# Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund offers five small grants a week - Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/11/05/galaxy-hot-chocolate-fund-offers-five-small-grants-week/ - Published: 2014-11-05T08:58:27+00:00 - Author: Howard Lake **The Galaxy hot Chocolate Fund is open for applications again, offering [small grants](https://fundraising.co.uk/2016/11/15/google-grants-for-charities/) to help small, local community groups and charities across the UK and Ireland.** Now in its fourth year, the Fund will distribute five £300 awards each week, one of which will be for the applicant that attracts the most support on the Fund’s website that week. ⌊Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund⌉ The Fund is open for entries until **23 February 2015**. Since it was first established the Fund has supported more than 100,000 people. ## Advertisement [⌊Posthub advert. You create the campaign. We'll handle the postal journey. Get started at post-hub.co.uk.⌉](https://fundraising.co.uk/ads/posthub-20261007-300x250/) Michelle Frost, spokeswoman for Galaxy Hot Chocolate said: > “We know that across the UK and Ireland smaller charities and groups struggle > to make ends meet despite the efforts of a huge number of warm hearted volunteers. > The Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund aims to give them a helping hand and hopefully inspire > more people to get involved with local community groups.” Applications for funds from the [Galaxy Hot Chocolate Fund](http://http://www.galaxyhotchocolate.com) can be made at the Mars brand’s website. * **[Nominations sought for Britain’s Best Volunteer Award](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/02/03/nominations-sought-britains-best-volunteer-award/)**( 3 February 2015) * **[Aviva Community Fund to support local community groups](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/03/25/aviva-community-fund-to-support-local-community-groups/)**( 25 March 2015) * **[£86k for small charities to mark 30 years of Lloyds Bank Foundations’ grantmaking](https://fundraising.co.uk/2015/04/17/86k-for-small-charities-to-mark-30-years-of-lloyds-bank-foundations-grantmaking/)**( 17 April 2015) ![Loading](https://fundraising.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/page-views-count/ajax-loader- 2x.gif)