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Fairhive Homes

Thriving Communities Fund

Fairhive Homes' Thriving Communities Fund gives Community Micro Grants of up to £3,000 (any time, assessed every two months) and Community Project Grants of up to £10,000 (three closing dates a year) to voluntary and community organisations working in Aylesbury Vale or other areas where Fairhive residents live. It funds community, health and wellbeing, safety and environment activity in line with the housing association's charitable objects. Fairhive residents can also apply for Springboard Grants of up to £300.

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You could get
Up to £10,000
Deadline
105 days left
31 January
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Any voluntary or community organisation (not-for-profit groups including social enterprises, or a parish or town council) that provides local activities or services within Aylesbury Vale, or in areas outside the Vale where Fairhive residents live
  • It must have a formal constitution or rules; a bank account needing at least 2 unrelated signatories per payment (minimum 3 signatories); open membership; an exit strategy; and a volunteer management committee of at least three unrelated members meeting 3-4 times a year, or be a registered CIC with at least three directors (providing its Community Interest Statement, asset lock details and latest annual community interest report)
  • One Micro or Project Grant per organisation per financial year

What it funds

  • Micro Grants (up to £3,000): relatively small local projects such as buying equipment or venue hire
  • Project Grants (up to £10,000): larger initiatives, more substantial equipment and running costs
  • Projects must meet at least one criterion, e.g.:
  • Community participation and volunteering
  • Cohesion
  • Reducing disadvantage and isolation
  • Safety and crime reduction
  • Drug/alcohol harm
  • Families and vulnerable people
  • Employability
  • Local environment and green spaces
  • Climate and recycling
  • Sport and culture for health
  • Mental health
  • Homelessness
  • Older people
  • Children and young people
  • Access to services

Springboard Grants (up to £300) are for individual Fairhive residents only.

What it will not fund

  • Projects outside Fairhive's charitable objects
  • Activities promoting a particular religious or political belief
  • Capital improvements to places of worship or buildings owned by religious bodies
  • Capital projects within schools, hospitals or other public buildings
  • Improvements to roads, highways or associated items
  • Bus shelters and war memorials
  • Projects that are the statutory responsibility of, or led by, a statutory body
  • Projects outside Aylesbury Vale that are not in areas where Fairhive residents live
  • Organisations which aim to distribute a profit
  • Organisations with no established management committee/board of trustees (unless a CIC)
  • Fundraising events that intend to distribute money onward
  • Projects already completed (no retrospective funding)
  • Incomplete applications

How to apply

  1. Read the Grants Guidance and Grants Criteria
  2. For a Micro Grant (up to £3,000): complete the online Community Micro Grant application form at any time
  3. For a Project Grant (up to £10,000): email the Grants Officer at tcfgrant@fairhive.co.uk to request the application form, and submit by 31 January, 31 May or 30 September

If you cannot use the online form, the Grants Officer can send a Word form to email back or post to Grants Officer, Thriving Communities Fund, Fairhive Homes, Fairfax House, 69 Buckingham Street, Aylesbury, HP20 2NJ; Project Grant forms must be typed.

Match funding, evidence of community consultation, volunteer involvement and other fundraising strengthen Project Grant applications.

Have ready

  • Completed application form
  • CICs only: Community Interest Statement, Asset Lock details from the Memorandum and Articles, and latest annual community interest report

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