Community Fund application

The aim of the Community Fund is to support groups and projects that play a role in strengthening local communities, with a particular focus on activities that support Cory’s wider goals of:

Enhancing the local environment
Preventing waste and growing the reuse economy
Enhancing science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics skills
Supporting employability skills and helping people to access education
Increasing engagement with the River Thames
Impacting on people in the community in other meaningful ways

Grants are available to groups based in the boroughs in which Cory operates: Barking and Dagenham, Bexley, City of London, Gravesham, Greenwich, Lambeth, Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, Thurrock, Tower Hamlets, Wandsworth, and Westminster.

Rules & eligibility

Applications have now closed

Applications for the Community Fund closed on 1 December 2023. The next round of applications will open in Autumn 2024.

Community Fund Application Form

If you would prefer to fill in the form offline, please download a PDF version here.

Your group/organisation

Legal name of organisation:

Type of organisation:

Organisation address:

Main contact details

Full name:

Email address:

Contact number:

Date of birth:

Secondary contact details:

Full name:

Email address:

Contact number:

Date of birth:

Your activity/project

What is the name of your project?

Where is your project based?

(please provide the borough and postcode)

Please describe your project / activities in detail, including:

Your organisational /project goals
How your project / activities meet the application criteria
How your project / activities will help your community, including who will benefit
Whether and how your community will be involved in the project / activities
The intended short, medium and long-term outcomes of the activity on which the fund will be spent
The opportunity for longer term engagement with Cory

How much funding are you seeking from the Cory Community Fund?

(the maximum award available is £7,500, but we anticipate the average award to be c£1500-£2000)

Please provide a breakdown of how you intend to spend the money:

Please explain whether this money will fully fund your activity / project or whether you are seeking funding from elsewhere. If you are seeking money from elsewhere, please explain how much, including how much has been secured and how much more is required in order to make the project successful:

How long will it take for your project to reach completion?

Is there an opportunity for any Cory employees to be involved in your project / activity (e.g. in a voluntary capacity)?

If so, please explain (this does not affect your application):

Additional information

Please feel free to upload any other further information that you consider will be beneficial to your application.

How did you hear about the Cory Riverside Energy Community Fund?