Grants

HIWCF offers grants through an annual calendar of themed programmes, all designed to build thriving communities across Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight.  

HIWCF makes grants to community groups and individuals.  

Access our current list of grant programmes below and click the ‘subscribe’ button to sign up for alerts when new funding opportunities open.    

If you need further advice or support when applying, contact us on 01962 798700 and ask for the Grants Team, or email Grantsadmin@hiwcf.com 

Apply for grants for groups

I work or volunteer for a group and want to apply for funding

Apply for grants for Individuals

I want to apply for funding for myself

Grant information

Our focus is on supporting smaller, grassroot organisations. Generally, we make grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 to non-profit organisations including: 

Please refer to open grant funding opportunities for the criteria of the fund you are applying to.  

If you have a question about our grant making and our grant processes, please access our general Application Guidance page, Guidance on filling out the Application, FAQs and Grant Policy 

We would love to be able to fund all the good work we receive bids for, however demand for grants exceeds our funds; we can often fund less than half the grant applications we receive.

Please note, we do not currently offer hardship grants for individuals.

Grant application FAQs

Check our frequently
asked questions

Impact Themes

Understand how our funding is made against six impact themes

Grant webinars

Register for upcoming webinars

Publicising your grant

All you need
to know

Post-grant monitoring

Find out how we evaluate
impact

Grant guidance videos

See our YouTube channel
for latest videos
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