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Our small grants scheme
Funding from £500 to £4000
Community Food and Health (Scotland) has an annual small grants scheme available for groups and agencies in Scotland who wish to improve access to, and take up of a healthy, varied and balanced diet. This has now closed for 2009. Grants from £500 to £4000 are available and grant recipients are expected to spend their grant money within one year.
The small grant scheme opens in the spring and closes in the early summer. Successful applicants usually receive their grants by the autumn. The opening of the small grant scheme is announced in our free newsletter Fare Choice as well as on this website.
The grant scheme is very popular. In 2008, less than one in five applicants were successful. See small grant recipients 2008/2009 to find out who received a grant in 2008.
What will we fund?
The small grant scheme is open to groups and agencies who would like to tackle one or more of the barriers to healthy eating, such as affordability or availability, and the negative impact of culture and lack of food skills.
For more information on what we will or will not fund, please see our guidance notes.
Who can apply?/Who can't apply?
We welcome applications from groups and agencies working with or within low-income communities throughout Scotland.
Individuals and/or private companies cannot apply for a grant from us.
For more information on who can and can't apply, please see our guidance notes.
How to apply
To find out more about the application process you can download the Guidance Notes (PDF 617 kb) and a sample application form in standard print (68kb PDF) and a sample in large print (62kb PDF). Please note that these are the 2009 versions that may be updated in 2010.
You can also download sample grant conditions (122kb PDF) and a sample evaluation form (132kb PDF).
For information on funding and links to advice on filling in application forms see Advice and information on fundraising.
Further reading
To find out what is going on in food and health in your local area, visit your Local Authority and local NHS board websites. You should also be able to find out about your local Community Health Partnership (CHP) or Community Health and Care Partnership (CHCP) on these websites. Voluntary Health Scotland also has a list of contact details for all CHPs or CHCPs.
www.vhscotland.org.uk/info/chps/chp_managers.php
To find out about national policies around food and health, visit the Scottish Government's website www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Health/health/19133
For information on healthy eating visit www. takelifeon.co.uk or the Food Standards Agency website www.eatwell.gov.uk
The NHS Health Scotland website has information on food and health policy and healthy eating www.healthscotland.com