Launch of Community Engagement Fund Grant Application Process

23/24 £150,000 Community Engagement Fund is now open for applications (1^st August 2023).  All applications must be received by 4pm on 30^th August date 2023.  

The Community Engagement Fund is a grant funding to support grassroot organisations and community groups to: 

·      Raise awareness of, and address any misinformation on, the Windrush Schemes, with a focus on non-Caribbean communities 

·      Build on the insights and learning taken from our existing work on Windrush to understand why individuals are not applying for the Windrush Schemes. 

The Fund will award between £5,000 and £10,000 per project and all projects must be delivered by 29^th March 2024 to ensure that all funding is spent before the end of the financial year. 

We are keen to ensure we are supporting community groups and organisations wherever we can and therefore, where funding is available, we would like to ensure this is used to directly support these groups.  

Given the amount of funding available and the shorter timelines concerned, this Fund will be best suited to support smaller, more discrete projects which can be delivered within tighter timelines. 

Details of the Fund, how to register an interest, and how to apply are available Community Engagement Fund 2023-24 – GOV-UK Find a grant (find-government-grants.service.gov.uk).  

We encourage you to share this information with your networks and anyone else who you think might be eligible to apply.  

We are holding two information sessions – Tuesday 8th August from 14.00-15.30pm; and Thursday 10th August from 11.00-12.30pm, to give organisations the opportunity to obtain information about the grant fund and ask questions.? To attend one of these sessions you must register an interest in the Fund via Find-A-Grant or by emailing: communityengagementfundcompetition@homeoffice.gov.uk 

The presentation and Q&A will be available to all applicants after each session.