London Catalyst makes grants totalling c£300,000 a year, including:
They have three grant programmes:
Special Interest Grants - This is our main grant programme through which we want to support thoughful projects or service developments that will tackle health inequalities and the limiting effects of ill health, disability and poverty. Applications will be judged on how they could make a difference in an area of unmet need.
Samaritan Grants - These are grants available to social work and hospital teams, voluntary and community organisations, including faith groups, working directly with and able to distribute one-off grants to people in need.
Small Grants – These grants are to help set up, or develop health and social welfare projects in areas of high need and encourage greater co-operation between health agencies and community groups.
• Applications are accepted from charities, voluntary and community organisations.
Priority is given to projects
• Tackling an unmet health need; developing activities that will ‘make a difference‘
• Targeted in areas of greatest need; evidenced by indices of poverty and social deprivation.
• Encouraging partnership with specialist agencies
• Run by organisations with an income of less than £1 million; £200,000 for Small Grants.
Further information is available on the London Catalyst website.
