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Hackney Community Energy Fund Round 4 - Get support to save energy and make your building more energy efficient
Expression of interest opens from 1st until 31st July 2025
Round 4 of the Hackney Community Fund is now open for expressions of interest. The scheme is open to local non-profit organisations and we would love local Arts venues to apply.
This fund has already supported many to investigate possible measures in their buildings, and installed measures such as solar panels, heat pumps and energy management systems. Grantees so far have included Hackney Empire (see image above), Mildmay Club, Hoxton Hall, Shoreditch Town Hall, Eastside, SPACE Studios, and more.
Whatever stage you are at in your journey, we would love to hear from you. Organisations typically spend thousands of pounds a year on energy, while savings can be reinvested into what you do best!
Support is available throughout, so no project is too small or too big. Formal Applications will open in September.
Sign up for Stokey Energy Session onlineonWednesday 9th July: 16:00-17:00 here
Black History 365 small grants - NEW OPEN!
Awards up to £2,000
Applications close midnight Sunday 11th August
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This small grants programme has investment of £10,000 designed to support cultural activities and projects for Hackney's Black History Season 2025. We are keen to see ideas that explore the African diaspora and the intersectionality with LGBTQIA+ and disabled experiences (although all relevant ideas are welcome). Individuals, not for profit organisations, constituted voluntary, community/recreational group or charities can apply for up to £2,000. If you apply for less, we can fund more groups! Delivery must take place during Black History Season 1 October to 30th November 2025 Pride365 grants - awards up to £2,000 Closing soon - midday MONDAY 28th July The combined investment for this scheme is £20,000. Awards will be made up to £2,000. These awards are for activities happening anytime between September 2025 and the end of March 2026. However we do ask that your event or activity aligns to a significant moment in the LGBTQIA+ calendar (we are open to how you interpret this in terms of points of celebration or remembrance, for example world AIDS day, anniversary dates of famous LGBTQIA+ trail blazers or moments in history). We are however particularly interested in events/activities happening as part of the following: Transgender Awareness Week (13-19 November 2025) and/or Transgender Day of Remembrance (20 November 2025) LGBT+ History Month 2026 (February 2026) Foundation for Future London: Collaborate - safer spaces commission Now open - 4 awards of up to £50,000 First round EIO - deadline 2pm on 8th August 2025 COLLABORATE: SAFER SPACES Commission offers the opportunity for four teams to receive support and funding to develop collaborative ideas around the theme of ‘Safer Spaces’, as part of the Westfield East Bank Creative Futures Fund, supported by Westfield Stratford City, and co-funded by Foundation for Future London. Commissions will support creative, sustainable, interdisciplinary and diverse-led grassroots collaborations seeking to influence and achieve local change around the theme of ‘Safer Spaces’. An informal networking drop-in/social will take place on Wednesday 9 July at 10am-12pm for organisations wanting to strengthen existing partnerships or meet new collaborators.
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