Co-op Local Community Fund applications close next month
Howard Lake | 26 June 2024 | News
The Co-op Local Community Fund is still open for applications. It is looking for “some amazing new causes to support”.
Since 2016, the fund has supported nearly 40,000 local causes. Its next funding round starts in October 2024, when it will donate a total of £5 million to communities across the UK.
“This means there’ll be £6,000 to share between three local causes in each community“, explains Kevin Duffy, Local Community Fund Advisor.
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The fund is open to projects that support “people or our planet” in the following ways.
People
The fund is looking for projects that enable people to play a part in their community’s future by:
- Supporting young people to fulfil their potential
- Helping older people feel connected
- Improving people’s mental wellbeing
Planet
It is also looking for projects that help to protect our planet by:
- Tackling climate change
- Reducing waste and resource use
- Protecting nature
Across both themes the fund particularly welcomes applications from projects that promote and celebrate diversity and inclusion.
Applications to the Co-op Local Community Fund close at midnight on 7 July 2024.
About Howard Lake
Howard Lake is consultant editor of UK Fundraising. He founded the site in 1994 and successfully sold it in 2022. As director of Giving X Ltd he is exploring growing giving on a massive scale.
He is the founder of Fundraising Camp and co-founder of GoodJobs.