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Community Builders Fund

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Last updated: 24/07/2025

Charities and social enterprises across England, Wales and Scotland can now apply for £17m of funding for any purpose with the new Community Builders Fund. With loans of between £100k to £1.5m, the funding can be used to grow your organisation, invest in assets and adapt to changing needs. The fund is delivered by Social Investment Business (SIB) alongside a range of specialist partners.

Building on the success of the Recovery Loan Fund, which provided £16.5m to 68 organisations, this expanded initiative brings together five specialist delivery partners: Homeless Link, Groundwork, Co-operative and Community Finance, Fredericks Foundation, and The Architectural Heritage.

These additional partnerships aim to drive funding to more organisations tackling key societal challenges, including nature and environmental work, homelessness, co-operatives and architectural heritage organisations revitalising historic buildings.

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Who can apply?
Not-for-profit organisations, Charities
Heritage areas
Community Heritage
Conservation
Culture and Memories
Landscape, Parks & Nature
Sector Support
Traditional Skills
Type of funding
Loan
Size of grant £100,000 - £1,500,000
Geographic eligibility
England, Scotland, Wales
Application type staged
Application deadline 2025-12-23
Expected response time 2 weeks
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