Household Support Fund 7: Food and Support

This grant programme is seeking community-led organisations well placed to facilitate an accessible food and support provision within North East Lincolnshire.

The accountable organisation applying for the funding must have a governing structure with accounts that evidences charitable status or not-for-profit objectives.

This could include:

• A Charitable Trust / Charitable Incorporated Organisation

• An exempt Charity with social/community objectives

• Faith Organisation

• Company Limited by Guarantee

• Community Interest Company

• Other not-for-profit structure

In addition, the organisation must have at least three unrelated Trustees, Directors or Management Committee Members.

The area of benefit of your group must include North East Lincolnshire and locally managed.

The application process will request a copy of your governing document, latest annual accounts, data protection policy and safeguarding policy for due diligence purposes.

Please do not apply if you are:

• An individual

• A private business or statutory agency

• From a national organisation not locally managed

If your organisation requires support to understand and meet the eligibility criteria, please contact Sector Support.

https://www.sectorsupportnel.org.uk/contact-us/

The primary objective of the Houshold Support fund is to provide crises support to vulnerable households in the most need with the cost of essentials.

The secondary objective is to provide preventative support to prevent vulnerable households from falling to – or falling further into – crises.

This funding round is seeking applications that require resources for food and support within community faciltities.

Proposals should also the following four outcomes:

1. Accessible food solutions that provide a safety net to people experiencing food poverty, whilst promoting dignity, choice and agency over food choices.

2. An inclusive food provision delivered within a supportive environment that makes every conversation count and helps to tackle the underlying causes of hardship, fostering longer-term resilience.

3. Greater availability of healthier foods to improve personal care and prevent long term illness.

4. Shared data and insight to support coordinated Food Poverty preventative measures.

Submissions must be submitted before the published deadline.

The assessment panel will meet within 10 days of the deadline date.

Outcome of the assessment will be communicated by email within 10 days of the deadline date.

Approved activities will need to be completed no later than 31st March 2026.

Applicants are encouraged to read the grant guidance to ensure proposals are eligible before completing the application form.

The Grants Team will be notified of your submission and may conduct a pre-assessment check before a full Panel.

Pre -assessment checks include:

• Ensuring all required documents are uploaded.

• Application fully completed.

• Any clarity required to ensure eligibility.

Any queries identified via the pre-assessment stage will be raised with the applicant.

The grant panel will review a project summary, application, organisation profile and any supportive evidence supplied.

Panel membership to include:

• NELC Portfolio Holder

• NELC VCS Coordinator & Relationship Manager

• Public Health Representative

• VCS Representation x 2

To support the decision making process, panel members will follow the Assessment Framework (see supporting information section).