Louise Snelders
Head of Funding & Partnerships
Catching up with two of our Future Communities Collective
We recently announced our Future Communities Fund partners – find out more about some of the young people shaping how we deliver at the Co-op Foundation.
Welcoming our new Future Communities Fund partners
Learn about our new way of working, and our ground-breaking new Future Communities Fund partners
New fund alert: If you’re developing diverse leaders of the future, we want to hear from you
Eligible organisations can now apply for unrestricted grants of up to £30,000 a year for five years through our £1.5m Future Communities Fund.
An exciting new fund for charities building fairer communities of the future
Unrestricted, long-term grants of up to £30,000 a year are available through our Future Communities Fund.
Young people are influencing decisions at Co-op Foundation
In the run up to International Youth Day on 12 August, we’re highlighting how young people are taking the lead at Co-op Foundation, ahead of our new strategy launch later this year.
Flexible funding matters
We care deeply about how our funding can empower people. That’s why we made eight pledges to be a better funder in 2021 through IVAR.
Staying social despite the distance
Community spaces lie at the heart of local areas. They provide a place for people to connect, co-operate and develop support networks.
This is why, in 2019, the Co-op Foundation launched ‘Space to Connect’ – a £1.6m partnership with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) to fund organisations that wanted to improve and protect local spaces and reduce social isolation. It ran between until 2021 and supported 57 community organisations. Projects ranged from community trusts to youth clubs, arts centres, and city farms.
Where there’s #iwill there’s a way
Our #iwill Fund partnership with The National Lottery Community Fund and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is our oldest such collaboration. We’re proud to have supported partners to engage young people in high quality social action since mid-2018.
As we mark #iwill Week 2021 – and as we launch our #iwill Fund interim learning report – we look back on this partnership and review what we’ve achieved and learned, particularly in the past year.
Helping our partners react in real time to Covid
We share insights from NPC’s evaluation into our Building Connections Fund tackling youth loneliness