Apply for a Grant

Southwark Charities makes grants to local community organisations and charities who support the wellbeing of Southwark’s older residents aged 55 plus.

“Southwark Charities are an excellent example of how a place based funder should operate”.

Institute for Voluntary Action Research review, 2024.

About our Grants

If you are a community organisation or charity meeting our eligibility criteria and seeking a grant to support your work with Southwark’s older residents aged 55 plus, please visit our Organisations page.

Eligible applicants are those non-statutory community organisations and charities with a governing document, bank account in the organisation’s name and a minimum of 3 unrelated management committee members/trustees/directors.

Examples of who we have funded are on our Case studies page, and the Resources page contains useful links to funding guides and place based schemes in Southwark.

Leave arrangements

Please be advised that, due to annual leave, the grants office is closed from Monday 18 August 2025 for 2 weeks and reopens on Tuesday 2nd September 2025.