[WiLT] City Parochial Foundation – London Poverty – 7 Feb, 30 May, or 25 Oct 2010

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City Parochial Foundation – London Poverty – 7 Feb, 30 May, or 25 Oct 2010

CPF is an independent charitable foundation which aims to enable and empower the
poor of London to tackle poverty and its root causes, and to ensure that its
funds reach those most in need. Each year it expects to make funds of
approximately £6.5 million available, of which over £5 million is allocated to
its open programme, and the remainder to its special initiatives and
commissioning.

There are many ways in which issues of poverty can be addressed, though the
Foundation does not have sufficient resources to support all needs.  CPF's open
programme has four priority areas. These are: To improve employment
opportunities for disadvantaged people; Topromote the inclusion of recent
arrivals to the UK; To promote social justice (policy change and campaigning
work); To strengthen the voluntary and community sector (in the areas of
research, campaigning and policy change and evaluation and learning).

CPF expects to make approximately 100 grants each year through its open
programme. There is no minimum or maximum size of grant and the amount you
request should be the amount you need.  However, the average grant is currently
£52,000 in total, although a significant number of grants are smaller (between
£5,000 to £30,000) and a few are larger (more than £70,000).

The amounts requested may be spread over one, two or three years and in some
cases over longer periods, if there is a good reason to do so.  For example, if
you are awarded a grant of £45,000, this could be £15,000 over three years, or
£25,000 in the first year and £20,000 in the second. CPF will not normally make
grants that exceed £100,000.

CPF has comprehensive funding guidelines available on its website or which can
be requested from its offices. Please read these funding guidelines in full
before making an application. The guidelines set out how you should go about
making an application.

They have three closing dates a year by which proposals are to be submitted.
They are: 7 February for the June Grants Committee; 30 May for the October
Grants Committee; 25 October for the March Grants Committee. You may submit your
proposal at any time but it will only be assessed once the next closing date has
passed.

City Parochial Foundation, 6 Middle Street, London, EC1A 7PH
Tel: 020 7606 6145
Fax: 020 7600 1866
Email: info at cityparochial.org.uk
Website: http://www.cityparochial.org.uk