Asda Foundation - Local Community Spaces Fund

The fund supports community groups throughout the UK who provide a safe space for people to meet and be together, helping address health, loneliness and isolation.

Through our Local Community Spaces Fund, we will continue playing our part in helping to fund safe and welcoming community spaces that bring people together, connect communities and address loneliness and isolation. We have invested over £3 million in community hubs since 2022, and for 2026, will commit over £1 million in grant funding support.

We know accessible community spaces can be a lifeline for local people, and many of these spaces require funding to repair, renovate and develop them so that they can continue delivering vital activities and services. In addition, loneliness and isolation continue to be highlighted through our Community Insight Survey as top areas of concern for local communities throughout the UK.

Read the full Fund Criteria

Grants between £10,000 and £20,000 are available to projects with one or more of the following objectives:

Repair and Maintain Community Spaces

Projects that involve essential repairs or maintenance to ensure the facility remains safe, functional, and able to serve the community effectively. This could include critical work such as boiler replacement, roof or window repairs, or necessary refurbishments like replacing worn carpets to maintain a safe and welcoming environment.

Expand and Improve Community Spaces

Projects aimed at enhancing or adapting spaces to better meet the needs of service users. This may involve improving accessibility for all, upgrading facilities to make them fit for purpose, or re-configuring areas to accommodate more users and activities within the existing footprint.

Funding Priorities

1. We are looking for community centres or spaces which host a variety of established community groups catering for a wide range of ages, demographics and needs and which offer a variety of activities throughout the week.
2. Youth centres offering targeted support to youths in areas of high deprivation in a space that offers a variety of activities, making a positive difference to health, wellbeing and the lives of young people. We would not accept applications for projects taking place in clubhouses used by only one organisation, or covering maintenance to pitches and grounds.
3. Centres which support the most vulnerable, in areas of high deprivation. Such as homeless shelters, food banks, dementia and elderly support, community cafes.

Eligibility:

• You must be a Registered Charity, Community Interest Company or Community Benefit Society, registered with the relevant authority for at least 3 years.
• Your charity or CIC documents (e.g., Trustees' Report and Financial Accounts) must have been filed on time with the CCEW /OSCR/ NICC/ Companies House for the previous three years.
• Your organisation should own the project site, if not you must have a fully signed lease between the landowner and your organisation, with at least 3 full years remaining. We do not accept any other forms of agreement, including but not limited to draft agreements, letters of intent, heads of terms, subleases, or underleases.
• You must be applying for a grant of £10,000 – £20,000 that will wholly fund your project. You may contribute up to £20,000 of your own funds to the project, but we must be able to see that you already have these funds in place.
• Your organisation must have an annual income of between £40,000 and £400,000.
• Your organisation must have a bank account, a governing document, and safeguarding policies relevant to the users of your space.
• Your unrestricted reserves should be no more than the equivalent of 6 months of operational costs.
• The project site must be open and accessible all year round.