Small grant applications

Small grants are up to £1,500 and can be used to support capital and revenue projects.

There is no application form for this fund. Applicants present their project request to a small panel. Information on who can apply and the purpose of the fund can be found on the project overview page. When you present your project to us we will ask you a series of questions.

Applicants will be asked to:

  • Describe your idea
  • Explain why you want to do it
  • Describe how you will do it
  • Explain how much it will cost and how the cost has been calculated

When doing this we will need applicants to:

  • Describe who will be involved, the people you expect to reach, how you will reach them and how they will benefit.
  • Describe what they have done before and show evidence that this has been done

Grants will be awarded in principle, on the basis of the discussion. Applicants who are awarded a small grant in principle will be asked to complete a short form before the grant is paid. The form can be downloaded below.

Details of how to book a conversation about a small grant will be available at the end of March 2026. 

The form asks you to show:

  • What type of organisation you are, your aims, values and what you do.
  • How you are structured
  • How your project contributes to Suffolk’s health and wellbeing, the economy or the environment.
  • What your project aims to achieve and the activities that you will undertake.

That you:

  • have a bank account
  • appropriate insurance, policies and procedures in place
  • have a budget
  • have a timeline for your project