Purpose

At its meeting on 25 February 2021, Cabinet
approved the creation of the second Bristol Impact Fund (BIF)
– Growing The Power of Communities, and authorised the
Executive Director for People in consultation with Cabinet Member
for Public Health and Communities to invite community and voluntary
organisations to apply to Bristol Impact Fund and to award grants
necessary for the implementation of Bristol Impact Fund Growing the
Power of Communities for the period 1st October 2021 – 30th
September 2025. Within the overall BIF fund of £6.4m the
Cabinet approved £300,000 to be offered as two rounds of
18-month-long Small Grants of a maximum of £15,000 per
grant.
The Small Grants Fund is targeted at those communities experiencing
the greatest inequality, defined as those areas of the city within
the 20% most deprived within the Indices of Multiple Deprivation
and equalities communities within the city.
This decision sets out the award of the second Small Grants round
of £150,000 to 13 groups, as set out in Appendix A.

Content

Approval of £150,000 Bristol Impact Fund
2 Small Grants- Round 2. Funding is for 13 community and voluntary
groups, for 18 months from 1st January 2024- 30th June 2025.