All Capacity Building

The Equity Foundation grants exist to ensure that grassroots community groups are able to access the resources they need to deliver in their communities.

There are currently three funding streams:
Equity Green Shoots Fund – grants of up to £2,500 for projects with a clear focus on supporting people in to work and promoting financial inclusion

Equity Healthy Communities Fund – grants of up to £2,500 to support projects and groups whose primary aim is to improve or promote healthy living

The Thomas Wall Trust consider applications for grants of up to £1,000 for small charities, running specific projects that address the educational and social needs of their communities.

What can be funded?
Specific projects or activities serving the educational and social needs of the community.

Grants do not normally exceed £1,000 and it must be clear how a grant of this size will make a significant contribution to the project or activity.

A quarter of a million pounds is available for community and neighbourhood projects across the North West in areas where Adactus Housing Group have properties.

The Neighbourhood Fund has now been running since 2010 and at least £200,000 has been available every year for community projects. In 2013 the Adactus Housing Group supported over 200 projects across the North West.

The Golden Bottle Trust and the Bulldog Trust are seeking to make small to medium sized grants (£1,000 - £30,000 over a maximum of 3 years) to new and existing organisations to enable them to get closer to achieving their goals.

For many organisations looking to finance new projects, seeking funding can be extremely difficult and in some cases, impossible. Common problems include time consuming application processes, minimum grant levels being too high, the project not fitting into a specific funding category or the organisation not meeting the strict criteria often required.