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Community Foundation for Surrey Funding Programmes

Main Grants Programme

The Community Foundation runs regular application rounds throughout the year. Applicants may be considered by one or several of our family of Funds. You don’t need to research all of our Funds or specify which Fund you want to apply to; just send an Expression of Interest (EOI) and we will advise if we can invite a full application.

Submit your EOI by 9am on Monday 17th February to be considered in our round.

You can view all of our published dates here.

Submit a Main Grants Round Expression of Interest

Strategic funding

The Strategic Transformation Programme focuses on supporting local voluntary and community organisations to become more financially resilient. This is a rolling programme with no deadlines applications can be made at any time and will be processed where possible within 3 months. Currently, the programme is focused on funding for charities across Surrey supporting children and young people, and helping groups in Waverley and Guildford to achieve a strategic change in terms of capability and impact.

Find out more about our Strategic Programme here.

Submit a Strategic Expression of Interest

Crisis funding

We have limited funds available to support charitable organisations to address urgent cash flow needs. Crisis funding is used to bridge a gap in funding, to enable the organisation to develop sustainability and other income sources. A grant will not be awarded if there is no plan in place to improve your sustainability. Applicants must be able to demonstrate that a grant will make a material difference. This is a rolling programme with no deadlines and all applications will be processed rapidly.

If you need to apply please email grants@cfsurrey.org.uk

Grants for Individuals

We currently have five Funds that award grants to individuals. These are rolling programmes without deadlines and there is a separate Expression of Interest form for these Funds. We recommend you read through the Fund Guidance Notes on the Grants for Individuals page before applying.

Mental Health Scale Up Fund

Funding for Round 4 of the Mental Health Scale Up Fund will be announced in January 2025.

Future funding rounds

Round 5 Scale-up of Mental Health support for Children & Young People aged up to 30 experiencing multiple disadvantages or at transition of services. Opens March 2025 for Funding Award Sept 2025.
Round 6 Scale-Up of Mental Health interventions supporting whole family support for Children & Young People up to 30 years of age with anxiety. Timing to be confirmed, likely to open for applications Summer 2025.

The Mental Health Scale Up Fund is not currently open for Expressions of Interest. You can find more about the priorities for the programme here.

Poverty Fund – currently closed

The Poverty Fund is now closed to new Expressions of Interest.

Please sign up for our grants bulletin to receive updates about future funding rounds and programmes.

Eligibility - what we do and do not fund

Help with your application

Stages of our application process

This process can take around 3 months from our application deadline.