Grants to older people's community groups 2024-25

Please note that the provision of voluntary and community grant funding is not a statutory Council duty. Grant funding has only been made available at the discretion of Basildon Council.

Please also be mindful that we may receive more applications than we can provide funding for. If this is the case then we may only be able to provide a part of the funding you have applied for, or we may not be able to provide any funding at all, even if your application meets all of the criteria. This applies to all grants.

Fund status: 

This find will be open to applications on the 1st April 2024.

• Application opening date: 5 August 2024.
• Deadline for applications: 27 September 2024.

Conditions and eligibility criteria

• Only available to older person's community groups based in the Basildon Borough.
• Applications are assessed against pre-set criteria that includes numbers of members, frequency of meetings and level of bank balance.
• Funding is available to put towards the cost of renting premises for regular meetings.
• Not available for social evenings or other events.
• Awards are made towards annual venue rental/hire costs only.
• The maximum that can be awarded is £500.

Submitting a grant application form

Make sure you read the guidance notes before you complete the online application form.

Please download, complete and return an application form (available below in MS Word and Adobe Acrobat format).

MS Word format (Microsoft Word format. Complete and then save this application form on your device. The completed form can be returned to us as an email attachment.) Make sure you read the guidance notes before you complete the online application form.

• Guidance notes: Grants to Older Peoples Groups - Guidance notes for Applicants (Word doc) [104KB] (opens new window)
• Application form: Grants to Older Peoples Groups - Application Form (Word doc) [112KB] (opens new window)

Adobe Acrobat format (Adobe Acrobat format. Print application form then complete by hand and return by post.) Make sure you read the guidance notes before you complete the online application form.

• Guidance notes: Grants to Older People's Groups - Guidance notes for Applicants (PDF) [137KB] (opens new window)
• Application form: Grants to Older People's Groups - Application Form (PDF) [170KB] (opens new window)

Please return completed grant application forms to Voluntary Sector Development Officer, see contact details below.