Amplius owns and manages more than 40,000 homes and is driven to have a positive impact on people’s lives, while providing affordable homes that make a difference.

With more than 9,000 homes across Northamptonshire, this fund will support organisations across the county that are delivering projects that make a difference to the communities where Amplius customers live.

Up to £5,000 is available per grant, with successful projects supporting communities across Northamptonshire, particularly in North Northamptonshire.

Successful applications will align to Amplius’ Purposeful Impact work.

The themes for this include:

• Good health and wellbeing – provision of activities to promote improvements in physical, emotional, and/or mental health, or support to reduce social isolation, and promote digital inclusion.
• Financial wellbeing and security – provision of advice and support to families and individuals on a low income, addressing fuel poverty, and reducing financial stress.
• Employment support – offering advice and guidance to support people in to meaningful work and volunteering opportunities.
• Creating cohesive and sustainable communities – access to community facilities, providing activities such as clubs, community projects, and access to community space.

Examples of the types of costs the grant can fund:

• Staff costs - Budget for staffing, including full-time staff, part-time staff, sessional staff, training and other related expenses e.g., a volunteer coordinator
• Volunteer costs - Budget for training and reimbursements of expenses, e.g., telephone calls, travel and meals
• Activity costs - Budget for resources to facilitate a project / activity (which are not already included as part of equipment, volunteer or staffing costs) e.g., catering, insurance
• Capital costs – Budget for equipment such as laptops, tools and other items to enable the activities to take place. Up to £200 can be used towards capital items

Follow this link to make an application: Amplius Community Fund 

Is my group eligible?

• Your group must be a local community organisation or social enterprise. Please note that as a general exclusion, we do not fund social enterprises where there is only one individual with overall control listed as Persons with Significant Control (PSC) on Companies House.
• Your group must have at least 3 unrelated trustees/directors/committee members
• Your group must have an annual turnover of £1 million or less
• You must be based in Northamptonshire
• You must have a set of written rules or constitution that your group adheres to, that contains a dissolution clause. We can help advise you on how to do this, especially if you are a new group
• You must have safeguarding policies in place if relevant to your work and all groups must have an equality policy in place

For more information about eligibility and information on supporting documents please visit our Help for Groups section.

Please read the guidance notes and download the reference form and supporting documents checklist at the bottom of the page before applying.

Northamptonshire Community Foundation can provide advice and guidance during the application process as well as viewing draft applications prior to submission. Call the grants team on 01604 230033 for more information.

Please click here to view our Diversity Statement applicable to our grant awards.