Summary

Micro Grants are designed to kick start Cinnamon Recommended Projects. See the Network website for a full list of recommended projects.

Churches can apply for a micro-grant up to three months before they start the Cinnamon Recommended Project, or up to three months after they have started the project. Funding has to be matched by cash, gifts in kind, premises, professional pro-bono services, asset items, salaries.

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Geographical areas funded: UK

Fund type

Type of funding:

Grant

Type of cost:

Capital, Revenue

Fund award sizes

Maximum:

Premium information

Who can apply

Churches of all denominations anywhere in the UK can apply. You will have to become a member of Cinnamon Connect in order to apply for a Micro-grant.

When to apply

You can apply up to three months before you start a Cinnamon Recommended Project or up to three months after the project has begun. It takes around six weeks to process a Micro-Grant application, although sometimes it can take longer.

How to apply

Check your eligibility on the Network website. If eligible, you will need to join Cinnamon Connect and then contact the grants officer to request a full application form.

Contact information

Activites funded: Housing & shelter Advice & information Befriending & mentoring Citizenship & community involvement Community development & regeneration Education & training Employability services Financial advice & support General charitable activities Health care & wellbeing Health education & promotion Recreation & social activities Religious activities Social care & welfare

Beneficiaries funded: Carers Children Economically/socially disadvantaged Families General public Homeless or badly housed Socially isolated people People in poverty Mental health conditions Offenders & ex-offenders Older people Ill-health Disabilities Refugees & asylum seekers Religious & Belief Groups Local communities Unemployed Young people

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