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Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire, on behalf of Staffordshire County Council

New Communities Resettlement Scheme

Grants of £1,000 to £20,000 from Staffordshire County Council, run by the Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire, for projects helping people resettled in Staffordshire under the Homes for Ukraine, Afghan (ARAP, ACRS, ARP) and Hong Kong BNO schemes to settle and integrate. English language and employment projects can get up to £20,000; community cohesion and health projects up to £10,000. Applications are assessed as they arrive, and all money must be spent by 16 March 2027.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £20,000
Closes in
13 days left
31 October
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Registered charities, constituted community or voluntary groups, social enterprises and other voluntary not-for-profit organisations
  • Parish councils can apply for new or additional activities, services and events
  • Organisations should ideally have been established for at least 12 months; newer ones only after discussion with the Foundation
  • The activity must operate in at least one of the eight Staffordshire districts (Staffordshire Moorlands, Newcastle-under-Lyme, Stafford, East Staffordshire, South Staffordshire, Cannock Chase, Lichfield, Tamworth) or county-wide by digital means
  • Stoke-on-Trent groups can apply only to support eligible people living in those districts
  • Beneficiaries must be Homes for Ukraine guests, Afghan (ARAP, ACRS, ARP) or Hong Kong BNO arrivals living in the eight districts, or Homes for Ukraine sponsors there; providers must check attendees are eligible
  • Every application must show how it will engage these groups

What it funds

  • Activities, events and local services with an evidenced need that help resettled guests settle, become independent and integrate
  • Priority 1: English language learning, from pre-entry to C1/C2 level, face to face or digital, including practical sessions, one-to-one sessions, job-specific English and informal learning for children and young people
  • Priority 2: pathways to employment and training, such as CV and interview support, mentoring, volunteering, business start-up support, digital skills and specific training courses (e.g
  • HGV, CSCS, forklift, food hygiene)
  • Priority 3: community cohesion, independence and integration for adults and children, including cultural and social integration, children's activities, women's independence, arts and culture, and 'Life in the UK'
  • Priority 4: physical health and emotional wellbeing, including creative wellbeing and positive parenting
  • Eligible costs: project equipment, training, project costs, events, staff delivering the project, project-related core costs, and evaluation
  • Grants: £1,000-£20,000 for Priorities 1 and 2; £1,000-£10,000 for Priorities 3 and 4

What it will not fund

  • Replacing previous lost funding
  • Projects that are purely research
  • Ongoing staff not working directly on the project
  • Costs of putting the application together
  • Core organisational costs not directly related to the project (utilities, rent, management)
  • Contingency costs, or funds to create income or for fundraising
  • Projects outside the 8 Staffordshire districts
  • Support for guests living in Stoke-on-Trent or outside Staffordshire
  • Ukrainians in the UK under the Ukraine Family Scheme or Ukraine Extension Scheme
  • Recoverable VAT
  • Loans or interest payments
  • Alcohol or illegal substances
  • Equipment the organisation keeps after the project (e.g. cameras, computers, furniture, vehicles), or building construction, repair or maintenance
  • Fundraising activities, events or prizes
  • Bursaries to participants or grants to third parties
  • Religious projects or promotion of religion (faith-based groups can apply if services are open to all)
  • Party political campaigning
  • Statutory bodies or statutory provision
  • Retrospective funding

How to apply

  1. Check the Foundation's core eligibility criteria and the New Communities criteria (PDF)
  2. Click 'Apply Now' on the fund page, then register or sign in to the Foundation's funding portal
  3. Choose 'Available Funding', find this programme and click 'apply'
  4. Complete the form: organisation and lead contact details, project questions, target beneficiary numbers and a full budget breakdown
  5. Upload all the supporting documents with the application and submit by 31 October 2026

Applications are considered as they arrive, and the window may close early once funds run out. Call 01785 339540 for help with the portal.

Have ready

  • Governing document, with a dissolution clause
  • Most recent accounts, audited or independently examined (or an income and expenditure record or financial forecast if not required)
  • Bank statement in the group's name, dated within the last 3 months, showing account number and sort code (groups without an account can partner with an organisation acting as treasurer)
  • Safeguarding policy
  • Equality and diversity or equal opportunities policy
  • Public Liability Insurance document

Applications without every document will not be considered.

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