Yeovil, Somerset-based the Screwfix Foundation provides capital grants up to £5,000 for capital projects with no matched funding requirement to UK registered charities and not-for-profit organisations to fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for people and communities in need. This can include repairing run-down buildings and decorating the homes of people living with illness and disability.
Projects, which should be environmentally friendly, should:
- Help people in need faced by financial hardship, sickness, distress or other disadvantages in the UK, and
- Support projects that relate to the repair, maintenance, improvement or construction of homes, community buildings and other buildings.
Further information, guidance and an online application form is available on the Screwfix Foundation website (scroll down to the foot of the page for details of how to apply).
The Foundation has an application round every 3 months. Trustees meet to review applications in March, June, September and December. The next application deadline for the September grants panel is on Saturday 10 August 2024.