The Ealing Together Tier 2 Fund is for more complex projects on a larger scale.

If you have an idea for how to help your local community flourish, and it focuses on one or more of today’s challenges, whether it is the rising cost of living, climate change, income, health and educational inequalities then this fund could help turn that idea into reality. 

Ideas might be helping people cope with the cost of living in innovative ways or supporting them to develop their passion and time into skills and experience that could lead to employment. Some will be working creatively with people and places to give them a sense of safety and wellbeing, or creating moments for people to come together, sometimes as relief from being on their own. Interesting use of green spaces to support people’s health and well-being, finding ways to get more people to cycle or change to a greener mode of transport, and projects that identify creative ways to re-use and re-cycle could be funded.

Through the Tier 2 Fund, the Council can pledge a maximum of £10,000 (up to 50% of campaign target) for crowdfunding projects. Where multiple Council funds are pledged to a project the total amount could be increased to 65%.

We can only fund the capital elements (such as building works, equipment etc) of your project. This does not mean you cannot include revenue elements (salary, rent etc) in your costs but the public will need to cover this element through their pledges to the crowdfunding campaign. 

There’s support for locally led proposals that:

• Help people achieve their potential by creating volunteering opportunities to learn new skills, or preparing for an apprenticeship, or creating jobs
  This is about people building up their confidence as much as developing new skills for employment.
• Bring people together to celebrate culture and heritage
  Giving people an understanding of previous generations and the history of where they come from instils confidence and a sense of pride that empowers people to be happier and healthier.
• Improve people’s health and well-being
  Making a lasting and positive impact on health and well-being outcomes by working with the assets that sit in your community, the skills and knowledge, social networks and community organisations that are all building blocks for a successful project.
• Make the borough a greener and cleaner place by reducing the carbon footprint
  The soaring summer temperatures means more people are acutely aware of the need to adopt greener choices to protect the welfare of the planet. Projects that help people to understand how to make the right choices and the best way to implement them in their day-to-day lives can also make the greatest impact.

The assessment of pitches will also take into account where the project is based (i.e higher IMD scores) and how much non-financial support the project has.

The Ealing Together Fund operates funding rounds. Please follow this link to see the current round deadlines. 

1.    EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Complete our expression of interest form at your earliest convenience to inform us of your project idea and knowledge of crowdfunding. A member of the team will be in touch to provide you with the necessary information and support you may need to help get your project started.  

2.    PROJECT PAGE AND PITCH

Create your online project page which will match you to the Ealing Together Fund. Here Ealing Council will ask you some additional questions about your project. 

3.    VERIFICATION

The project costs and necessary permissions will be checked and verified. This involves checking quotes for all the major items and if you have land owner permission for your project.

4.    CROWDFUNDING

Start by getting lots of small pledges from the community to show local support for your project. This will help unlock bigger pledges.

5.    PLEDGE

Ealing Council will review all project campaigns and successful projects can expect to receive a pledge in mid-December. The Council can pledge up to £10,000 to your campaign. 

6. HIT YOUR TARGET AND DELIVER YOUR PROJECT

Please note that the council will not be the first organisation to pledge to your project and will want to see community support and backing, in the form of smaller pledges from local people, before they pledge to your campaign. 

The Ealing Together Tier 1 Fund is for projects costing up to £3,000 by smaller organisations.

If you have an idea for how to help your local community flourish, and it focuses on one or more of today’s challenges, whether it is the rising cost of living, climate change, income, health and educational inequalities then this fund could help turn that idea into reality. 

Ideas might be helping people cope with the cost of living in innovative ways or supporting them to develop their passion and time into skills and experience that could lead to employment. Some will be working creatively with people and places to give them a sense of safety and wellbeing, or creating moments for people to come together, sometimes as relief from being on their own. Interesting use of green spaces to support people’s health and well-being, finding ways to get more people to cycle or change to a greener mode of transport, and projects that identify creative ways to re-use and re-cycle could be funded.

Through the Tier 1 Fund, the Council can pledge a maximum of £1,500 (up to 50% of campaign target) to projects. Where multiple Council funds are pledged to a project the total amount could be increased to 65%.

We can only fund the capital elements (such as building works, equipment etc) of your project. This does not mean you cannot include revenue elements (salary, rent etc) in your costs but the public will need to cover this element through their pledges to the crowdfunding campaign. 

There’s support for locally led proposals that:

• Help people achieve their potential by creating volunteering opportunities to learn new skills, or preparing for an apprenticeship, or creating jobs
  This is about people building up their confidence as much as developing new skills for employment.
• Bring people together to celebrate culture and heritage
  Giving people an understanding of previous generations and the history of where they come from instils confidence and a sense of pride that empowers people to be happier and healthier.
• Improve people’s health and well-being
  Making a lasting and positive impact on health and well-being outcomes by working with the assets that sit in your community, the skills and knowledge, social networks and community organisations that are all building blocks for a successful project.
• Make the borough a greener and cleaner place by reducing the carbon footprint
  The soaring summer temperatures means more people are acutely aware of the need to adopt greener choices to protect the welfare of the planet. Projects that help people to understand how to make the right choices and the best way to implement them in their day-to-day lives can also make the greatest impact.

The assessment of pitches will also take into account where the project is based (i.e higher IMD scores) and how much non-financial support the project has.

The Ealing Together Fund operates funding rounds. Please follow this link to see the current round deadlines. 

1.    EXPRESSION OF INTEREST

Complete our expression of interest form at your earliest convenience to inform us of your project idea and knowledge of crowdfunding. A member of the team will be in touch to provide you with the necessary information and support you may need to help get your project started.  

2.    PROJECT PAGE AND PITCH

Create your online project page which will match you to the Ealing Together Fund. Here Ealing Council will ask you some additional questions about your project. 

3.    VERIFICATION

The project costs and necessary permissions will be checked and verified. This involves checking quotes for all the major items and if you have land owner permission for your project.

4.    CROWDFUNDING

Start by getting lots of small pledges from the community to show local support for your project. This will help unlock bigger pledges.

5.    PLEDGE

Ealing Council will review all project campaigns and successful projects can expect to receive a pledge in mid-December. The Council can pledge up to £10,000 to your campaign. 

6. HIT YOUR TARGET AND DELIVER YOUR PROJECT

Please note that the council will not be the first organisation to pledge to your project and will want to see community support and backing, in the form of smaller pledges from local people, before they pledge to your campaign.