Thurrock Community & Voluntary Services

Registered charity 1090253 · since 2002thurrockcvs.org·Thurrock·Updated 30 October 2026

At a glance

Open to applications

Fixed application deadlines · unsolicited applications welcome

Key takeaways

If your work fits one of the four priorities (young people, health and wellbeing, community resilience, or environment) and your activity benefits people in Thurrock, this fund may suit you.
The Thurrock Youth Social Action Fund is stated at £10,000 to £30,000 and requires you to match fund 25% of the amount applied for, but no typical size is given for other grants, so ask before framing a request.
The fund encourages organisations to speak with it before applying to check opportunities, eligibility and project fit, and to register interest for future opportunities; Micro Grants are offered twice a year, and applications generally use fixed deadlines.
For the youth fund, projects must be developed with young people rather than simply for them, and must show how young people will stay involved.
Do not apply if you are not a member of Thurrock CVS, lack a governing document or constitution, have no bank account in the organisation's name, cannot deliver activity benefiting people in Thurrock, or cannot monitor and report on your project.

Overview

Thurrock Community & Voluntary Services is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1090253).

The Thurrock Community Fund was set up to provide much needed support to the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector, and to raise funds from local businesses, partners and individuals for Thurrock communities and the voluntary sector. Its purpose is to promote charitable purposes for the benefit of the community in the local government district of Thurrock and its neighbourhood, including the advancement of education, the protection of health and the relief of poverty, distress and sickness. It has distributed circa £150,000 in grants to members through three programmes: Thurrock Connect, Microgrants, and the Resilience Programme.

What they fund

Priority Areas

The Thurrock Community Fund makes grants to voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations working to improve lives, strengthen communities and create opportunities across Thurrock. Its stated priorities are young people, including education, skills, employment and opportunities; health and wellbeing, including physical and mental wellbeing and reducing loneliness; community resilience, through local organisations, microgrants, volunteering and cost-of-living support; and environmental protection, including climate action, green spaces and biodiversity. The fund supports local organisations through regular and themed community grant rounds, as well as targeted youth-led social action and responsive grants. Applicants must deliver activity benefiting people in Thurrock. Applications are independently assessed using transparent criteria and local knowledge, with decisions informed by community need.

Themes

Young People
Health & Wellbeing
Community Resilience
Environment

Geographic Focus

Thurrock.

What they don't fund

Organisations that are not members of Thurrock CVS
Organisations without a governing document or constitution
Organisations without a bank account in the organisation's name
Organisations that do not deliver activity benefiting people in Thurrock
Organisations unable to monitor and report on their project
Thurrock Youth Social Action Fund only:
- projects that are not developed with young people, but simply for them
- projects that do not show how young people have helped shape the idea and how they will continue to be involved
- organisations that do not match fund 25% of the total applied for

How to apply

Organisations should review the current programmes or register interest for future opportunities, prepare an application when a suitable opportunity is available, and submit it during the funding window.

Deadlines: Micro Grants are offered twice a year.

Who can apply:

Thurrock Community Fund
- Be a member of Thurrock CVS.
- Have a governing document or constitution.
- Have a bank account in the organisation's name.
- Be able to monitor and report on your project.

Application success factors

What the charity says:

The foundation encourages organisations to speak with it before applying to check opportunities, eligibility and project fit.
Applications are assessed independently using transparent criteria and local knowledge.
For the Thurrock Youth Social Action Fund, organisations need to show that young people helped shape the project and will remain involved.
Organisations applying to the Thurrock Youth Social Action Fund are required to match fund 25% of the amount applied for.

Where they fund

Where it says it funds

Thurrock

Similar funders

Funders supporting work similar to Thurrock Community & Voluntary Services.

Essex Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £3.6M Grays TrustRollingGave £11,000 The Essex and Southend Sports Trust (EASST)RollingGave £240k Fowler Smith and Jones TrustFixed deadlinesGave £543k London City Airport Community FundFixed deadlinesGave £76,702 Charles S French Charitable TrustFixed deadlinesGave £653k The Cherry Family FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £210k The Kensington + Chelsea FoundationFixed deadlinesGave £1.1M Wiltshire & Swindon Community FoundationMixed deadlinesGave £2M GrassrootsGave £74,663

Five years of accounts

Financial year	Income	Expenditure	Grants paid	Accounts document
year to 31 March 2021	£902,514	£836,628	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2021
year to 31 March 2022	£909,509	£869,544	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2022
year to 31 March 2023	£1,246,976	£1,069,014	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2023
year to 31 March 2024	£845,099	£947,657	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2024
year to 31 March 2025	£1,167,776	£1,173,388	—	Accounts for year to 31 March 2025

— No grants figure for those years.

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.