Funding Opportunities

ESF Community Grants will focus on hardest to reach communities and unemployed/economically inactive individuals who have difficulty in accessing mainstream provision and / or ESF.

1. You must be a charity (not necessarily registered), community group or a not-for-profit organisation.
2. The aim of the ESF Community Grants is to fund small organisations and priority will be given to those who have been in receipt of less than a total of £300,000 income over their last three financial years.
3. You must be based and provide your services in South East England.
4. Grants of up to £12,000 are available to third sector organisations in the South East who support the most disadvantaged individuals to access further learning opportunities or progress to employment. People benefitting from these grants will be experiencing barriers to access services and will not be in paid work or be economically inactive.
   Priority will be given to lone parents, women, people with health/disability issues, older people (50 yrs plus) people from ethnic minorities and diverse communities. The minimum age is 16 years.

Panel meetings are held six monthly.

The next application deadline is at noon on 22nd April 2009.

Please contact the ESF Community Grants office at Community Council for Berkshire on 0118 961 2000 or Email communitygrants@ccberks.org.uk  if you need assistance with your application.