About
Jersey Community Foundation is a community foundation based in Jersey that supports effective philanthropy based on local need. The foundation awards grants to charities, voluntary organisations and community groups working in Jersey, delivering funds to the heart of the community. In 2025, they awarded over 160 grants totalling £3.7 million to local organisations and individuals in need. The foundation also works with donors and professional advisers to facilitate impactful giving and has been endorsed by ministers to lead the development of Jersey's first Philanthropy Policy to strengthen the Island's tradition of giving.
Funding Opportunities
Bailiff's Emergency Fund
The Bailiff's Emergency Fund supports the local community in times of emergency need, providing a way for members of the public to donate and respond quickly when urgent situations arise. This fund is administered by the Jersey Community Foundation and is designed to provide rapid response funding during emergencies affecting the Jersey community. The fund is currently closed for applications but typically opens when emergency situations occur. Organizations and individuals facing urgent needs related to community emergencies may be eligible to apply when the fund is active.
Police Dependants' Fund
The Jersey Police Dependants' Fund was established in 1982 with an initial donation from the Butlin Family Charity Trust. The Jersey Community Foundation took over management of the Trust in 2023. The Fund provides financial assistance to those in need within specific eligible categories related to police service in Jersey. The Fund aims to provide financial assistance to police officers (paid or honorary), dependants of police officers or deceased police officers, persons who sustained an injury while rendering assistance to a police officer acting in the execution of their duty, and dependants of such persons. Applications for funding can be made at any time, and money from the fund is distributed quickly and efficiently to help those in need. A robust and dedicated panel consisting of people with diverse backgrounds is responsible for contributing their expertise and reviewing applications. The fund currently stands at approximately £52,000 and is one of JCF's restricted Themed Funds. The fund may be added to at any time with donations from the public.
Sedel-Collings Foundation
The Sedel-Collings Foundation was established in 2006 by Rae Sedel and John Collings with a mission to empower and sustain vital community services. Following the death of the founders in 2021, the Foundation is now run by four volunteer advisors who oversee careful management of the fund in line with the couple's wishes. This philanthropic organisation has partnered with Jersey Community Foundation (JCF) to support local charities and voluntary organisations. The Foundation concentrates its giving on critical areas to ensure funds have a meaningful and lasting impact, including care leavers, violence against women, supporting charitable volunteers through safeguarding and supervision, youth mental health, men's mental health, suicide prevention, loneliness reduction, and bereavement support. Applications for the fund are considered within the Community Fund. Grants are available to constituted groups including community groups, voluntary organisations and charities to help build and support initiatives that meet the Foundation's priorities and have a lasting effect. The Foundation provides support ranging from helping children and young people transitioning out of care homes to funding initiatives that prevent violence against women and provide support to survivors, as well as addressing mental health issues across different demographics.
Applied Science & Applied Research Fund
The Applied Science & Applied Research Fund supports locally based scientific studies that directly benefit the Island of Jersey. Funded by the Channel Islands Lottery, this grant program helps fill gaps in existing knowledge or uses current scientific knowledge to achieve practical or useful outcomes. The fund supports applied science or applied research in fields including engineering, biology, ecology, physics, chemistry, and mathematics, provided that the funds are used locally or for the direct benefit of Jersey, including education from which local residents may benefit. Grants are awarded for projects, studies, and initiatives undertaken within Jersey or which benefit Jersey residents. Applications may include funding for postgraduate qualifications, surveys, studies, and development of locally based courses as part of organizational projects. Priority areas include studies concerning native flora or fauna to improve management or species status, development of new technologies or methodologies, and studies recommended by multilateral environmental agreements to which Jersey is a signatory. The maximum grant size is £50,000 per applicant per financial year, with multi-year grants being considered. Applicants must clearly demonstrate the positive impact their project or study will have for the Island of Jersey. Grant recipients are required to report on how funds were spent and the extent to which outcomes were achieved. Funding must typically be spent within one calendar year of award.
