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Cambridgeshire Community Foundation

Dementia Carers Fund

Grants of up to £3,000 from Cambridgeshire Community Foundation for charitable projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough that give relief, respite and support to full-time unpaid carers of a loved one with dementia. It aims to help carers attend their own appointments, take self-care breaks, and to support volunteer befriender initiatives. It is a small fund (it awarded £3,000 in its last round) using CCF's quarterly rounds; the current winter round closes at 11:59am on 1 November 2026.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,500 – £3,000
Closes in
14 days left
1 November
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Non-profit organisations running projects across Cambridgeshire and Peterborough that support full-time unpaid carers of people with dementia
  • Community-focused, not-for-profit organisations, which must be legally registered if their income is above £5,000: registered, exempt and excepted charities; CIOs; religious organisations (only if the project benefits the wider community and has no religious content); parish and town councils, village halls and parochial church councils; CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee (running for at least one year, non-profit distributing with an asset lock, at least three directors, no one person holding over 50% of shares or votes; companies limited by shares not normally supported); co-operatives and community benefit societies; schools; and sports clubs that are CASCs, affiliated to a national governing body or have income under £5,000
  • All applicants need a signed governing document with a not-for-profit statement and dissolution clause, and three independent/unconnected management committee members or trustees (plus two unconnected cheque signatories)
  • National organisations can apply for projects delivered in the area if the funding is restricted to it

What it funds

Charitable projects providing relief, respite and support to full-time unpaid carers who care for a loved one with dementia, in particular:

  • Caring support so carers can attend their own appointments (e.g. haircuts, doctors) without worrying about leaving their loved one
  • Helping carers recharge and stay healthy through self-care breaks
  • Volunteer befriender initiatives

What it will not fund

  • Activities or projects which have already taken place
  • Sponsored events or fundraising activities
  • Repaying debt or loans
  • Grant-making bodies or activities (not usually funded)
  • Improvements to land/buildings that are not open to the general public at convenient hours
  • Projects promoting political activities or lobbying for causes
  • The practice of religion, or projects that actively promote religion, a particular belief system or the lack of a belief
  • Animal welfare projects
  • Overseas travel
  • Statutory obligations, i.e. activities that replace government funding
  • Organisation types not on CCF's eligible list, or projects that are not charitable in focus

How to apply

  1. Check your organisation and project are eligible using CCF's application guidance (CICs, social enterprises and companies limited by guarantee should also read the additional CIC guidance)
  2. Prepare the required supporting documents (see the general document checklist)
  3. Complete CCF's online application form for the current round (Winter 2026, linked from the fund page), naming the Dementia Carers Fund as your preferred fund
  4. Submit the form and all documents by 11:59am on the round deadline
  5. CCF's Grants Team may phone you for an assessment call; complete, eligible applications go to an internal panel of volunteers and trustees, then to the fund panel, which may fund in full or in part
  6. Outcomes are emailed; if successful, return the grant offer letter signed by two people
  7. Complete the online end-of-project report around a month after the project ends

Deadlines are at 11:59am (midday), not midnight. Each round has its own form; a part-completed form is lost when the round closes.

CCF recommends only one general application per round; you can name a preferred fund on the form or leave it unspecified for the Grants Team to match.

A guide to the form questions (Word document) is available to prepare answers offline.

Have ready

  • Signed governing document (e.g. constitution or articles) confirming you operate not for profit and containing a dissolution clause passing assets to similar charitable organisations
  • Accounts for the past year (small unincorporated groups: an income and expenditure document; organisations under a year old: income and expenditure to date)
  • Bank statement or paying-in slip from the last 3 months showing bank name and logo, account name, sort code and account number (screenshots of online statements not accepted)
  • Names of three independent/unconnected management committee members, trustees or directors, and two unconnected cheque signatories
  • Three quotes for any capital item or equipment costing over £500
  • CICs: CIC 36 form (registered in the last 12 months) or latest CIC 34 annual report; co-operatives/community benefit societies: FCA registration form or latest AR30
  • Evidence of a long-term lease if the grant is for land or a building you do not own

Documents must be submitted with the application by the deadline or it may be declined without assessment; you need not resubmit documents sent in the last two years unless there have been significant changes. Safeguarding and equali…

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