Overall aim
The provision of housing accommodation for, and the relief of, persons who are in financial need, hardship or distress, or who are in financial need and sick, convalescent, disabled or infirm by relieving their suffering or assisting their recovery.
Preferred Areas of Impact
- Roofs and Support – Projects which make a significant contribution to the provision of housing accommodation for people who are in financial need and resident in the city of Norwich. This includes projects relating to the accommodation itself and projects providing support to those in need of, or living in, such accommodation.
- Money – Projects which make a significant contribution to the quality of life of people who are in financial need, financial hardship or financial distress and are resident in the city of Norwich. This includes projects directly addressing financial issues and projects providing respite from financial issues.
- Health – Projects which make a significant contribution to relieving the suffering or assisting the recovery of people who are in financial need, resident in the city of Norwich and are sick or convalescent. This does not include projects relating to the provision of private health care.
- Discrimination, Exclusion and ‘Difference’ – Projects which make a significant difference to improving the quality of life of people who are in financial need, resident in the city of Norwich and experiencing lack of equality of opportunity and /or discrimination as a result of being disabled or Deaf, or of identifying/being seen as identifying as being ‘different’ from the majority.
Your beneficiaries must live within our area of benefit
The City of Norwich
Applying for a Grant
Pre-application meetings: All applicants must have a meeting with our Chief Executive or our Grants Manager (preferably in person over a cup of coffee) prior to applying for a grant.
Important details:
- There are 20 pre-application meeting slots available on a first-come, first-served basis for each grants meeting.
- The purpose of the pre-application meeting is to discuss your proposed application, to (hopefully) confirm that your project/organisation is eligible to apply, and then to support you in making the best possible application.
- Please refer to the chart below for important dates and how to request your pre-application meeting.
Note: Requests for pre-application meetings received before the specified date and time or to the wrong email address will be deleted.
Norwich Consolidated Charities
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Grant Committee meeting dates |
Requesting your pre-application meeting.
Below are the Dates and times after which you must request a pre-application meeting.
Please email your request to:
ncc.applications@norwichct.org.uk
…stating which of our three grant-making charities you are seeking a meeting with, and which grants meeting date you are hoping to apply to. It is important that you include your organisation’s name in the subject line of your email. |
Window of application closes
If you have been given the go-ahead to apply following your pre-application meeting, you must submit your completed application before the date and time below. |
Total grants budget available for each meeting |
10am Mon 12th May 2025 |
9.30am Tue 4th Feb 2025 |
9.30am Wed 23rd April 2025 |
£90,316
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10am Mon 28th July 2025 |
9.30 Tue 13th May 2025 |
9.30 Wed 9th July 2025 |
tbc
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10am Mon 13th Oct 2025 |
9.30am Tue 29th July 2025 |
9.30am Wed 24th Sep 2025 |
tbc
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