Grant applications 2025 - Open
Sherborne in the Community is inviting applications for grants in 2025.
Applications are invited for sums of up to £6,000 by charities working with disadvantaged young people in London. The deadline for submitting applications is Monday 10 February 2025.
Applications should be sent by email to SITC Chair James Nurton at [email protected] by the deadline.
Once the applications have been reviewed, applicants may be invited for an interview in person or online so that we can find out more about their work and application.
SITC has a limited budget for grants and funding decisions are based on careful consideration of needs, objectives, urgency and resources. Regrettably, limited resources mean we cannot necessarily support all the charities that apply for grants.
What to include in the application
The application should contain the following information:
We encourage applicants to keep the applications concise and relevant. In most cases, they need not be longer than 4 pages.
Update on grants
In 2024, SITC made grants totalling £30,000 to the following charities: Boxing Futures, Eat Club, Hackney Quest, LEAP, Literacy Pirates, Ministry of Stories, Sal’s Shoes, Welcare, YUAF.
Since we started making grants in 2018, SITC has distributed over £150,000 to eligible charities.
Applications are invited for sums of up to £6,000 by charities working with disadvantaged young people in London. The deadline for submitting applications is Monday 10 February 2025.
Applications should be sent by email to SITC Chair James Nurton at [email protected] by the deadline.
Once the applications have been reviewed, applicants may be invited for an interview in person or online so that we can find out more about their work and application.
SITC has a limited budget for grants and funding decisions are based on careful consideration of needs, objectives, urgency and resources. Regrettably, limited resources mean we cannot necessarily support all the charities that apply for grants.
What to include in the application
The application should contain the following information:
- Background of charity: The name and charity number of your organisation, when it was founded, what it does, who it supports, summary financial information and connections with any other charities/organisations.
- How you heard of us: Please describe how you heard of Sherborne in the Community and any previous grant applications made.
- Organisation: Your organisation’s structure, including Trustee Board, staff numbers, volunteer, activities, diversity/inclusion policies and safeguarding information if applicable.
- Purpose and amount of the grant sought: Please state the amount of the grant being requested and the purpose to which it will be applied. Please indicate the consequences of not receiving the grant and other applications that you have in hand from other grant makers.
- Criteria for success: How you will judge whether the project has been successful and the objectives you wish to achieve. How many beneficiaries will this project affect?
- Timing: Please indicate the date by which you would need to receive a decision and the date when funding is required.
- Resources to implement the project: If your project involves planning future activities, please describe the resources (funds, staff, volunteers) you have to implement your project.
- Accountability and involvement: Please let us know who inside your organisation who should be contacted about this application (name, position, address, email and telephone numbers).
- Online resources: Please include links to your charity website, Charity Commission page and any other relevant website.
We encourage applicants to keep the applications concise and relevant. In most cases, they need not be longer than 4 pages.
Update on grants
In 2024, SITC made grants totalling £30,000 to the following charities: Boxing Futures, Eat Club, Hackney Quest, LEAP, Literacy Pirates, Ministry of Stories, Sal’s Shoes, Welcare, YUAF.
Since we started making grants in 2018, SITC has distributed over £150,000 to eligible charities.