Communities Together

Are you working to boost the community spirit in your neighbourhood? Do you have ideas for creating a community garden, starting an arts festival, tackling loneliness amongst old people, boosting health and fitness or cleaning up the streets where you live? If so, you could qualify for a grant from our Communities Together programme.

Communities Together Small provides funding of up to £5,000 per year for up to two years.  Grants of £4,999 or less are available for one year only.  Grants of £5,000 per year for up to two years are available through this programme. Communities Together Small has two rounds in 2025. Round 1 opens on 30 January and closes on 13 March. Decisions will be announced on 22 May. Round 2 opens on 10 July and closes on 21 August. Decisions will be announced on 6 November. Each round closes at 10am on the closing date.

Please note, for applications to Small Round 1 the project must NOT start before the Board decision date of 22 May 2025.  For applications to Small Round 2, the project mut NOT start before the board decision date of 6 November.

Webinar videos

We have posted our recent Communities together webinars in small and large format.

The Communities Together Large Grant Programme

The Communities Together Large Grant Programme has been set up to help groups working in Ealing, Hillingdon, Hounslow, Slough, Spelthorne, Richmond, Runnymede, South Bucks, or Windsor & Maidenhead, to run projects focused on bringing communities together – with a particular emphasis on organisations working with adults 25+. The programme provides grants of up to £15,000 per year for up to two years. 

The Communities Together Large Grant Programme has one round in 2025 with the following key dates:

• 3 April 2025: Application open
• 22 May 2025 (10:00): Application closes
• 19 June: Papers to panel
• 17 July (10:00): Panel
• 31 July 2025: Decisions announced

Please note, the project must NOT start before the board decision date of 31 July.