Heritage Fund
The Heritage Fund supports projects focused on heritage and art in Jersey, recognizing their importance to the Island's sense of identity. The fund supports projects that bring benefits including learning and education, good health, social inclusion and satisfaction with life. Understanding, valuing and sharing heritage brings people together, inspires pride in the community and boosts investment into the local economy. Projects must align with the Heritage Strategy for Jersey and demonstrate clear outcomes in one or more of five areas: Diversity and Inclusion, Enjoying, Understanding, Valuing, and Caring. The fund is managed by the Jersey Community Foundation and reviews applications with support from Jersey Heritage advisers. Multi-year grants are considered.
Arts Fund
The Arts Fund supports arts and heritage projects in Jersey, recognizing their importance to the Island's sense of identity and community wellbeing. Cultural participation brings benefits including learning and education, good health, social inclusion and satisfaction with life. The fund prioritizes boosting arts opportunities for the community, improving skills and creativity in the arts and culture sector, and developing community cohesion. Supported disciplines include music, theatre, dance, visual arts, crafts, design, and literature. Projects must clearly demonstrate positive impact and align with at least one of four priority outcomes: Enjoying (expanding and diversifying arts participation), Education and Upskilling (creating opportunities for skill development and creativity), Enabling (increasing organizational resilience), and Development (supporting the arts ecosystem). Multi-year grants are considered, with funding typically to be spent within one calendar year of award.
Greville Bathe and Ann Alice Rayner Funds
The Greville Bathe Fund and Ann Alice Rayner Fund are two separate charitable funds administered by Jersey Community Foundation to provide financial assistance to individuals in Jersey. The Greville Bathe Fund supports sick and elderly individuals living in Jersey, as well as needy persons who have rendered service to the Island of Jersey in an honorary or remunerated administrative or clerical capacity. The Ann Alice Rayner Fund provides pecuniary relief to needy persons residing in Jersey who find themselves in financial difficulties. Both funds accept applications twice a year from registered charities, with the ultimate beneficiaries required to meet the specific objects of each fund. Individual applicants must apply through a sponsor who is a professional person such as a doctor, health visitor, social worker, or similar professional, or through an organization. The funds were created through historic bequests to the States of Jersey and are now administered by Jersey Community Foundation to provide targeted financial relief to Jersey residents in need.
WO Street Charitable Foundation Jersey Fund
The WO Street Charitable Foundation was established by William Openshaw Street by a settlement deed dated 5 December 1973. The aim of the WO Street Charitable Foundation Jersey Fund is to transform activities, enhance capacity and develop communities in line with the WO Street Foundation priorities. These include advancing education and tackling poverty particularly for children and young people who are unable to meet their educational or living costs or projects for older people, blind people or disabled people, particularly those who cannot afford medical or convalescent care. Grants are available to constituted groups including community groups, voluntary organisations and charities to help build and support initiatives that meet the priorities above and that have a lasting effect.
Rivington Fund
The Rivington Fund provides funding to Jersey residents who could not otherwise afford to travel off-Island to further their interest in the arts or history. The fund aims to enable applicants to travel off-Island to broaden experiences of arts and history, improve applicants' quality of life through experiences specific to their individual needs and/or help people develop their cultural interests by attending arts and history events and venues. Established in 1980 from a bequest by former Jersey resident Mr William Charles Richmond-Pickering, who gifted a portion of his estate to the Government of Jersey to enable interested Jersey residents to travel abroad to explore and enhance their appreciation of the arts and/or history. The fund is dedicated to upholding Mr Richmond-Pickering's wishes by administering this fund widely and fairly, enriching the lives of Jersey residents through the arts and history. Applicants must be Jersey residents with an interest in the arts or history who have not travelled off-Island for leisure in the past two years. They must outline their trip in detail, provide reasoning for the trip, and propose a realistic budget. The fund is open to Jersey residents of any age, gender or ability to follow their dreams in travelling to see art beyond Jersey and on the world stage.
