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Karbon Homes

Karbon Homes Community Investment Fund

Housing association Karbon Homes' Community Investment Fund gives up to £4,000 a year, for projects of up to 2 years, to not-for-profit and voluntary organisations and local schools working in the communities where Karbon has homes across the North East, Tees Valley and north Cumbria. Themes are cost of living, bringing people together, health and wellbeing, and improving places, and projects should benefit Karbon customers. Bids over £1,500 go to a residents' grants panel.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £4,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Not-for-profit community and voluntary organisations and local schools delivering projects in Karbon Homes' listed funding locations (towns and neighbourhoods across Northumberland, Tyne and Wear, County Durham, Tees Valley and Brampton in Cumbria)
  • Projects should benefit Karbon customers and the communities where Karbon works; residents' involvement in developing the project is an assessment criterion
  • The form asks for Charity Commission or Companies House registration (if any), public liability insurance, DBS checks for work with children and vulnerable adults, and whether you have a written constitution

What it funds

  • Projects and initiatives that make a real difference to people's lives and wellbeing in the communities where Karbon works, under four themes
  • Cost of living: targeted hardship support, food poverty and holiday hunger, organisations facing increased demand, tenancy sustainment, digital poverty
  • Bringing people together: tackling social isolation, connecting residents to support and employment, bringing people together around food
  • Health and wellbeing: health inequalities, physical activity, mental wellness, support for victims of domestic abuse
  • Improving places: community belonging, training and upskilling groups, diversionary activity on community safety, drugs or anti-social behaviour, improving the environment on Karbon estates
  • Up to £4,000 per year, maximum project length 2 years

What it will not fund

Large scale capital investment in assets (the fund supports projects and initiatives)

How to apply

  1. Optionally discuss your idea with the Community Investment team (mycommunity@karbonhomes.co.uk, 0808 164 0111) or a Community Connector
  2. Check your project is in one of the listed grant funding locations
  3. Review the list of form questions (https://www.karbonhomes.co.uk/media/rrve15ik/community-investment-fund-questions-1.pdf)
  4. Complete the online Community Funding Form (it can be saved part-way and supporting documents uploaded)
  5. Karbon acknowledges the application and may ask for more detail; bids of £1,500 or less are assessed by the Community Investment team, bids over £1,500 by the residents' grants panel after appraisal
  6. If successful, agree funding and monitoring arrangements and provide your written constitution and bank details

Applications can be made at any time; no deadline is published

Have ready

  • Charity Commission or Companies House registration number (if registered)
  • Details of project costs and other funding applied for or secured

The form page suggests having public liability insurance and a written constitution to hand; if funded, a copy of the constitution and banking confirmation are requested

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