The Community Grants Programme is provided by Warburtons, a family run bakery business, and is administered on their behalf by Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

Who Can Apply

Not-for-profit organisations with charitable purposes that are operating in England, Scotland and Wales are eligible to apply.

Employees of Warburtons are able to apply on behalf of organisations if they are actively involved with them (e.g. they are a volunteer, trustee, active supporter).

Restrictions

Funding is not available for the following:

  • Individuals
  • Organisations that:
    • Are not charitable and do not operate on a not-for-profit basis.
    • Are not based in and working in England, Wales or Scotland.
    • Discriminate on the basis of race, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, or national origin.
    • Primarily promote political or religious viewpoints to their beneficiaries.
    • Primarily focus on animals.
    • Solely seek support for salaries. However, consideration will be given to funding a proportion of a salary or sessional worker fees where these are directly linked to funded project delivery.
    • Use funds to make grants, bursaries or financial donations to other organisations or individuals.
    • Soley seeking to purchase something, (eg, the buying of a building or other significant purchase) other than small items.
    • Cannot supply appropriate registration and financial documents, bank details and personal details of trustees/directors.
    • Cannot report back on outcomes.
    • May be harmful to the Warburtons business.
  • Activities or projects that:
    • Have a negative impact on the environment.
    • Benefit Warburtons’ commercial business.
    • Have already taken place.
    • Are for sponsorship, advertising and promotion alone, which primarily generate commercial returns.
    • Need raffle prizes.

Eligible Expenditure

Funding is available for projects that are working towards one of Warburtons’ outcome areas:

  • Health – supporting families to care for each other and lead healthier lives:
    • Improving physical health
    • Improving wellbeing
  • Place – supporting families to flourish in communities that are safer, greener and more inclusive:
    • Making spaces safe and inclusive
    • Connecting communities with the environment
  • Skills – supporting families to gain useful skills for life and work:
    • Developing useful life skills
    • Developing useful skills for employment.

Grants can be used to cover specific costs that will benefit the cause (e.g. purchasing equipment to support an employability project).

How To Apply

Applications are considered quarterly with deadlines in November, February, May and August. Decisions are typically made within six weeks of the deadline.

Applications are currently accepted from:

  • 5 February 2025 to 5 May 2025 with decisions by 13 June 2025.

To access the application form, groups should click on the link on the Financial Giving section of the Warburton website. They will be redirected to the application form hosted by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF).

CAF may get in touch with applicants directly, to ask for their bank account details and any documents they may need.

Contact Charities Aid Foundation (CAF) for further information.

Documents & links

Contacts

For further information on how to obtain this fund, please contact the following:

  1. CAF Grant Making
    Charities Aid Foundation (CAF)
    25 Kings Hill Avenue
    Kings Hill
    West Malling
    Kent
    ME19 4TA
    Tel: 03000 123 334
    Email: grantmaking@cafonline.org