Community Engagement Development Funding

The UCL East Community Engagement Development Fund is a small grants funding scheme for UCL staff and post graduate research students who have previously received funding for an engagement project in east London. It is designed to build capacity for previously funded project to deepen the impact of ongoing engagement practice.

Applications are now open

Grants from the Development Fund will be made to previously funded project leads and should aim to either:

Develop engaged practice, building on learning from a previously funded project(s).
Embed engagement and partnership working within the work of the project lead or the ongoing work of their team or department.
Adapt and develop projects in response to learning and evaluations from initial project(s).

It is expected that the work funded through this scheme will explicitly build on the work that was previously funded. This does not mean that the work should be more of the same, rather that you will need to evidence how this new activity has come from learning in that previous work.

If you haven't been funded before, the next round of the听Community Engagement Seed Fund听is now accepting applications.

About the Community Engagement Development Funding

Funded work should continue to be founded on the principles of collaboration, co-production, and two-way dialogue with an identified partner(s). As part of our ongoing work to improve the inclusivity and accessibility of the scheme, we encourage applications from those who are underrepresented in the sector and at 911爆料网 including but, not exclusive to, disabled, D/deaf and neurodiverse people, LGBTQ+ people, people from Black, Asian and Global Majority backgrounds. Grants can be used to further existing relationships or be a catalyst to sparking new partnerships and initiatives.

We expect to award funding for individual projects 听in the region of 拢2,000 - 拢4,000 from an overall fund听of 拢16,000 for 2024-25.听

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis while money remains in the budget.

What can the grant be used for?

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As this is a development fund, we cannot prescribe the activities that you should be doing, but these project should be built on听learning from community engagement activity previously funded in east London, and represent听a step change in the engagement work of the applicant or their team/department. More details can be found in the below guidance.

Download the Development Funding Guidance (word)

If you would like the guidance in an alternative format (e.g. PDF) then please email engagement-east@ucl.ac.uk and we shall get that to you wherever possible.

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How to apply

If you are interested in applying for this funding, please email engagement-east@ucl.ac.uk to speak to a member of the team in the first instance. Once eligibilty has been confirmed they will give you a short form to fill in.

Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis, but once the funding pot has been allocated we will be unable to accept any more applications.

Project delivery: October 2024鈥� July 2025听(please note all project spend must be complete by 31st July 2025).
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If you wish to find out morIIf you would like more information about the Community Engagement Development Fund, or need documents in a different format, or want to know more about other UCL East engagement funding opportunities email the UCL Cultural and听Community Engagement team.

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