Guidelines

Northamptonshire Community Foundation currently has four Funding Programmes for groups to apply to. We are committed to making applying for a Grant as simple as possible. Therefore if you are unsure of which Funding Programme to apply to please contact our Grants Team to discuss your project idea. We will match you with the programme that best suits your proposal.

For support with applying to any of our funds please contact Matt Keen: matt@ncf.uk.com

Please note that if you want to receive feedback on a draft application that you must submit this to Matt Keen by 12 Noon on Friday before the application deadline.

General Funding Programme Guidance  - Most awards will be between £250 - £2000. This can be for new or ongoing project activity that benefits the community in some way.

Click here for General Guidance

Grassroots Grants  - Most awards will be between £250 and £5000. You must be a group that has been in existence for a year, have an average annual turnover of £30,000 or less and work for the benfit of your local community.

Click here for Grassroots Guidance

WNDC Stronger Communities Fund

Most awards will be between £1000 - £5000; if you are looking to make an application upto £20,000 please contact Matt Keen to talk through your idea.

Click here for WNDC Guidance

Northamptonshire High Sheriff's Initiative Fund

Most awards will be between 250 - £2500 and will be projects that are working with young people.

Click for for High Sheriff's Iniative Fund Guidance

Northamptonshire Champions Fund

Awards for talented sporting individuals from £150 - £400.

Click here for Northamptonshire Champions Guidance

Key information you will need to know when applying for funding

• Most of our grants are up to £2000

• You can get support and advice to complete your application; please be aware that we cannot accept incomplete applications or applications with additonal information which is not contained within the body of the application form. An incomplete application is defined as: not answering questions within the body of an application, leaving blank spaces where an answer is required and not providing written signatures for a hard copy application
• For applications of £2000 or less you will hear whether you have been successful within a month and for applications over this amount you will hear from us within three months
• We want to fund well run groups and will therefore ask about your policies and procedures
• We recognise that to thrive in the long term groups must cover the full costs of their activities therefore we encourage you to submit a properly costed budget including overhead costs