Our process

We support local charities, and community and voluntary groups in Surrey whose work benefits our communities.

The grant funding we award is made possible by local Fund-holders, spread across 85+ funds. When considering your application, we will match it with the criteria our various funds have set across the county.

How it works

  • You can check our eligibility criteria here.

  • Tell us what you want to do and how much you would like to apply for. Our Grants Team will review your EOI against our funds’ criteria and will advise you if we can invite a full application. We will send you the application form at least a month before the deadline.

    Apply here.

  • Complete the online application form and attach your supporting documents. Please ensure these are submitted by the deadline.

  • Once we have received your full online application and supporting documents we will process your application. Our Grants Team will complete due diligence checks and review the content of the application. Applications will then be shared with our Fund-holders who will make the final decision. Your application may be considered by several of our funds. We will notify you of the funding outcome by the date provided for the round, typically within 3 months of the full application being submitted.

  • If you receive a grant we will ask you to send us an End of Grant report. This report not only shows that you completed your project but helps us tell the world how you are improving our community.

For our Main Programme, the EOIs received before each deadline will be considered together. We will invite the strongest matched EOIs to our Fund-holders, and will provide a link to the full application form at least a month before the application deadline.

Deadlines

Upcoming deadlines for 2025

EOIs open

2025-26 MR2 9am 06/01/25

2025-26 MR3 9am 19/05/25

2026-27 R1 9am 08/09/25

Deadline for EOIs

MR2 9am 17/02/25

MR3 9am 07/07/25

R1 9am 27/10/25

Applications open for invited groups

MR2 Close of play 03/03/25

MR3 Close of play 21/07/25

R1 Close of play 10/11/25

Deadline to submit applications

MR2 9am 14/04/25

MR3 9am 01/09/25

R1 9am 12/01/26

Notification of decisions

MR2 W/C 11/08/25

MR3 W/C 01/12/25

R1 W/C 04/05/26

CFSurrey funding supports community groups, charities, and other members of the VCSE sector but not the public sector or private companies. See eligibility criteria.

Meet with the team

Q&A sessions

Our Q&A sessions are 30-60 minute meetings held online, that give you the opportunity to hear a bit about CFSurrey and ask any questions about applying to us. To book a place, please click on the date that you’re interested in to open an email with the details prefilled in the subject*. Please send this email to us with your full name and the organisation you will be representing.

*Please note the email links below will only work if you have a default email application set up on the device you are using. Otherwise, send an email to grants@cfsurrey.org.uk.

General Q&A sessions

Our general Q&A sessions are an opportunity for you to talk in a group setting with one of our Grants Team and ask questions about how to apply for funding, necessary eligibility, what supporting documents we require and other processes regarding CFSurrey. The sessions will be held on:

Mental Health Scale-Up Fund Q&A sessions

Our Mental Health Scale Up-Fund Q&A sessions are an opportunity for you to talk in a group setting with one of our dedicated Team members and ask questions about the purpose of the Fund, how to apply for funding, necessary eligibility and other processes regarding CFSurrey.

We held Q&A sessions in March for Round 5 - Multiple disadvantage or experiencing transitions.

We will be holding more Q&A sessions in the future, when the EOIs for Round 6 are open. Round 6 will focus on scale-up of Mental Health interventions supporting whole family support for Children & Young People up to 30 years of age with anxiety.

Heritage for All Q&A sessions

Our Heritage for All Q&A sessions are an opportunity for you to talk in a group setting with one of our Team and ask questions about the purpose of the Fund, how to apply for funding, necessary eligibility and other processes regarding CFSurrey. The sessions will be held on:

Strategic Q&A sessions

Our Strategic Q&A sessions are an opportunity for you to talk in a group setting with one of our Strategic Team and ask questions about what it is we are looking for, what do we mean by ‘strategic;' , necessary eligibility, and other processes regarding CFSurrey. The sessions will be held on:

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