Pathways Grants Programme- Main Grants Programme

The Pathways Grants Programme supports community and voluntary organizations in Ealing and Brentford, focusing on projects that alleviate poverty, tackle homelessness, and promote healthy living. The program invites applications for diverse initiatives aimed at strengthening local communities and addressing challenges faced by disadvantaged groups, including those impacted by domestic violence and unemployment. Grants may cover startup costs and are intended for projects that foster collaboration and enhance community well-being.

Housing Pathways is an Ealing based, not for profit organisation working to help communities and individuals through the provision of affordable housing for older people and grant funding. Our grants programme funds organisations working with people of all ages at a local level in Ealing and Brentford.
Each year the Pathway Grant Programme invites applications from local charitable, benevolent and philanthropic organisations. We are particularly interested in receiving bids for projects working with people on a low income, people disadvantaged through ill health or disability, survivors of domestic violence, those needing support into employment and education and community groups working to overcome isolation and support and strengthen the local community and voluntary sector. Where applicable, bids must include details of arrangements for safeguarding children and vulnerable adults as part of their planned activities.
Applications should be for work to:

• Strengthen the local voluntary and community sector
• Aim to alleviate poverty by tackling the root causes
• Promote healthy living and nutrition and provide opportunities for groups of people who are disadvantaged to come together to cook and eat
• Provide for those on low incomes
• Overcome isolation
• Tackle homelessness or help those in non-statutory groups threatened with homelessness
• Support survivors of domestic violence
• Assist people who are disadvantaged within the local community to access appropriate services
• Improve the emotional and physical health of disadvantaged people who have, or who care for someone
• Provide counselling and support services for those who find it hard to cope with everyday life
• Improve employment and educational opportunities
• The above list is not exhaustive and proposals that address other issues may be considered.
• Pathways may also make grants for start-up or core costs directly related to the project applied for.

Eligibility

The Pathways Main Grants Programme is for community groups and voluntary organisations working in the Brentford TW8 and Ealing W5, W7 and W13 postcodes.The main grants programme distributes funds to charities, community groups and voluntary organisations operating in Ealing and Brentford.We welcome applications for action research, this may include; pilot projects to test new ideas, mapping exercised and needs assessment.If you would like us to consider more than one project, you are welcome to submit more than one application. We will fund some capital costs that are directly related to the project expenditures as part of a larger grant, for example, essential equipment and computers for project workers.

Ineligibility

We will not support applications:Which do not benefit the residents of Ealing and/or Brentford
From individuals
Services run by statutory or public authorities or which the Trustees consider should be run by statutory or public authorities, such as Central Government or a Health Authority
Organisations with more than 3 months free reserves
From applicants whose applications have been rejected by Pathways within the last 12 months
From organisations currently receiving grant funding from PathwaysPlease note that Pathways will not support work that is a statutory duty. However, we welcome applications for projects working in partnership with statutory organisations and those involving both the voluntary and public sectors, provided they are led by a voluntary organisation.
We will not fund building refurbishment or purchase.