Northamptonshire Community Foundation

Our CEO is taking on the 100km South Coast Challenge to fundraise for our General Fund ✨

Donate now 👉 https://bit.ly/RMfundraiser

The last few years have been incredibly hard for many, and we know that vital funds are needed now more than ever. The General Fund supports our own charitable activities, so we can keep giving out urgent grant awards those who need them most.

Your donation will make a huge difference.

Are you a Northamptonshire-based VCSE organisation looking for support?

Our Grants Team are hosting monthly virtual Learn & Share sessions. Join us at the next one on 20th August 👉 https://bit.ly/NCFLearnShare

❔ Ask questions
❔ Share information
❔ Join a conversation about local & nationally available funding

Almost 1/3 of Northamptonshire residents live in rural communities.

We're committed to ensuring that these communities receive their fair share of funding & we're thrilled to share that we've been able to award more than £109,000 to charities supporting rural residents across the county.

Thank you to everyone who supported our Shining a Spotlight on Rural Community Needs appeal ⭐



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Last week, we launched the Northamptonshire Young People's Fund.

This fund will award grants of up to £10,000 to support projects across Northamptonshire working with young people (aged 11-25) at risk of experiencing crime & anti-social behaviour.

Read more & apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/NCFYoungPeopleFund

💰 £109,000+
🤝 13 charities
🌾 Supporting rural communities across the county

Through our Rural Community Needs Fund, we've awarded more than £109,000 to 13 charities & community organisations working to tackle urgent needs across rural communities in Northamptonshire.

⭐ Clubs for Young People Northamptonshire are developing the youth service provision in Litchborough & surrounding villages

⭐ Food For Thought Daventry Reg charity 1184601 are providing sustainable, affordable food through their community larders

⭐ DACT - Daventry Area Community Transport are purchasing a brand new Wheelchair accessible car (WAV) to offer a more comfortable transport service to those with limited mobility

Hot desk at Vulcan Works Creative Hub on Tuesdays in August & support our Family Food Aid appeal! ✨

Vulcan Works have started hosting Charity Tuesdays & we're excited to be their chosen charity in August ⭐

Every Tuesday in August you can hot desk at Vulcan Works for free if you bring a cash donation of any amount. Your donation will help us tackle food poverty in Northamptonshire.

We're thrilled to be Vulcan Work's August Charity!

Every Tuesday in August you can come and hot-desk with us for free! All we ask is a cash donation of any amount when you visit Vulcan Works✨

Our charity for August is Northamptonshire Community Foundation - Family Food Aid. Help Northamptonshire Community Foundation tackle food poverty on our doorstep by donating to our Family Food Aid Fund. The urgent need to tackle food poverty goes on with the cost of living crisis.

Here's a round-up of this month's Community Heroes!

These organisations work tirelessly to support residents in need across Northamptonshire. We're very proud to work with them.

⭐ Northamptonshire Mind
⭐ Linwood Community Cooperative
⭐ Northampton Film Festival
⭐ OCIR

Don't miss our Community Hero of the Week column in the Northampton Chronicle & Echo, every Thursday.

The Avon Fund for Women & Girls is open for applications.

👉 https://bit.ly/NCFAvonFund

This year, grant awards of up to £3,000 will be made to projects addressing UN SDG 5: Gender Equality, with a focus on tackling violence against women & girls & supporting women diagnosed with breast cancer.

📸 Right Resolution CIC, who received funding from The Avon Fund for Project Jeevan, which was set up to provide free sanitary products to care leavers.

Support our Family Food Aid appeal 👉 https://bit.ly/FamilyFoodAid

In 2021, 21% of the population in North Northamptonshire & 15% of the population in West Northamptonshire were living in areas at high risk of food insecurity.

Our Family Food Aid appeal is working to tackle food poverty & insecurity across the county. All donations will go towards the Family Food Aid Fund, to support local charities carrying out vital work.

Like The McCarthy-Dixon Foundation, who received funding in 2021 to provide local schools with much-needed breakfast boxes for vulnerable students

We're so grateful to our Friends of the Foundation for all their support ❤️

Last week, team members from Northampton Town of Sanctuary, Manna House Counselling Service, Northampton & United African Association Northamptonshire presented to a group of our Friends, so they could hear first hand the impact of their generosity.

Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/FoFNCF

Friends of the Foundation give monthly, their donations are pooled into the Friends of the Foundation Fund, to award grants to those in need across the county.

Thank you also to Discover Northamptonshire for kindly hosting us.

The Avon Fund for Women & Girls is open for applications.

Find out more & apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/NCFAvonFund

This year, grant awards of up to £3,000 will be made to projects addressing UN SDG 5: Gender Equality, with a focus on tackling violence against women & girls & supporting women diagnosed with breast cancer.

In partnership with the Horne Foundation, we set up The Robert Horne Employee Fund.

This fund awards grants of up to £5,000 to former employees of The Robert Horne Group who find themselves facing financial hardship.

Any former employee, or spouse of a former employee, can apply for help.

Find out more 👉 https://bit.ly/RHorneEmployeeFund

In all our grant making, we work to support UN SDG10: Reducing Inequalities & we fund a range of projects supporting our LGBTQ+ communities & residents.

We were thrilled to have a stand at Northampton Pride again this year & to join in the celebrations.

Thank you to everyone who stopped by to say hello!

