That is where the Croydon Community Grants programme comes in, a small grants programme with a difference – we want to fund you twice!
The fund first launched in 2024, and we were able to offer 27 groups funding towards their projects.
Our aim this year is to continue to support a range of social inclusion and health activities. To start off, we’ll be inviting bids for up to £1,000 – enough to make a real difference to groups starting up a new activity or scaling up existing work; we expect to award approximately 15 groups. After that our successful groups will be given a chance to bid again, but this time for as much as £5,000 – enough to put their activities on a more solid footing. We particularly want to fund:
- Initiatives and activities which tackle youth disenfranchisement by providing opportunities and activities for young people
- Initiatives which support people experiencing homelessness, people living in temporary accommodation and/or refugees and asylum seekers
- Initiatives and activities meeting local priorities as defined by Community Plans of Local Community Partnerships
Your project might be creating pathways to social inclusion or removing the roadblocks – and by social inclusion we mean any kind of health, wealth or creative activity that supports people in poverty, ill-health or social isolation. The grant can be used to support you with things like equipment, marketing, events, or space-hire and then if you can demonstrate how your grant has made a positive impact on the local community, we’ll be inviting you to bid for the larger amount.
To be eligible grassroots groups need to have an annual income of £75,000 or less, that support Croydon residents You need to be a constituted group with a constitution, a safeguarding policy and Public Liability insurance. For those organisations that have received grants of £5,000 within the last 12 months will not be eligible until 2026.
Applications for grants will:
• Open on Tuesday 1 July 2025
• Close on Monday 21 July 2025
• Successful applicants to be notified by Thursday 31 July 2025
• All projects to be delivered by Friday 14 November 2025
• Project evaluations due Friday 28 November 2025
BONUSOur successful bidders will also be given the opportunity to have capacity building and upskilling sessions with Unibail–Rodamco–Westfield employees, to provide support and guidance on specific needs – i.e. marketing, finance, legal, health & safety etc.
To apply, click here and complete the form by Monday 21 July 2025.