Asda Foundation Local Community Spaces Fund opening soon!
Pre- Awareness : From Tuesday 24th March
Applications Open: From Tuesday 14th April at 10am To Tuesday 28th April at 10am
Grants between £10,000 and £20,000 are available to projects with one or more of the following objectives:
Repair and Maintain Community Spaces
Projects that involve essential repairs or maintenance to ensure the facility remains safe, functional, and able to serve the community effectively. This could include critical work such as boiler replacement, roof or window repairs, or necessary refurbishments like replacing worn carpets to maintain a safe and welcoming environment.
Expand and Improve Community Spaces
Projects aimed at enhancing or adapting spaces to better meet the needs of service users. This may involve improving accessibility for all, upgrading facilities to make them fit for purpose, or re-configuring areas to accommodate more users and activities within the existing footprint.
Eligibility:
- You must be a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (CCEW), the Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR), or the Northern Ireland Charity Commission (NICC) for over 3 years; or a Community Interest Company (CIC) registered with Companies House for over 3 years.
- Your charity or CIC documents (e.g., Trustees’ Report and Financial Accounts) must have been filed on time with the CCEW /OSCR/ NICC/ Companies House for the previous three years.
- Your organisation should own the project site, if not you must have a fully signed lease between the landowner and your organisation, with at least 3 full years remaining. We do not accept any other forms of agreement, including but not limited to draft agreements, letters of intent, heads of terms, subleases, or underleases.
- You must be applying for a grant of £10,000 – £20,000 that will wholly fund your project. You may contribute up to £20,000 of your own funds to the project, but we must be able to see that you already have these funds in place.
- Your organisation must have an annual income of between £40,000 and £400,000.
- Your organisation must have a bank account, a governing document, and safeguarding policies relevant to the users of your space.
- Your unrestricted reserves should be no more than the equivalent of 6 months of operational costs.
- The project site must be open and accessible all year round.
Find out more here.