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Grants are available through The Midcounties Co-operative’s Doing Good Together Fund. The fund supports local community causes in need of small amounts of funding.
The Midcounties Co-operative is a member-owned co-operative business that uses member activity to help fund good causes in local communities. Its operating area covers central England, including Oxfordshire, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire around Swindon, Worcestershire, Buckinghamshire and the West Midlands. Some services also extended into Staffordshire.
The fund supports community projects and causes that benefit local people, with examples including dementia activities, park planting, book clubs and sports team kits. Applications are considered from registered charities and fully constituted community groups with a bank account in the group’s name.
Applicants must be members of The Midcounties Co-operative, have direct ongoing involvement with the group, and have used their membership card with one of the co-operative’s businesses in the last 12 months.
The fund:
· will not support individuals, political groups or unlawful activity;
· will not fund capital projects over £1,000;
· allows one application every 12 months;
· can consider religious groups where the wider community benefits.
Applications can be made at any time, subject to eligibility and available funds. Processing can take between seven days and eight weeks.
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