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The Community Action Microgrants, in memory of Louie Ward Herbert, aim to continue his passion and legacy in community building and organising. Grants will support citizen-led projects and community development activity aimed at promoting equality, inclusion, and community cohesion.

Key information

• We actively welcome more applications from, or benefitting, people under-represented in our grant making, for example LGBTQIA+, racially minoritised, d/Deaf or disabled people.
• Grants of up to £500 are available for informal, unconstituted groups.
• Grants of up to £2,500 are available for formally constituted organisations.
• Organisations must have an income under £75,000 in the most recent financial year to be eligible.
• Activity must be based in Leeds, and applicants must be based in, or have a demonstrable connection to, Leeds communities.
• Only one application per organisation/group can be considered per round. Priority for funding will be given to organisations established in the last 5 years.

Examples of activity that can be funded

• Citizen-led projects and community development activity aimed at: promoting equality and inclusion; directly supporting disadvantaged groups; working to reduce poverty; or increasing connections between people at a neighbourhood level.
• One-off projects supporting your group or organisation’s development, including your purpose and governance, building effective leadership or networks, improving finance and operations, impact measurement, improving policies, and identifying partnership/collaboration opportunities.

We recognise that you will know best what is needed for you to support and nurture your communities, and we welcome applications for a wide range of activities and approaches.

Grant size for unconstituted groups: up to £500

Grant size for constituted groups: up to £2,500

Location: Leeds

Duration: up to 1 year

Application Deadline: 22/05/25 at 12 noon

Decisions: July 2025

Read the full criteria and start you application here