Clapham Park Project

Registered charity 1135137 · since 2010claphampark.org.uk·Lambeth·Updated 31 October 2026

At a glance

4 weeks

Typical decision time

Open to applications

Rolling, no deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your project improves services or activities for residents of Clapham Park, and at least half of your beneficiaries live there, Community Chest is the scheme to consider, and your group does not need to be based in the area.
Requests can go up to £1,000, but a group may receive no more than £500 in any one financial year across all its applications, so ask for what the project needs.
Complete the simple application form, explain the need, and state what percentage of beneficiaries come from Clapham Park; equipment purchases need competitive quotations, and an informal group needs a sponsor organisation with a written constitution and a bank account.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis and the charity says it decides within about 4 weeks, and it gives priority to groups it has not yet funded, emerging organisations, and carefully planned projects with clear targets.
Do not apply for ongoing revenue costs, hardship or welfare grants, political or lobbying work, religious activity that promotes a faith, mainstream schooling, items already bought or work already completed, statutory responsibilities such as social care, or any group not working on a not-for-profit basis.

Overview

Clapham Park Project is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1135137).

Clapham Park Project is a registered charity whose core purpose is to make disadvantaged neighbourhoods a better place to live, by helping to create safe, welcoming and sustainable communities. Its Community Chest scheme provides funding of up to £1,000, and it made funding available for ten local projects.

What they fund

Priority Areas

Through Community Chest, the foundation funds projects and ideas that improve services for residents living in the Clapham Park neighbourhood. The grant is available to groups and individuals. Community and voluntary groups working on a not-for-profit basis may apply; informal groups can also apply with a sponsor organisation, and groups need not be based in Clapham Park. A group must show that at least half of its proposed project's beneficiaries will be residents of the area. The scheme aims to provide accessible funding to local groups, including emerging groups, support activities open and accessible to everyone who wishes to take part, and back local projects providing activities and opportunities for the Clapham Park community. The foundation identifies supporting residents and communities, youth and aspiration, and worklessness as central themes.

Themes

Supporting residents and communities
Youth and Aspiration
Worklessness

Geographic Focus

Clapham Park.

What they don't fund

Community Chest only:
- Ongoing revenue costs
- hardship and welfare grants
- political activities or lobbying
- religious organisations where the money will be used to promote a religious faith
- mainstream schooling
- items that have already been purchased or work which is already completed
- activities that are the responsibility of statutory organisations, e.g. social care
- groups that do not work on a ‘not for profit’ basis and want to provide services to residents in the Clapham Park area
- groups that cannot demonstrate that at least 50% of beneficiaries from their proposed project or activity will be residents from the Clapham Park area

How to apply

Applicants complete the simple application form and use the guidance notes; additional support is available where required.

Who can apply:

Community Chest
- Any community or voluntary group that works on a ‘not for profit’ basis and wants to provide services to residents in the Clapham Park area.
- Groups can only be awarded grants if at least 50% of beneficiaries from their proposed project or activity will be residents from the Clapham Park area. Groups do not need to be based in the Clapham Park area.
- If you are not an established community organisation, you need a sponsor organisation that is well established, has a written constitution and a bank account that the grant can be paid into.

What to send:

Community Chest
- Complete the application form.
- Tell the charity why there is a need for the project or activity and what percentage of project beneficiaries will come from the Clapham Park neighbourhood.

Applying again: Community Chest: Applicants can submit more than one application but are limited to receiving up to £500 in any one financial year.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

Priority is given to groups that have not yet received funding from CPP.
Priority is given to emerging organisations.
Priority is given to activities benefiting a high percentage of Clapham Park residents.
Priority is given to activities representing value for money; competitive quotations are expected for equipment purchases.
Priority is given to carefully and realistically planned projects.
Priority is given to projects that clearly show how they will achieve their targets.

Where they fund

Registered area of operation (Charity Commission)

Lambeth

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Clapham Park Project.

The Kensington + Chelsea FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £1.1M Walcot FoundationRollingGave £2.7M Merton ConnectedRollingGave £374k Camden GivingMixed deadlinesGave £820k The Clark FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £471k United St Saviour's CharityMixed deadlinesGave £1.4M The Alexander FundRollingGave £92,500 Peabody Community FoundationNo public processGave £264k Foundation for Future LondonFixed deadlinesGave £626k Newcomen Collett Educational FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £154k

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£234,334	£287,576	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£152,674	£317,047	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£156,337	£349,530	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£195,474	£451,977	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£203,106	£452,336	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

Figures from the charity’s filed accounts and its register entry. The document icon links to the charity’s entry on the Charity Commission register, where its filed accounts can be found.