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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Harry Cureton Fund

The Harry Cureton Fund, administered by Cambridgeshire Community Foundation, gives grants of up to £20,000 for healthcare in Peterborough and the area covered by Peterborough and Stamford hospitals (postcodes PE1-PE11). Non-profit organisations can apply for capital and revenue costs of health promotion, palliative care, illness research and treatment and rehabilitation; medical professionals can also apply on behalf of individuals for equipment or small home adaptations. It was set up from a lottery win donated by the late Harry Cureton of Eye. Deadlines are 1 February and 1 August; applications re-open on 2 November 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £20,000
Deadline
106 days left
1 February
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations carrying out healthcare activities in Peterborough and the area covered by Peterborough and Stamford hospitals (postcodes PE1-PE11); and medical professionals (e.g. occupational therapists) applying on behalf of individuals whose health and financial position they know
  • Cambridgeshire Community Foundation's general rules: community-focused not-for-profit organisations, legally registered if income is over £5,000 (charities, CIOs, CICs/social enterprises/companies limited by guarantee running at least a year, community benefit societies, parish councils, PCCs, schools, qualifying sports clubs), with three unconnected committee members/trustees

What it funds

Capital and revenue costs for healthcare activities:

  • Preservation and promotion of good health and education about health issues
  • Palliative care for terminal or chronic conditions
  • Research into the causes, treatment and care of all forms of illness (can be anywhere in the UK)
  • Relief and treatment of physical and mental illness and rehabilitation

Single or rolling grants; preference for match-funded projects and activities benefiting the greatest number of people.

Larger awards than £20,000 can be considered with justification.

For individuals: equipment or a small home adaptation to help with disabilities.

Example: Peterborough United Foundation's Extra Time Hub for retired people's wellbeing.

What it will not fund

  • Healthcare activities relating to the delivery of Directed Enhanced Services (DES)
  • Activity that could be paid for by a surgery, the NHS or another source
  • Grants resulting in financial benefit to a person or group, e.g. through improvements or alterations to a property
  • Expenditure already incurred
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities (Foundation-wide rule)
  • Debt or loans (Foundation-wide rule)
  • Projects promoting religion or political activity (Foundation-wide rule)
  • Statutory obligations replacing government funding (Foundation-wide rule)

How to apply

  1. Read the Foundation's application guidance and check eligibility
  2. Prepare the required documents
  3. From 2 November 2026, complete the online application form (organisations via the Foundation's form for the current round; individual referrals via the Harry Cureton individual grant form) and upload documents
  4. Submit by 11:59am on 1 February (or 1 August for the autumn round)

A member of the Grants Team may phone to clarify the application; a fund panel then decides.

Public acknowledgement of the grant will normally be a condition.

Have ready

  • Signed governing document confirming not-for-profit status with a dissolution clause
  • Accounts for the past year (or income and expenditure to date if under a year old)
  • Bank statement or paying-in slip from the last 3 months showing bank name, account name, sort code and number
  • Names of three independent management committee members/trustees and two unconnected signatories
  • Three quotes for capital items or equipment over £500
  • CICs: CIC 36 or latest CIC 34; co-operatives/community benefit societies: FCA registration or latest AR30
  • Evidence of a long-term lease if the project concerns land or buildings you do not own

Documents submitted to the Foundation within the last two years need not be resent unless things have changed.

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