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Funding
We have years' of experience in grant management and administration for complex community centred programmes. Every year, CDF gives out millions of pounds to voluntary and community groups working to improve communities.
Looking for funding?
Our experience of running funding schemes means that we understand what a difference this funding will make in your community. We have funded over 30,000 small community groups all over England through a range of programmes and look forward to hearing from you.
Creating a funding scheme?
We can help you shape a funding programme that reaches the most disadvantaged and marginalised in our society. We incept, shape and deliver local and national projects and programmes. Using over 43 years of community development experience, we offer detailed research and evaluation data to ensure your scheme, whatever its size, is evidence based and delivers your objectives ensuring lasting sustainable change.
Current work
The Community action against crime: Innovation fund encourages creative new approaches to tackling crime. The fund is worth £5 million in 2011/12, with a further £5 million set aside for 2012/13. It will encourage greater community activism and enable communities to develop innovative approaches to tackling the local crime issues that matter to them.
Community First is an £80m government-funded programme that will run for four years, until March 2015. It will help communities come together through new and existing community groups, to identify their strengths and local priorities, plan for their future and become more resilient.
Big Local is a ten year programme working with and supporting communities, in up to 150 selected areas, to make where they live and work a better place now and in the future.
Applications to this fund are now closed. Active at 60 is a £1 million government grant programme, offering funding to community groups to help people in their 60s keep active and make the most of their later lives.
Past work
This programme is now closed. It was an £80 million small grants programme for small community groups in England, distributed via our links with local funders.
This programme is now closed. 18 organisations (VCS, local authorities and academic institutions) lead on promoting active learning and citizenship in their local communities.
This fund is now closed. This programme was aimed at organisations in financial hardship as a result of the recession.
This programme is now closed. It was a £15 million fund for organisations offering services that specifically related to needs resulting from the recession.
This fund is now closed. It was a £4 million grant scheme for faith, inter faith, voluntary and community sector organisations at national, regional and local levels in England.
A £8.8 million fund for organisations in England working in the area of race equality.
Downloads
Applying for funds - factsheet
Developing a funding strategy
What other grants are available? A useful guide to finding funding