Healthy Fenland Fund
Cambridgeshire Community Foundation
The Healthy Fenland Project Grants of up to £5,000 for projects from existing and newly forming groups based in Fenland seeking to improve the health and well-being of people living in Fenland. The Healthy Fenland Project is part of the Engaging and Strengthening Communities in Fenland Programme, funded by Cambridgeshire County Council. As part of the project there is a team based in Fenland who are working with communities to help them make the changes that they want to improve their health and wellbeing.
The Healthy Fenland Fund Applications to The Healthy Fenland Fund for funding for charitable projects are invited from existing and newly forming groups that are/will be constituted, and based in Fenland. Groups must be local as the aim is to build local capacity (as the name of the Programme “Engaging and Strengthening Communities in Fenland” suggests). Charitable projects will be supported if they seek to improve the health and well being of people living in Fenland. Projects will need to report the impact of their project by measuring one or more of the following:
- Number of activities promoting healthy lifestyles
- Number of people participating in activities promoting physical /mental health.
- Number of people reporting improved physical / mental / emotional health.
- Number of people who gain new skills as part of the project
- Number of new volunteer opportunities as a result of the project 6.Number of people who participated in community activities as a result of the project
- Number of people accessing support services as a result of the project
Who can apply? Not-for-profit organisations Maximum grant: £5,000 Eligible area: Fenland Deadline: 1st August Deadline, 1st February Deadline, 1st May Deadline, 1st November Deadline, Always Open.
If the applicant is an unincorporated voluntary body or not-for-profit Limited Company with an annual income over £5,000, it will need to be one of the recognised not-for-profit structures we support listed below, before applying for a grant:
- Registered Charity
- Exempt Charity
- Excepted Charity
- Parish Council
- Community Interest Company (CIC)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Community Amateur Sports Club
If the group is a registered charity its submissions to the Charity Commission must be up-to-date.
Grants will not be made retrospectively so no commitment for expenditure should be made before the date of the grant offer letter. Funding will not be provided to support projects promoting political or religious views, for sponsored events or to cover expenditure considered to be a statutory responsibility.