Applications for the Community Grants Fund closed on Sunday 5 November 2023 after receipt of 114 applications. Collectively these applications added up to potential projects of over £1million, so the evaluation panels had some tough choices to make.
Because of the strength of the submissions and the good BHM knows the projects will bring to their communities, the council was able to raise the funding from £250,000 to £433,000 in order to allow 46 different projects to receive the funding they needed.
Here are all of the successful grants and the local organisations that are now rolling out Brent-based community projects and looking to make a difference in the community:
| Afghanistan and Central Asian Association (ACAA) | Deaf Ethnic Women's Association | Sport at the Heart |
| Alrida foundation | FIlmscope CIC | St Luke's Hospice (Harrow and Brent) |
| Asma Community Group | Freetheforgotten | Stonebridge Boxing Club |
| BANG Edutainment Ltd | Gujarati Ayra | The Angels Initiative |
| BAPS Charities | Harrow and Brent Deaf Club | The Maze CIC |
| Brent Centre for Young People | Hestia | The Natural Kitchen Academy UK CIC |
| Brent Chinese Association | Hilltop Circle | The Romainian and Eastern European Hub Ro-EE Hub |
| Brent Indian Association | Jade Foundation Trust | The Sherriff Centre |
| Brent Mencap | Laurence's Larder | THE SPACE |
| Brent, Wandsworth and Westminister MIND | Lindsey Park Baptist Church | Track Academy |
| Building Bridges Careers Services and Workshops | NOV Way | Unique Community |
| Career Camp | Platform Cricket (c/o Tower Hamlets Youth Sport) | Wembley Football |
| Carib and Co | PLIAS | Young Brent Foundation Cafe |
| Chalkhill Community Centre | Royal Deaf | Zestofmind |
| Citizen Advice Brent | Silver Jubilee Park (Charitable) Foundation | |
| Clube dos Brasileirinhos | Society for the Advancement of Black Arts (SABA) |
Brent Health Matters Community Grant Fund
The Fund seeks to support projects that:
- Focus on addressing health inequalities in Brent by targeting the broader factors that affect health.
- Focus on health awareness and encourage healthy lifestyles.
- Raise awareness and provide resources for emotional and mental health support within the identified groups.
- Promote the importance of preventative screenings, health education, and early intervention programs.
- Encourage immunisation/vaccination uptake through awareness, outreach and accessibility for the target groups.
- Improve health and wellbeing for an identified group.
- Have clear and measurable outcomes that demonstrate impact.
