Community Vision Cio

Community VISION CIO is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1203129).

Community VISION CIO is a charity whose purpose is to promote the voluntary sector in North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire, mainly by building the capacity of charitable and voluntary organisations and encouraging co-operation and partnership working. It was created through the merger of two organisations. It manages a number of projects and funding pots, including the Roos Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, the Boynton Almshouses Fund and the Better Care Fund (BCF) - North Lincolnshire. Its annual giving was £372,098 in its latest annual report.

Priority Areas

Community VISION administers grants within the criteria set by the bodies providing the funding, with applications reviewed by an independent panel. Its public programmes include grants to charitable and community organisations for local projects, support for community venues delivering digital-inclusion and fraud-prevention activity, and small voluntary-sector projects contributing to Better Care Fund outcomes. It also administers grants for people in poverty in specified villages, a separate individual route. In the grant list, recipients include advice services, older people’s organisations, community hubs and centres, food banks and pantries, churches and local voluntary groups. Its wider purpose is to build the capacity of charitable and voluntary organisations and encourage partnership working in North Lincolnshire and the East Riding of Yorkshire.

Themes

• Digital inclusion
• Fraud prevention
• Community wellbeing

Geographic Focus

East Riding of Yorkshire; North Lincolnshire; within 5km of the Roos Post Office.

For the Roos Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund, obtain the application form and guidelines from the fund page or Community VISION. Applicants must show that their activities will benefit communities within 5km of the Roos Post Office. Community venues applying to the Digital Inclusion 4 All Project East Riding Fund submit the form and show that they provide activities in East Riding of Yorkshire and can meet project outcomes.

Application windows:

• Roos Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund: The fund is open for applications until Friday, 4 September.

Who can apply:

• East Riding Emergency Food and Essential Items fund: Applications are welcome from member organisations of the East Riding Food Poverty Alliance.
• East Riding Heat the Person Grants: Grants are provided to member organisations of the East Riding Food Poverty Alliance.
• Roos Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund: Applications are invited from charitable and community organisations. Applications must demonstrate that their activities will benefit the communities living and working within 5km of the Roos Post Office.
• Digital Inclusion 4 All Project East Riding Fund: Community Venues across East Riding are invited to submit applications. Completed applications must demonstrate that the community venue provides activities within East Riding of Yorkshire and will be able to meet the outcomes of the project.

What the charity says:

• Requests have to meet the criteria set by the bodies providing the grant money, and an independent panel reviews them.
• The organisation undertakes due diligence on applicants.