Strategy overview

Our purpose

We support activities that create resilient communities that are more inclusive and environmentally sustainable - activities that will strengthen society and improve lives across the UK.

It starts with community.

Our community-led missions and what we’ll achieve by 2030

We’ll support communities to come together by:

• creating accessible, welcoming places, both physical and virtual, for people to meet
• initiating engaging and inclusive activities that support connections within and between groups of people
• enabling people from all backgrounds to shape the future of their communities
• cultivating an increased sense of belonging.

We’ll support environmentally sustainable communities that:

• reduce carbon emissions and negative environmental impact
• create positive environmental impacts
• establish equality of access to the natural environment
• improve the quality of natural spaces.

We’ll enable children and young people to thrive by:

• creating opportunities for children and young people from all backgrounds to enjoy community experiences
• helping children and young people shape the decisions that affect them and their communities
• providing children and young people access to safe spaces to play, participate, socialise and get support.

We’ll enable people to live healthier lives by:

• helping reduce health inequalities
• increasing opportunities for community participation to shape better health services
• taking a preventative approach to health.

Our approach

• An equity-based approach to tackle inequality
• Supporting communities to build from their strengths
• Supporting what matters most to different communities
• Flexible grant making model with small one-off grants starting from £300 up to £20,000, to longer term grants and strategic significant partnership investments.

Our values

We are:

• inclusive
• ambitious
• impact focused
• adaptable
• compassionate.