Before you apply for a grant from us you should read our Before you apply booklet.

You should make sure your organisation is eligible. Many applications fail because organisations do not fall within our eligibility rules or meet our basic requirements.

It is also important that you read our guidance on political activities and campaigning.

Your project is more likely to be succesful if it falls within our local funding priorities.

Don't waste your resources on making an application that we cannot support. Please see why applications fail.

Remember your local Community Fund office is there to help. We run events and seminars to give advice on what we expect from a good application.

Our booklet Your project and its outcomes will help you work out your project's outcomes and how to check you are achieving them.