Edward and Ivy Rose Hood Grantmaking Fund

Grant Type	Core costs, project costs and modest capital costs (if an essential element of a project)
Current status	Closed
Applications accepted from Social Enterprises?	Yes
Maximum grant available	In the first year only, around £200,000 of funding will be available in total (max. grants of £7,000 pa, some multiyear grants of up to 3 years will be considered) to support charitable and community activities as shown below. This will be split equally across the two areas of funding.
Grant opens	22 July 2025
Deadlines	2 September for submission of expressions of interest.

Brief Description

This funding has been made available in memory of Edward and Ivy Rose Hood.

The aim of the fund is to support charitable and community activities as follows:

Services aimed at supporting and improving local peoples’ lives and life chances (Lowestoft & Waveney only)

and

Supporting community organisations and small scale green initiatives that benefit the environment, build community resilience and promote the health and wellbeing of communities through nature based projects Lowestoft & Waveney (first year only, after that anywhere in Suffolk)

The objectives of the fund:

To support charitable and community activities as follows:

Services aimed at supporting and improving local peoples’ lives and life chances Lowestoft & Waveney
Supporting community organisations and small scale green initiatives that benefit the environment, build community resilience and promote the health and wellbeing of communities through nature-based projects Lowestoft & Waveney (first year only, after that anywhere in Suffolk)

Target areas:

Who can apply?

What can be funded:

New innovative projects
Existing projects
Core costs, project costs and reasonable capital costs (if an essential element of a project)
Core costs and organisational overheads
Full cost recovery

Timetable:

Closed