Jane Low in Dende Collective’s The Church Street Mask Project
Fitz Music Fitz Fest
The successful recipients for this year's Community Fund West have been announced!
For the first time in the Community Fund's history, the option of multi-year funding has been on offer. This is in direct response to community groups looking for secure and sustained support in order to grow and produce meaningful social impact. Multi-year funding is being awarded to the following projects for the years 2025-2027:
- The Soup Kitchen - Core funding
- Doorstep Library Network – Marylebone / Edgware Road home reading project
- All Souls Serve the City – Senior care
- Dende Collective – Church Street elders programme
- Fitz Music – Fitzrovia Arts Festival
One year funding is also being awarded to the following projects:
- Lucia Jaffer – A Curious Dream community theatre project
- The Showroom – Restoring Nature: Communal art Church Street
- Fitzrovia Neighbourhood Association – Healthy minds through art and craft for Women in Fitzrovia
- Team Up for Social Mobility – Project Firefly: Inspiring learning and raising aspirations
- Bloomsbury Football Association – Extracurricular football sessions for girls
All chosen entries have been selected on the basis that they will offer positive benefits – social, cultural, arts and health – to their local communities.
The next available round of funding will be for our Community Fund East (formerly known as the Tech Belt Community Fund). Please check back in the autumn for further details.
NEW FOR 2025 - multi year funding available for certain groups. Further details will be in the Community Fund East guidelines.
If you have any queries about our Community Fund or would like to be added to the launch notification mailing list for either the Community Fund West or Community Fund East (formerly known as the Tech Belt Fund) please email - community@derwentlondon.com
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