Grant Funding

The VCS Alliance distributes grant funding on behalf of our commissioning and contracting partners. These grants differ from contracting and commissioning because they are intended to give grass-roots and smaller community organisations access to light-touch grant awards.

Grant funding awards will always have a smaller value than our contracting and commissioning opportunities. All our grant awards are either:
Micro grants – £50 to £500
Small grants – £500 – £2500

All our micro and small grants are expected to be delivered within 12 months of the grant award. It may be a one off event, or a project that runs for 1 to 12 months. Often they may be small scale pilot projects.

These grants aim to:
– Enable smaller grass-roots groups to develop a delivery record
– Tackle health and wellbeing issues in communities
– Undermine the wider social determinants of health that impact in communities
– Build capacity and resilience across the VCSE sector.