Comic Relief Fund
Before progressing with an application for this fund it is important to read our success guide:
Click on the link below to download a PDF file.
Then carefully read the fund criteria set below.
Please contact the grants team to discuss your project ideas before applying, particularly as this fund is quite limited in terms of the amount of money available to distribute per year. Online applications are not available for this fund.
Brief Description
The Fund is designed to be used to support work where there is clear evidence of a sustained beneficial impact on people’s lives who are excluded or disadvantaged through low income, rural or social isolation, age disability, race, sexuality or gender.
More Information
The Fund aims to empower local people, enabling them to create lasting change in their communities, project should be run by people directly affected by the issues they are dealing with.
Who can apply?
- Community Groups
- Resident Associations
- Community Centres
- Social Enterprises/Community Interest Companies
- Credit Unions
Examples of the type of activities we will fund
- Community sport activities
- Furniture Projects
- Projects providing access to benefits advice
- Projects combating fuel poverty
- Community consultation exercises
- Community employment projects
- Food Co-ops
- Running costs; including salaries, core costs and project costs
- Committee and volunteer/staff training
Exclusions
The criteria do not include the award of the Grant:
- to individuals;
- to statutory organisations, including schools;
- to fund trips abroad;
- to fund buses, mini buses or other community transport schemes (not including transport costs forming part of a project);
- to fund building costs, including access adaptations to buildings;
- to organisations who are in receipt of a grant directly from Comic Relief.
Priorities
Priority will be given to small, locally based groups or organisations in areas of disadvantage that have a clear understanding of the needs of their community.
Area
The fund covers the whole county.
Amount
The small grants of between £1,000 and £10,000.
Closing Dates
This is a two year program with final grants being awarded in March 2013.
Make an Application
To access the Comic Relief Fund you will need to speak to a Grants Officer first.
The Comic Relief Pot administered by Derbyshire Community Foundation is very limited and we can only make 4 -5 grants per year. As such only projects with an excellent fit to the criteria will stand a chance of being successful.
We would also advise speaking to the Main UK Comic Relief Grants team about your project beforehand: http://www.comicrelief.com/
