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Local charitable organisations have new opportunity to benefit from grants of up to £50,000 each
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Grants available to tackle housing issues in local communities
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Application process now open in six regions
Local community housing projects and charities are urged to put their case forward as we make £500,000 available in each region to help make a difference to communities across Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North East, the North West & North Midlands and the West of England.
We're inviting applications for grants of between £10,000 and £50,000 for housing projects that will support the most vulnerable in local communities.
Ella Brock Smith, Social Investment Manager at Nationwide said:
"In 2007, our members voted for us to donate at least one percent of our pre-tax profits to good causes and asked that we focus on tackling housing issues. We recognise there is a housing crisis, resulting in many people living in unsuitable, insecure or unaffordable accommodation.
So, to help make a real and lasting difference, we are aiming to make £5.5 million available in grant funding for housing-related charities and organisations across the UK per year.
We are delighted to open the local application process and encourage housing related charities and organisations to apply so that each region can collectively benefit from one of the £500,000 awards that is available to communities across each of the six regions, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the North East, the North West & North Midlands and the West of England."
Community Boards, which comprise of members and employees, will review all the grant applications and award grants of up to £50,000. The Boards and branches within each region will also be providing time and expertise to these charities.
So far we have awarded £4 million in grants to more than 100 projects and will be investing £5.5 million in housing projects across the UK per year. The programme is being delivered with support from the UK Community Foundations programme, the national network for all accredited Community Foundations across the UK.
We are now inviting applications for housing community projects in these six regions until 5 July 2019.