Kezia's Fund
Kezia's Fund was set up to support mental health amongst children and young people in Jersey and will provide grants and support to organisations that are working to address the issue. The fund aims to increase and/or improve mental health and wellbeing provision for children and young people in Jersey, empower young people to develop their own initiatives, and enable young people to take an active role in the designing and delivery of activities in their community. The fund prioritises activity supporting children and young people aged 5-25 years, but other age ranges will be considered. Applications are encouraged from organisations that have involved young people in the development of ideas, design and delivery of projects. Kezia's brother Ben and local representatives are involved in the assessment of applications and decision making. Funding can build on current activity and/or develop new provision, and bids should include an amount for organisational overheads if applicable.
Supporting the Supporters Grant Scheme
Jersey Community Foundation (JCF), in partnership with the Sedel-Collings Foundation, offers grants to community-facing charitable and volunteer organisations working to safeguard and strengthen the collective wellbeing and professional development of their staff, volunteers and trustees. The grant recognizes that people delivering the work need support too and focuses on supporting impactful community organisations with the hope of building greater staff resilience, sustainability, and longevity into their organisation. This grant scheme acknowledges the increasing demands being made of the voluntary and charitable sector as it faces progressively more complex issues, recently raised by the pandemic and cost of living crisis. Supporting the Supporter Grants should be used to strengthen and protect the collective and individual wellbeing of the workforce of organisations on the front line working with and supporting people who are experiencing acute and complex challenges. The scheme recognises the different ways in which an organisation may safeguard the individual and collective wellbeing of their staff, ranging from creative activities, therapeutic interventions, reflective supervision or enhanced levels of training. The funding is particularly interested in new, creative or pilot approaches that are over and above what is normally available, activity led or informed by staff groups/peers, learning and development activities that will enhance staff wellbeing, and imaginative collaboration between organisations. Activities could include continued professional development courses, mentoring or peer support, talking therapies/counselling, team activities, creative arts, physical or nature-based activities, initiatives helping staff affected by cost-of-living crisis, or interventions which invest in the work environment. The funding must be spent within 12 months of the grant award.
Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion (DE&I) Educational Grants
The Jersey Community Foundation is committed to fostering inclusive communities by supporting educational programmes that advance diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I). The Foundation invites applications from organisations working to promote DE&I through education, training and community engagement. Grant awards range from £500 to £20,000 for projects that should be completed within 12 months from the project start date. Projects should align with focus areas including education and training, community engagement, equity and access, arts and media for inclusion, or workplace and organisational change. The Foundation seeks projects that provide DE&I education and training, develop mentorship or leadership programmes for underrepresented communities, promote cultural awareness and reduce bias, use arts or media to amplify diverse voices, or advance equitable policies and practices in workplaces or institutions. Applications are reviewed by a diverse panel of community leaders, DE&I experts and Foundation representatives, with successful projects demonstrating clear impact and community involvement.
Social Mobility Fund
The Social Mobility Fund is dedicated to breaking down barriers to opportunity in Jersey, ensuring that where someone starts in life doesn't limit where they can go. Social mobility is about giving everyone a fair chance to succeed through access to education, enriching experiences, strong networks, and meaningful opportunities. The fund supports practical projects that help people improve their life chances, particularly those facing disadvantage. These might include extra-curricular learning, cultural or sporting activities, skills development, mentoring, or research into what works. The fund welcomes applications from registered Jersey charitable organisations and primary and secondary schools in Jersey. Projects must be delivered in Jersey or benefit Jersey residents directly, and all applications must meet at least one charitable purpose under the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014.
Jersey Community Fund
The Jersey Community Fund is the Foundation's main Themed Fund that pools donations from a number of donors, including funds from Dormant Bank Accounts. Grants are allocated to impactful local charitable organisations and community groups to address issues and needs identified within the local community, provided there is clear evidence of community need. Priority is given to projects that align with the Foundation's main funding priorities including healthy living, mental health, care for an ageing population, community inclusion/inequality, and cost of living impact. The funding focuses on prevention while recognizing the need for immediate impact funding. Part of the grant can be used to support the resilience and sustainability of community organizations, including core organisational costs. Applications can be considered for any charitable purpose focusing on current needs in Jersey, though capital projects are typically not supported.
At a Glance
- Total Funding Opportunities
- 14
- Active Now
- 14
- Source Domain
- jerseycommunityfoundation.org
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