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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Cambscuisine Community Fund

A Cambridgeshire Community Foundation fund, backed by the Cambscuisine restaurant and pub group, giving grants to non-profit organisations doing charitable work for socially disadvantaged people, built around the idea of giving people a 'second chance'. About 20% of the fund supports local environmental work such as planting greenery. Grants are made mainly in Cambridge, with projects within 5km of a Cambscuisine venue also considered. There is no maximum grant; the average grant is about £4,000.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Amount not specified
Deadline
106 days left
1 February
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations in Cambridge, or within a 5km radius of a Cambscuisine venue (venues include Cambridge Chop House and Millworks in Cambridge, and pubs at Hemingford Grey, Madingley, Barrington, Great Chesterford and others)
  • The fund runs on Cambridgeshire Community Foundation's general process, under which community-focused not-for-profit organisations are eligible and must be legally registered if income is above £5,000: registered/exempt/excepted charities, CIOs, CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee (these three must have been established at least one year), co-operatives and community benefit societies, parish and town councils, village halls, parochial church councils, schools, sports clubs (CASC, nationally affiliated, or under £5,000 income), and religious organisations where the project benefits the wider community without religious content
  • Organisations need a governing document with a non-profit and dissolution clause, at least three independent committee members/trustees, and two independent signatories

What it funds

  • Charitable projects by local non-profit organisations that provide support and relief to people in need and who face disadvantage (the 'second chance' mantra), building stronger, healthier, inclusive and sustainable communities
  • About 20% of the fund supports the local environment, e.g. local charitable organisations or parish councils planting greenery and carrying out other environmental projects

What it will not fund

  • Organisations with non-charitable or ineligible structures
  • Activities already completed (retrospective funding)
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities
  • Debt or loan repayments
  • Grant-making bodies
  • Improvements to privately owned land or buildings
  • Political activities or lobbying
  • Religious practice or promotion
  • Animal welfare projects
  • Overseas travel
  • Statutory obligations or replacing government funding

How to apply

  1. Check your organisation and project are eligible (CCF application guidance)
  2. Prepare the required documents, which must be submitted with the application
  3. Complete the online application form via the fund page when the round opens (you can save and return via an emailed link)
  4. Take part in an assessment call if CCF needs clarification; applications go to an internal panel
  5. The fund panel decides (full or partial awards) and outcomes are emailed; sign and return the grant offer letter (two signatures)
  6. Deliver the project, reporting material changes to info@cambscf.org.uk
  7. Complete an online end-of-project report one month after the project ends

Applications reopen in November 2026; the fund has two rounds a year with deadlines of 1 February and 1 August (CCF deadlines are 11:59am, midday)

CCF recommends one general application per round

Have ready

  • Signed governing document confirming non-profit status and dissolution clause
  • Most recent accounts (or income/expenditure list if under one year old)
  • Bank statement or paying-in slip from the last 3 months showing bank name, account name, sort code and account number (screenshots not accepted)
  • Names of three independent management committee members/trustees/directors
  • Names of two independent signatories
  • Confirmation of safeguarding and equality policies

If applicable, three quotes for capital items over £500, CIC 36/34 forms for CICs, FCA registration/AR30 for co-operatives, and evidence of a long-term lease for buildings you do not own

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