Community Group Grant

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The Community Group Grant is available for constituted groups that hold a lease for a premises can apply for grants up to £1,000, while those without can apply for up to £500. Groups can apply for money to pay for laptops, public liability insurance, training and utility bills.

Applications are accepted from 1 April 2026 until March 2027.

To be eligible for the Community Group grant, groups must provide:

Minutes from most recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) dated within the last 12 months
Signed copy of your Constitution dated within 12 months

Is my group a constituted group?

A constituted group is an informal group with a formal structure, written rules and guidelines. If you are unsure if your group is a constituted one, please get in touch with us.

Criteria for Community Interest Company’s (CIC’s) to be able to apply for Community Group Grants:

The organisation must employ fewer than five paid staff members
The organisation must have less than £100,000 in available funds at the time of application as evidenced by submission of their bank statement
The proposed project must clearly demonstrate benefit to communities within the ForHousing neighbourhoods
Grant funding cannot be used to cover staff salaries or rental costs for premises owned by ForHousing (with the exception of venues leased by other organisations)

Name of Community Group*

Address of Community Group*

What area/location do you represent?*
SalfordStockbridgeFitton Hill

Contact name*

Contact telephone number*

Email address*

Have you got a written constitution?
YesNo

To ensure fairness and transparency in our funding process, please declare any of the following:

Any personal or family connections to ForHousing staff or board members.
Membership or involvement in community groups or any other organisation that may also apply for funding.
Any other affiliations that could be seen as a conflict of interest.

I have read and understood the above:

Who are the signatories for your accounts or cheques?*

Group contact details

Chair – Name*

Chair – Telephone*

Chair – Email address*

Secretary – Name*

Secretary – Telephone*

Secretary – Email address*

Treasurer – Name*

Treasurer – Telephone*

Treasurer – Email address*

Names of other members

Member name

List any community projects/events that your group has ran this year?*

Have you achieved everything that you wanted to this year? If not, why?*

Priorities for the coming year

What are you hoping to achieve in the next year?*

Would you like any help from us? (external funding, recruitment of volunteers, training etc)*

The Grant

Please complete the below table outlining the grant your group is applying for.

Constituted groups that hold a lease for a premises can apply for grants up to £1,000, while those without can apply for up to £500. Groups can apply for money to pay for laptops, public liability insurance, training and utility bills. Please be precise with the breakdown of costs.

Item	Yearly Cost to the group	Contribution requested
Printing & postage*	Printing & postage – Yearly Cost to the group	Printing & postage – Contribution requested
Telephone costs*	Telephone costs – Yearly Cost to the group	Telephone costs – Contribution requested
Broadband costs*	Broadband costs – Yearly Cost to the group	Broadband costs – Contribution requested
Refreshments for meetings*	Refreshments for meetings – Yearly Cost to the group	Refreshments for meetings – Contribution requested
Transport costs for volunteers*	Transport costs for volunteers – Yearly Cost to the group	Transport costs for volunteers – Contribution requested
Utility bills for building ran by the Group (if group has premises)*	Utility bills for building run by the Group – Yearly Cost to the group	Utility bills for building ran by the Group – Contribution requested
Annual Insurance*	Annual Insurance – Yearly Cost to the group	Annual Insurance – Contribution requested
Other (please specify)	Other – Yearly Cost to the group	Other – Contribution requested
	TOTAL yearly running costs*:	TOTAL grant requested*:

Name of Group’s Bank account*

Address that the account is registered to*

Bank account sort code*

Bank account number*

Please upload an image of your signed constitution and the minutes of the most recent AGM dated within the last 12 months

Your image(s) must be a JPEG, PNG or GIF and be no more than 20MB in size.

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