# Edge Fund offers £40,000 in first funding round of 2017

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2017/03/21/edge-fund-offers-40000-first-funding-round-2017/
- Published: 2017-03-21T09:53:28+00:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Edge Fund is open for its first funding round of the year, with £40,000 available
for grassroots groups campaigning against systems that cause injustice.**

 

[Edge Fund](https://edgefund.org.uk/) will support around 30 groups in this funding
round, which is open for applications until 11.30pm on 17^(th) April. It supports
work carried out by individuals and grassroots groups in the UK that find it difficult
to get funding elsewhere, specifically activity that challenges abuses of power 
and aims to change society by ending systems that cause injustice.

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Grants of up to £3,000 are available, and will be awarded to successful applicants
in July, and information on the [criteria for applying](https://edgefund.org.uk/applying/how-to-apply/)
is on its site.

 

Edge Fund is also [seeking donations](https://edgefund.org.uk/donation/) to help
it continue to offer its grants. The Fund is financed by supporters giving monthly
or one-off donations, and launches a new funding round when it has enough money 
to finance it.

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