Voluntary Action Lewisham

There are a number of funding opportunities that do not neatly fit into description of funding opportunities. This page will detail some of these opportunities.

• Community Cashback

  Community Cashback is a scheme that gives local people a say in how money from recovered criminal assets is spent in their communities. The Community Cashback website provides the opportunity to either suggest project ideas for the local community. These ideas are then checked by the Local Criminal Justice Board. Suitable ideas are then placed on the website and local people are given a say. A shortlist is then passed to a central panel where ideas are checked against project criteria.

  The maximum bid amount for each area is £95,000. See the examples page of the website to get an idea of the sort of project ideas they are looking for. This seems to be a step removed from traditional grant schemes as it is unclear who will develop and implement the project ideas.

• B & Q - One Planet Living Grants

  B 7 Q offers support to charities in a number of ways through their Corporate Responsibility prgramme, but the scheme that is most likely to be relevant to voluntary and community groups in Lewisham is the One Planet Living Grants scheme. This scheme offers materials worth between £50 and £250 to organisations that fall into one of the following categories:

  • Save Energy
  • Conserve Nature
  • Support local culture & heritage
  • Grow your own

  Applications need to be made through a local store. Stores local to Lewisham include: Greenwich, Peckham and Eltham. More details can be found on their website. There is also a waste donationscheme which donates a range of materials which cannot be sold instore, but which may still be useful.