Portsmouth Community Fund 2025

The Portsmouth Community Fund is a grant programme that funds community projects within Portsmouth that work to tackle poverty and increase health and wellbeing. The priority of these funds is for projects supporting Portsmouth City residents. The Community Fund offers 12-month grants of £1,000 – £5,000 for nonprofit community organisations based in and supporting work within Portsmouth and immediately surrounding areas. Community organisations should consider how the project will help to ease poverty and/or increase wellbeing for participants. Projects can reach Portsmouth residents of all ages and fund work that is one to one (such as counselling) as well as work on a group basis. There is a designated part of this fund (circa 20%) that is ringfenced for work with people who have a learning disability. The Portsmouth City Community Funds were established by Portsmouth City Council from a number of charitable trusts and is managed by HIWCF, whose core aim is to tackle poverty and inequality.