Lovewell Blake Fund

About the fund

The Lovewell Blake Fund supports community and voluntary activity in parts of Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire. Applicants in Norfolk should apply via Norfolk Community Foundation, and in Suffolk via Suffolk Community Foundation. Applications for projects in Ely and the surrounding area are invited through Cambridgeshire Community Foundation.

Fund criteria

Grants of up to £2,000 are available for charitable, voluntary and community organisations that are addressing social need. The fund aims to benefit smaller, often lesser-known, community-based organisations where small grants can make a real difference to a particular project – making something possible that would otherwise not happen.

This fund can support:

• Small local groups with an annual income of less than £50,000.
• Activities with a high level of volunteer involvement.
• Small capital items, such as sports equipment.
• Larger capital items, but only when the organisation has the majority of funding in place at the point of application.

This fund cannot support:

• Larger organisations with an annual income of over £50,000.
• Funding for ongoing service delivery, as the Lovewell Blake Fund will not support operational costs.
• Staff costs.
• Larger capital items where the majority of the funding has not already been obtained.