Oxford Community Impact Fund Small Grants 2025 (Round 2)

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Small Grants 2025 Round 2 Application Form

Introduction

Oxford Community Impact Fund: Small Grants Round 2 has £34,000 available.

Eligibility

All applicants will need to confirm how they meet the eligibility criteria on our website, in summary:

Not-for-profit organisations can apply for up to £3,000 per Small Grant

Briefing sessions

We will be holding three optional briefing sessions to go through the application form and to answer any questions you may have. These are on the following dates and times, and you can register via the links below:

Should you require an alternative way of receiving the information, please let us know by email at grants@oxford.gov.uk.

What we are looking to achieve

We are looking for this grant programme to help deliver the following key interconnected priorities, in line with the Council's Strategy:

Support thriving communities
Enable an inclusive economy
Pursue a zero carbon Oxford - including sustainable projects in natural environments e.g parks, woods, meadows, rivers and allotments etc

We understand that you may feel that some of these priorities may not directly apply to you. However, we are looking to encourage all our grant applicants to think about the wider impacts of their work, even if it's in small and modest ways.

How you want to respond to this and which aspects you want to focus on will be unique to you. It may be that you require project funding, capital funding or a contribution to your core costs. We want you to apply for what works best for you and your beneficiaries.

Your application will be assessed against the criteria set out on our website. We're most interested in the difference and impact you want to make. We intend our grants to deliver a wide programme of activity, catering for the needs of our diverse communities across the city. Please refer to the FAQs on our website and email us at grants@oxford.gov.uk if you have any further questions.

Important points about filling in this online form

You must press the save form button, found at the bottom right of each page, before moving to another section

You can complete sections in any order that you wish, however you must complete all the required questions.

You can save progress as you write your application and come back to it at your convenience

There is a Word Version of this form on our website so you can see the whole form in one document before you start to complete it on Plinth.

Submitting your application

When you have completed the form and are happy with your answers, please click on the blue 'submit' button - if you are unable to submit, you may have missed out one or more required questions.
All required questions must be completed, if not applicable please enter N/A.
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Your submitted application is automatically saved to your Plinth account and can be accessed any time.

If you need help

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Data protection

The data on this form will be used by Oxford City Council staff to assess grant applications and monitor grant awards. It will be stored on Plinth and Oxford City Council's networks to meet operational and legal requirements. Full information can be found here Our Data Protection Policy | Oxford City Council and Plinth's privacy policy. Any data protection queries can be emailed to us at grants@oxford.gov.uk