Poverty Hurts Fund (Northamptonshire)
Funding
Up to £2,000
Deadline
Check with the funder
Location
Northamptonshire
Applications
Rolling applications
Overview
Community groups in Northamptonshire helping people in financial difficulty can apply for up to £2,000. It funds food support, essential items and money or energy advice. Applications are assessed monthly until the fund is spent. Official source: https://www.ncf.uk.com/poverty-hurts. Last checked by GrantMatch on 27 October 2026.
Requirements to check
Who can apply:
Key requirements:
- Up to £2,000 per grant.
- Groups based in Northamptonshire only.
- Assessed at the end of each month.
- Closes when the fund is fully awarded.
Small, locally managed voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations: charities, constituted community groups, CICs and companies limited by guarantee with charitable aims, with written rules or a constitution (including a dissolution clause), safeguarding and equalities policies. Social enterprises with a person with significant control are not funded. You must be based in Northamptonshire.
This summary may not include every exclusion. Check the full eligibility rules, including who and what the funder will not support.
Small charities, community groups and CICs supporting people in poverty in Northamptonshire.
Sectors
Regions
Full details from Northamptonshire Community Foundation
Northamptonshire Community Foundation's Poverty Hurts Fund helps local community organisations support vulnerable residents in financial difficulty and those hit by the cost of living crisis. Grants are up to £2,000. Examples include food support (food parcels, stock for food banks, community fridges or larders, culturally appropriate food and work with people who have no recourse to public funds), essential items such as toiletries, blankets, hot water bottles and clothing, and advice on energy use and payments, benefit checks or debt. It is a rolling programme: applications are assessed at the end of each month, and the fund closes once it has been fully awarded.
Read the Poverty Hurts Fund guidance notes, documents checklist and reference form on Northamptonshire Community Foundation's website, then use the link on the fund page to register; the application link arrives by email (allow 15 minutes and check junk mail). Applications are reviewed at the end of each month. The grants team (01604 230033) can advise and look at a draft application.
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