Help us tackle food poverty in Northamptonshire 👉 https://bit.ly/FamilyFoodAid

Our Northamptonshire Hidden Needs Report showed that, last year, 4.7 million people in the UK were living in food insecure households.

Through our Family Food Aid appeal, we're working to combat these rising levels of food poverty & food insecurity.

Funds raised through the appeal will be awarded to local charities supporting residents experiencing food poverty. Like Impact-Now, who used their 2021 grant award from the Family Food Aid Fund to provide food aid to local families & children (📸).

In all our grant making, we work to support UN SDG10: Reducing Inequalities.

We fund a range of projects supporting our LGBTQ+ communities & residents. Come & speak to us about our work at Northampton Pride tomorrow, we'd love to see you!

📸 photo from Northampton Pride 2023

Becoming a member of our Corporate Giving Network means changing the lives of our county’s most vulnerable residents.

We have more than 23 years experience in grant making. Last year, one of our foundation-managed giving circles awarded more than £39,000 to local charities tackling food poverty in Northamptonshire.

We know the needs of our county & how to ensure that your generosity has the broadest possible impact on the causes you and your colleagues care about.

Join the Corporate Giving Network ➡️ https://bit.ly/NCFCorporateGiving

We set up our Family Food Aid appeal to tackle food poverty in Northamptonshire 👉 https://bit.ly/FamilyFoodAid

We're so grateful for the support this appeal has received so far. This we're spotlighting The Chester House Estate & Discover Northamptonshire, who've added the option to donate to the Family Food Aid Fund onto the menu of their newly opened Farmhouse Café.

If you're dining at The Farmhouse this summer, please do consider adding a donation to the Family Food Aid appeal to your bill.

Managed by us on behalf of the KHL Partnership, the KHL Big Local Community Chest Fund supports projects that are all about improving residents' wellbeing across Kingswood & Hazel Leys in Corby.

Apply now 👉 https://bit.ly/3NscApA

Watch KHL Big Local's community film 👉 https://bit.ly/KHLBigLocalFilm

📸 Photo from our CEO's walk around Corby with the KHL Big Local team

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Community Celebration at Wicksteed Park last week ☀️🎉

We were thrilled to celebrate the work of some truly wonderful local charities & reflect on how this work aligns with our commitment to the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Thank you to the Charles Stewart Mott Foundation for generously funding this event, and to the charities who hosted some fantastic, hands-on workshops for our guests ⭐

👉 Corby Community Arts
👉 African Youth Arise AYA
👉 Fermynwoods Contemporary Art
👉 Northamptonshire Walks
👉 Home-Start Kettering Area

🎉 Let's celebrate the big achievements of small charities 🎉

As Small Charity Week draws to a close, we're celebrating the achievements of the charities we fund across all four corners of Northamptonshire.

Each year, we support hundreds of small, local groups. Today, we're spotlighting just a few:

⭐ Northampton Town FC Community Trust
⭐ Higham Gateway Club - Registered Charity no 1120121
⭐ Friends of Thomas's Fund
⭐ South Northants Volunteer Bureau
⭐ African Youth Arise AYA
⭐ Outside In Theatre
⭐ Laugh Out Loud Theatre Company
⭐ Restore Northampton

Which small charities have you celebrated this ?

Small Charities are making a big impact & we're proud to support hundreds of small organisations across the county each year.

Alongside our grant making, we provide a range of resources (like this infographic with all the policy docs groups need to be eligible for funding from us), to make sure small charities know how and where to apply for funding.

Read more about Small Charity Week 👉 https://bit.ly/SmallCharityWeek24

In January 2024, 24% of UK households with young children were struggling with food insecurity.

We set up our Family Food Aid appeal to tackle rising levels of food poverty in Northamptonshire. Show your support & donate today 👉 https://bit.ly/FamilyFoodAid

📸 In 2021, SOFEA was awarded a grant from the Family Food Aid Fund, enabling them to distribute food parcels to families in need across the county.

A Huge THANK YOU to Northamptonshire Community Foundation for awarding Volunteer Action with the Rural Community Needs Fund.

This is a vital fund to help us provide charitable services to support the rural community of East Northants for the next year!

Rachel McGrath CEO of the NCF said: ‘The Foundation is delighted to have awarded Volunteer Action funding to carry out a much needed project in their locality. We wish them every success in their endeavours by helping improve the quality of life for local communities.’

As a community foundation, we fund hundreds of small charities & community organisations each year.

We're place based, so the charities we work with are based in Northamptonshire. There are 46 other accredited community foundations in the UK, all part of the UK Community Foundations network, supporting small charities in their own local areas.

This Small Charity Week, we want to spotlight small local charities & the huge impact they have across the county. We'll also be sharing the ways we support these organisations, from grant making to awareness raising.

Stay tuned! ⭐

Read more about 👉 https://bit.ly/SmallCharityWeek24

🌈 Pride events are happening across the county in June & July. Here are some to add to your diary 👇

✨ PRIDE Corby takes place tomorrow, with the parade starting from The Core At Corby Cube

✨ Daventry Pride takes place next weekend at New Street Park

✨ Northampton pride is next month, at University of Northampton Waterside Campus

We work to support UN SDG10: Reducing Inequalities & we fund a range of projects supporting our LGBTQ+ communities & residents. Let us know about any other events taking place, and keep an eye out for our stand at Northampton Pride in July!