Your application for grant funding will be assessed by a panel of our members, who will be looking at the impact your project has on your local community, including the number of beneficiaries that any funding awarded will support; and the impact the grant will make to those beneficiaries.  This will ensure that funding is awarded to community projects that demonstrate the greatest added value and measurable impact. 

It will help your application if you can provide measurable examples of the economic, social, or environmental impacts that the grant will help you achieve. 

Successful examples in the past have included:

1. The Wiggly Worm based in Gloucestershire: This project focused on providing access to a thriving community kitchen to support predominantly those with mental health issues but also the wider community, delivering courses based on food education, ranging from preparation, cooking and sharing of food
   
   
2. Hook Norton Low Carbon based in Oxfordshire: This project focused on helping the community reduce its energy consumption, carbon emissions and save money through education schemes, support for solar provision and insulation in homes and community buildings. 
   
   
3. Community First Initiative based in the West Midlands: This project focused on engaging with hard to reach young people that are maybe on the fringes of and or involved in gang culture through the provision of skills-based workshops around behaviour, consequences of actions, target setting, and employability skills.  
   
   
4. Justice in Motion based in Oxfordshire. The group exists to advocate social change, raise awareness of issues such as modern slavery, encourage debate and inspire action through theatrical performances, workshops and talks.

Overall we will prioritise our funding on projects demonstrating impact that align with our current priorities:

• Positive Environmental impacts for example projects that focus on or the promotion and education in the reduction of single use plastics, recycling or energy saving
  
  
• Development of young people (aged 16 – 24) developing individuals to be the best they can be through educational, training or community led projects
  
  
• Community cohesion projects that promote work towards building better community cohesion and trust, and encouraging respect and understanding in the local area.
  
  
• Social inclusion, for example provision of services for members of the community to overcome inequality and disadvantage arising as a result of the circumstances and challenges they find themselves in. For Example the provision of foodbank support, bespoke community run support groups or projects that develop life skills.