillingdon.

The Trust can make grants for the following kinds of projects:

Environmental
Public amenities
Recreational facilities
Education, training or retraining
Crime prevention and community safety
Strengthening voluntary and community groups
Community cohesion

The Trust will normally only fund voluntary bodies that have a constitution, a governing body, an annual report and a bank account. For large grants, above £25,000, there is a preference for applicants to be registered charities

The Trust does not fund political parties, political lobbying or non-charitable activities. We do not make grants –

To individuals
To public bodies in respect of statutory projects
Religious bodies except for ancillary activities which meet one of the priorities (e.g. older persons’ lunch club/improvements to a community facility owned by a religious body)
For work on a project that has already been started.

Core Funding

The Trust will generally accept that a grant application should aim to allow an organisation to meet all reasonable overheads relating to a project (e.g., a proportion of rent, salary, management costs, etc). In addition in certain circumstances the Trust will consider applications for either :

Development funding
Strategic funding

This Trust’s complete policy is set out in detail in our grant guidelines. You should familiarise yourself with these before completing the Trust application forms or ring the Trust office for advice.

Case Study

Guru Nanak School

Since it was established, Hillingdon Community Trust has made grants of around £3/4 of a million for the benefit of local school children.