Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available for grassroots charitable organisations across the UK to improve community spaces which will make a lasting difference to local communities.
The ASDA Foundation’s Investing in Places and Spaces Grant Programme is designed to enable small, local grassroots community organisations with an annual income of under £250,000 to improve community spaces which will make a long-term difference to local communities across the United Kingdom. Projects should be in areas where the supermarket and retailer ASDA has a presence. Applications must be submitted to a Community Champion from an Asda superstore (the Foundation does not accept applications directly from community organisations).
Applications should include at least one of the following:
- Building improvements or development: to enhance an existing space for more people to use the facility. For example, a new kitchen, improving toilet facilities, extension on a building, new flooring, developing an unused internal space, improving disabled access and facilities, security features to keep the space and place secure, creating a tech hub and enhancing technological capabilities.
- Building repairs: the space may need upgrading or replacement. For example, roof repairs, doors and windows repairs/replacement, central heating replacement, electrical wiring upgrade, plumbing repairs/replacement, and/or
- Outdoor Improvement or development: access to green space will improve mental wellbeing and reduce social isolation. For example, play area development/upgrading safety features, community gardens, transforming wasteland into usable space, allotment space.
Grants of between £5,000 and £25,000 are available to cover materials, tradespeople and equipment costs.
Please note that there is a matched funding requirement for this programme. Applicants will be expected to contribute at least 50% of the total project cost from their own or other sources.
Eligible applicants must either:
- Own and have full responsibility for the upkeep and maintenance of the building/space, or
- Lease and have full responsibility for upkeep and maintenance with at least 10 years remaining.
The application window opens on Tuesday 9 July and will close to applications on Sunday 28 July 2024.
Application forms can be obtained from ASDA Community Champions, who are based in local Asda superstores.
Further information about the Investing in Places and Spaces Grants is available on the Foundation’s website.