Are you an Islington-based voluntary or community organisation? Would you like to make a positive impact in Islington? Could your group or organisation do with some extra funding? Apply for Islington Council’s Community Chest!
Amberliegh, Islington Community Chest Event, 2023 | All Rights Reserved by the photographer, Steve Bainbridge
What is Islington Council’s Community Chest (ICCC)?
ICCC is a small, flexible and relational grants funding programme for Islington’s voluntary and community sector. The funding is provided through a partnership between Islington Council and Cripplegate Foundation which administers the fund. The main priorities of the fund are to:
Improve the physical and mental health of residents
Reduce isolation and increase community involvement
Advice and support that helps overcome challenges faced by residents
Improve the local environment and make Islington a more sustainable place to live
Increase community safety
Educate and improve the skills and employability of residents
Eligibility
There are three ICCC application rounds each year. Funding of up to £5,000 a year is available for voluntary organisations that work with Islington residents who are experiencing poverty and/or isolation.
To apply your organisation must have a turnover of less than £100,000. Priority is given to organisations with a turnover of less than £50,000. Organisations may only apply once a year whether a previous application was successful or not.
Applications for Islington Council’s Community Chest are considered by a Panel made up of Islington Councillors, Cripplegate Foundation Governors and members of the Islington Community Network.
Islington Community Chest Event, 2023 | All Rights Reserved by the photographer, Steve Bainbridge
Guidance
There are comprehensive guidelines for applicants to Islington Council’s Community Chest, and a budget form you will need to complete.
Cripplegate Foundation can offer help and support with your application, as can Voluntary Action Islington.
Deadlines
Important: there will be two, rather than three, ICCC funding rounds in 2024/25. This will mean there will not be a funding round/deadline in January 2025. Therefore, groups that applied for funding in the January 2024 funding round can reapply in the October 2024 round this year rather than wait the full 12 months.
The closing dates for 2024 are:
12pm midday, Tuesday 7 May 2024 (now closed)
12pm midday, Monday 7 October 2024
Apply now
You can also return to a previous application that you have started and saved but not yet submitted using the link below:
Funded Organisations
Islington Council’s Community Chest funds over 60 organisations each year, across three funding rounds. You can read the latest annual report using the link below:
For a bit of a history of the Community Chest, and to read more about the views of the local community members and Councillors who comprise the panel, click the link below.
