Application guidance
Overview
The Beyond Housing Community Fund has been developed to support Beyond Housing’s approach to social value. One of our key objectives is to invest in our neighbourhoods to create great places to live and work. We appreciate the important role local organisations and community groups play in making customers and communities succeed and thrive.
The creation of the Beyond Housing Community Fund provides an opportunity for local community projects and activities to be strengthened with funding support.
We understand that in order for projects to have impact they need investment, therefore we have increased the amount projects can apply for 2026. You can now apply for up to £1,000 towards your community project.
Funding
You can apply for funding grants up to a maximum of £1000 for your project.
Community Fund theme
Keeping communities safe or enhancing community cohesion within neighbourhoods.
Examples of projects could include:
- Supporting residents to feel better connected to their community and neighbours
- Projects which aim to improve safety of residents in our estates/communities
- Education/training initiatives on community safety
- Community events and activities which bring members of the community together
- Neighbourhood improvements which support residents to live in a safe and secure environment
- Diversionary activities for young people.
Key milestones
- Friday 17 July 2026 – Community Fund launch, application submissions open
- Friday 14 August 2026 – Deadline for application submissions
- September 2026 – Community Fund Panel assess applications
- Friday 9 October 2026 – Update to applicants and funding award confirmations to successful groups
- 31 March 2027 – All funding must be spent and project evaluation forms submitted.
Please note:
- A condition of funding is that Beyond Housing must receive a final evaluation form along with the requirement that the full amount of funding awarded is to be spent by the 31 March 2027
- If your group fails to meet this requirement you will be ineligible to apply for future funding through the Beyond Housing Community Fund.
- Who and what cannot be funded?
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- Private businesses or individuals
- Work normally funded from statutory sources
- Work undertaken by or on behalf of statutory bodies as part of their statutory activities
- Prize money or purchase of gifts
- Loans, deposits or on-granting
- Work of a political nature
- Work undertaken by/on behalf of schools, colleges, or universities as part of their statutory curricular activities
- Work where the main beneficiaries are animals
- Work that does not directly benefit people living in one of the defined areas.
Eligibility
To apply for the Beyond Housing Community Fund, your organisation must be a small voluntary organisation, community group, parish and town council, small charity or other type of not-for-profit organisation (such as a Community Interest Company or Community Benefits Society) that work within areas where Beyond Housing has homes.
- Groups will be required to submit a copy of their constitution, articles of association or appropriate governing document, along with a copy of public liability documentation or policy statement on safeguarding children if the project involves working with children
- You must have a bank account in your group/organisation’s name, not a person’s account.
Benefit areas
Your project must directly impact people in at least one of the following areas in the expandable boxes below.
- East Cleveland
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- Boosebeck-Brookside area
- Brotton
- Charltons
- Easington
- Guisborough
- Lingdale-Cedarhurst/Beechcroft area
- Liverton Mines
- Loftus
- Saltburn
- Skelton- Courts/Hollybush area
- Skinningrove.
- Grangetown
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- Central Grangetown
- Coniston Road estate
- Lazenby
- Nightingale Road area
- North Church Lane area
- North Grangetown
- South Church Lane area
- South Grangetown
- Whale Hill area.
- Redcar
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- Ayton Drive area
- Bylands/Rushpool Close
- Central Marske
- Dales area
- Dormanstown East
- Dormanstown West
- Edenhall/Langthwaite/Greystoke
- Greengates/West Dyke Road
- Kirkleatham
- Mapleton Crescent area
- Mickledales
- Micklow Close
- New Marske
- Old Lakes
- Oxgang/Foxrush Close
- Pierson Court
- Redcar East
- Rivers area
- Roseberry Road
- Steeplechase
- The Closes
- The Ings
- Thrushwood/Wheatacre Close.
- Scarborough
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- Barrowcliff
- Brompton and Sawdon
- Burniston
- Cayton
- Cloughton
- East Ayton
- Eastfield
- Edgehill
- Falsgrave
- Filey
- Folkton and Flixton
- Gristhorpe and Lebberston
- Hunmanby
- Hutton Buscel
- Kingsgate
- Muston
- Newby
- Northstead
- Reighton
- Sandybed
- Scalby
- Scarborough Town
- Seamer
- Seamer Road
- Snainton
- Speeton
- Weaponness
- West Ayton
- Woodlands.
