The East Brighton Trust Fund supports voluntary or not-for-profit community groups to undertake projects or run events that benefit people who live in East Brighton.  The East Brighton area is shown below and is defined as: Bates Estate, Bevendean, Manor Farm, Moulsecoomb, Saunders Park, Bristol Estate, Craven Vale, and Whitehawk. Grants of up to £750 are available from the Community Cohesion grants programme.

Please ensure that you read the guidance notes prior to making an application to ensure you are eligible. The application form can be found here. Deadline for this round is Friday 6 October 2023.

For more information, please call our Grants Team on 01273 409440 or email our Grants Team.

Recent grants:

Founded in 1996, the Whitehawk Community Food Project is a well-known community allotment focusing on growing wholesome high-quality food all year round, utilising organic, permaculture and biodynamic principles and techniques.

Through regular drop-in volunteer days, workshops, courses and visits they provide opportunities for people to learn practical subsistence food-growing and land skills. Produce is given to their local community food banks and their volunteer gardeners.

Whitehawk Community Food Project received £1,000 from the East Brighton Trust Fund to cover running costs for a year including for tools, equipment and other vital supplies, furthering the efforts of a welcoming, supportive, beautiful green space to the community members of Whitehawk, which has helped to improve mental and physical wellbeing.