Community Chest Fund

Each year Venture offers financial support to a range of local voluntary and charitable organisations to deliver projects which benefit the wider community. Last year we helped projects as diverse as the Homeless Football League, an angling club in Belle Vale and the Liverpool African Associations after school club.

Our Community Chest offers small grants for projects which:

• help to build stronger communities that get on well together
• reduce crime or the fear of crime
• support people back into work

Our frequently asked questions will tell you more about the criteria we use.

Already this year we’ve helped develop a sensory garden for partially sighted and blind people, supported the Tranmere Wardens to take 48 young people on a 3 week canal expedition with the Wirral Narrow Boat Trust, and contributed toward the cost of a highly successful community arts festival in Newsham Park.

Community Chest Criteria

Venture Housing Association will consider applications which:

• are from formally constituted organisations
• bring communities together
• reduce the risk of crime and anti social behaviour
• engage young people in activities they would otherwise be unable to participate in
• help to achieve our Business Plan Aims and Objectives
• move people from benefit dependency into paid work
• contribute to the development of healthier, more active communities
• support people to remain in their homes

Venture Housing Association will not consider applications which:

• duplicate existing projects or events
• are party political
• are purely social in nature and do not contribute to any of the above
• do not provide full supporting evidence

So if you think your organisation might benefit from our support apply for a community chest grant here.