Apply for a Grant

Southwark Charities makes grants to local community organisations and charities who support the wellbeing of Southwark’s older residents aged 55 plus.

“Southwark Charities are an excellent example of how a place based funder should operate”.

Institute for Voluntary Action Research review, 2024.

About our Grants

If you are a community organisation or charity meeting our eligibility criteria and seeking a grant to support your work with Southwark’s older residents aged 55 plus, please visit our Organisations page.

Eligible applicants are those non-statutory community organisations and charities with a governing document, bank account in the organisation’s name and a minimum of 3 unrelated management committee members/trustees/directors.

Examples of who we have funded are on our Case studies page, and the Resources page contains useful links to funding guides and place based schemes in Southwark.