- South Bank
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- Maxton Road/Shinwell Crescent area
- Police Station area
- Redcar Road East area
- South Bank street properties.
- Spencerbeck
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- Holmefields Road/Oakley Walk area
- Jubilee Road area
- Moorcock/Woodcock Close area
- Normanby
- Nunthorpe
- Old Teesville/Lowfields
- Ormesby
- Overfields
- Spencerbeck North
- Spencerbeck South
- Station Road area
- Teesville East.
- Whitby
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- Castleton
- Danby
- Egton
- Fylingthorpe
- Glaisdale
- Grosmont
- Hinderwell
- Ugthorpe
- Sleights
- Stainsacre
- Staithes
- Whitby Town.
- Out of area
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Bedale
Bridlington
- Kingsgate.
Darlington
- Eastbourne Road.
Middlesbrough
- Victoria Road
- Scholars Rise
- Boho Village.
Stockton
- College Gardens (Billingham),
- Kirklevington, Yarm.
Scoring preference will be given to those projects which can demonstrate they have match funding in place in the form of either monetary contributions, materials or volunteer time.
How to apply
1. Ensure you meet all the eligibility and fund criteria above and that the fund is currently accepting applications
2. Complete the Community Fund Application form by clicking the ‘Apply here’ button below
- A paper version of the application form can be made available upon request. Please email beinvolved@beyondhousing.co.uk
3. Attach any supporting documents for your application to the online application. Examples of supporting documents could include:
- Organisations constitution/governing document/set of rules/articles of association
- A copy of organisation’s public liability certification
- A safeguarding policy or statement if your project works directly with children or vulnerable adults.
- Application assessment
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To support Beyond Housing’s approach to social value, the creation of a customer Community Fund Panel (CFP) will empower residents to take an active role in allocating funding to be invested into the local community.
Recruitment of interested Beyond Housing residents will consist of 5 – 7 panel members, although this can be increased if there is customer interest. The CFP members will be given a minimum of two weeks to evaluate all of the funding summaries and submit their completed scoring matrix, detailing scoring figures for each of the applications. Those projects with the highest totalling scores will be awarded until the funding pot limit is reached.
The funding matrix will provide a scoring guide for residents along with a declaration of any conflicts of interest to ensure consistency and fairness throughout the scoring process.
Scoring preference will be given to those projects which can demonstrate they have match funding in place in the form of either monetary contributions, materials or volunteer time.
We will look for:
- How well you demonstrate your project meets the funding theme
- Clear project description, the proposed delivery methods and how outcomes will be achieved within the timeframe
- Demonstrates how your project positively contributes to local neighbourhood/Beyond Housing customer’s needs?
- Evidence that your project is value for money and any match funding or in-kind contributions
- How you will monitor and evaluate the success of your project.
- Monitoring and evaluation
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As a requirement of funding, all organisations will be asked to complete a project end-of-grant ‘monitoring and evaluation’ form so we can compile evidence of the project’s success. Should your funding application be successful, the link to this document will be sent to you when your payment is made
All funding must be spent by Wednesday 31 March 2027 and we must receive a completed project ‘monitoring and evaluation’ form by this date too. If you spend your funding before this date, you may choose to send over your project information earlier. We would also welcome any photos (if you have obtained the appropriate permissions to share) for Beyond Housing to display on our website and social media. Please ensure that Beyond Housing is included in any publicity – our logo can be provided in different formats for this purpose upon request.
The evidence provided within these evaluations will be communicated to our Community Fund Panel members along with summaries, to celebrate successful projects on our website and social media to inform our wider customer base.
Failure to spend all funding by Wednesday 31 March 2027, and to provide a completed end-of-grant monitoring and evaluation form will mean that your group will not be eligible to apply for funding via the Beyond Housing Community Fund again in the future.
Further support
If you require any assistance completing your Community Fund application, please email beinvolved@beyondhousing.co.uk.
