Funding for charities, community organisations and social enterprises

Every April, Sudbury Town Council opens applications for Grant Aid, which is available to all local charities, community organisations and social enterprises.

Each year, during the process, applications equal a much higher request for grants than available through Sudbury Town Council, resulting in many organisations not getting the amount requested or needed.

With this in mind, Sudbury Town Council has looked into other funding options available for these types of groups and organisations, in the hope we can still assist in securing funds, even if not directly.

Below provides a list of all alternative options available locally:

• Grant Funding Service webpage - Suffolk County Council's funding service webpage full of advice, support and funding options. Here you can sign up for funding alerts and also complete an enquiry form where one of the team will try to identify possible funding opportunities available.

• Visit the Stronger Suffolk portal - The Stronger Suffolk VCFSE Support Programme co-ordinated by Suffolk Community Foundation and delivered in partnership with the Suffolk Funders Network, Community Action Suffolk (CAS) and Cranfield Trust, provides a pathway of funded support based on organisational need.

• noreply@idoxopen4community.co.uk - E-mail asking to sign up to the monthly funding newsletter for frequent, local updates on available funding.

When applying for grant funding from any source, match funding is often favoured, so securing funds from different avenues can be very beneficial.

For more information on Sudbury Town Council's Grant Aid - click here