High Sheriff of Gloucestershire Grants Programme
The High Sheriff of Gloucestershire grants programme supports initiatives working with young people to encourage them in to be involved in challenging activities that may deter them from anti-social behaviour, raise confidence and self-esteem, and provide learning and development opportunities.
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Up to £2,500current status
Closed until 2027About the High Sheriff of Gloucestershire Grant Programme
The High Sheriff grant programme aims to encourage young people at risk of becoming involved with crime to be involved in challenging activities that build confidence, provide opportunities for growth and deter them from criminal and anti-social activities. This programme is also open to organisations in South Gloucestershire.
Who can apply?
This programme is for voluntary and community groups with charitable aims, registered charities or Community Interest Companies.
Applicants must be based and working in Gloucestershire or South Gloucestershire.
For more detailed information about eligible organisations please refer to the full grant guidelines using the button at the bottom of the page.
What can you apply for?
This grants programme aims to support activities for young people that will:
- Divert young people away from crime and/or anti-social behaviour
- Prevent and deter young people from crime and/or anti- social behaviour
- Help to raise the confidence and self-esteem of young people, particularly those at risk of becoming involved with criminal activities
- Provide informal learning and development opportunities for young people at risk
- Improve the health and wellbeing of young people at risk of becoming involved with or impacted by crime.
Applications must demonstrate how their proposed project will deliver one or more of the above.
Priority is given to groups that:
- Deliver a project/activity that reflects the concerns and priorities of the target beneficiaries and fits well with existing community activities/services
- Demonstrate they are well connected within the local community and their project involves working in partnership with local organisations and groups
- Have secured some level of match funding from their own fundraising activities (excluding any grants from other community foundation programmes)
How much do we award?
Grants of up to £2,500 are awarded through this funding programme. Organisations are eligible to receive a grant once in any 12 month period.
On average, we have supported between around 50% of applications to this programme in the past year and in some cases have only been able to award partial grants as a result of high demand on our funds.
Application deadlines
The first round for 2026 is now open. The closing deadline for applications is 16th February 2026.
The second round will open on 10th July 2026 and the closing deadline is 4th August 2026.
Grant Guidelines
Please ensure you satisfy all of the criteria and conditions outlined within our Grant Making policy and our High Sheriff programme guidelines.
Do contact us if you have any questions or would like to discuss your project/need prior to submitting an application.
How to Apply
Please click on the Apply Now button below to submit an application.
Please note that if this is your first time using our new grants application portal since it was introduced in 2026, you will need to register an account for yourself as the applicant contact.
In order to successfully submit your application, you must supply the following Supporting Documentation:
- Safeguarding Policy: Please ensure this is in date, reviewed annually and covers the appropriate safeguarding topics for your organisation. For more information about safeguarding and you can check your policy meets our requirements.
- Constitution: If not already supplied to GCF or changed since a previous GCF application.
- Management Committee details: This should be completed in the contact details section.
- Annual Accounts or Finance report: If these are available on Charity Commission or Companies House you do not need to supply – please detail in your application where they can be found publicly.
If successful:
- You will be sent a Grant Acceptance letter that will need to be manually signed by two authorised, unrelated, signatories for your organisation.
- You will need to provide a current (3 month) bank statement in the name of your organisation.
- If this is your first application to GCF, you will also need to provide a referee for your organisation before any award can be made.
If you wish to see a Word version of the questions you will be asked, you can view it HERE
Full Guidelines