Council grants, funding and commissioning

Council grants

Supporting Hounslow's communities

Grants are available for charities, voluntary and community groups and places of worship from Hounslow Council's Thriving Communities Fund.

  • You can find information about all of the grants that the Council has awarded to Hounslow's Community and Voluntary Sector organisations by visiting Hounslow Open Data
  • We also publish detailed information about the groups that we have funded on our Funding Spotlight page

The Thriving Communities Fund exists to support the Council’s ambitions for Hounslow, outlined in Ambitious for Hounslow, our Corporate Plan for 2022 26  

There is a new online application process for our Thriving Communities Fund grants. Click here to visit the grants portal and sign up for an account.

Our Thriving Communities Fund Managers are available to answer your questions about applying for any of these grants.
Please contact them by emailing: community.development@hounslow.gov.uk

1. Small Grants

These grants provide funding of up to £1000 to community and voluntary sector organisations and informal groups such as residents' and neighbour's groups for projects that bring communities together and improve their health and wellbeing.

  • Information about Small Grants can be found here                                 

2. Revenue Fund 

These grants provide funding from £1,000 up to £30,000 to constituted not-for-profit organisations for projects or activities that help to deliver the key outcomes of the Thriving Communities Strategy 

  • Information about the Revenue Fund can be found here

3. Capital Fund

There is no lower or upper limit for applications for this funding, but we expect applications to range from £10,000 to £300,000 to cover one-time large purchases of fixed assets that will be used over a long period of time. 

  • Information about the Capital Fund can be found here

4. Your Neighbourhood Grant

This new grant has been developed to support projects that have the backing of the local Ward Councillors and will directly address the needs of the residents in their wards. 

  • Information about the Your Neighbourhood Grant can be found here

Information about our grants

We provide regular updates on all of our funding programmes through our fortnightly newsletter - Evolve
You can put yourself on the mailing list for this newsletter by emailing:  Community.development@hounslow.gov.uk

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