# £82,000 in small grants available for Nottingham community projects

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2021/08/17/82000-in-small-grants-available-for-nottingham-community-projects/
- Published: 2021-08-17T09:40:00+01:00
- Author: Melanie May

**Castle Cavendish, which distributes Nottingham City Council’s area-based grants
to help community and voluntary sector organisations, is offering £82,000 in small
grants to help local groups make a difference in their communities.**

The foundation already works with a range of organisations across nine areas of 
the city, including Basford, Hyson Green, Radford and The Meadows and wants to hear
about more community-led ideas as part of its locally identified needs grants programme
again this year. 

The money is part of the £455,000 that Castle Cavendish is currently distributing
over the next year to support community-based activities such as play and youth 
provision for children and young people, employment and training schemes and wider
support for communities to reconnect post-pandemic. 

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Grants are available from the Castle Cavendish [website](https://www.castlecavendish.org.uk/),
with other support offered alongside them.

Van Henry, Castle Cavendish’s area partnerships manager, explained:

> “It might be a celebration event, a community-based project or a local issue that
> has emerged and needs addressing urgently, as we’ve found a number of times during
> lockdown.
>  
> “There’s a very simple and straightforward application process. We’ve stripped
> away as much of the red tape as possible so that we’re able to respond quickly
> to meet local needs. It also acts as seed funding, allowing grassroots groups 
> to access small grants to develop their ideas and grow.
>  
> “A local group might apply for a small grant to fund a community event but we 
> will also support them in other ways, like planning and promoting the event, making
> sure they have the right policies and procedures in place, identifying and tapping
> into other support networks, encouraging more volunteers and training staff. We
> try and provide whatever they need to grow and develop, to be resilient and increase
> their offer to local communities.
>  
> “We’d really like to hear from more local groups. There are a number of priorities
> that we’re looking to address, particularly around tackling loneliness and isolation,
> food insecurity and digital inclusion – all issues we have responded to during
> the pandemic.”
>  

The [Mesopotamia charity](https://www.mesopotamia.org.uk/) shop in Basford is among
those recently supported by Castle Cavendish with grant funding to towards the creation
of a new community launderette and a food parcel delivery van. The charity helped
more than 11,000 people during the pandemic by delivering weekly food supplies. 

Main image: Mesopotamia’s Rachel Miller in front of the new laundrette facilities
funded by Castle Cavendish

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