Comic Relief: No Child Goes Hungry – Community Support Programme
Overview
Applications must be made by Constituted Community/Voluntary Organisation – Please note that, if any of the group’s objectives includes advancement of religion, then the group is not eligible for a grant award and should not apply.
Applicants will be asked to provide details of the programme being proposed, and how it will support families with children under the age of 10 who may face food poverty as a result of the order to close schools and/or loss of household income as a result of the COVID-19 virus. As the closure order may run into the summer holiday period the fund is keen to support community based programmes that can provide support across this entire period.
Applicants will be asked to provide details as to how the proposal will support families in a way that safeguards their privacy and their dignity.
Applicants will be asked to provide details as to how any grant awarded will be used in a way that supports local businesses in this time of crisis.
Who Can Apply?
You must be a locally led and based organisation. This means you are based within the area you are carrying out activities and have local people involved in the running of the organisation. As such they accept applications from the voluntary and community sector including:
- constituted voluntary and community groups
- charities
- social enterprises
- co-operatives
- community interest companies
- organisations with income levels of £250,000 or below
Priorities
Priority will be given to small, locally based and local run groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community and are undertaking actions as a means of addressing these needs. Depending on the quality and volume of applications received priority will be given to:
- Those that are new to Comic Relief and/or Community Foundation funding
- Those in geographically underfunded areas
Those with lived experience, where people directly affected by the issues are involved in all.
If applications are received from a number of groups operating in the same geographical area, the Community Foundation reserves the right to contact these groups asking them to develop a more coordinated approach thus enhancing the potential of the fund to reach out to as many communities as possible.