Community Fund

The latest round of our Community Fund is now closed.

If you’ve got an idea that would make a real difference where you live, or you’re part of a community group doing great work, you can now apply for up to £500 to help your community thrive!

Whether it’s boosting local wellbeing, supporting residents, protecting the planet, or bringing people together, we want to hear from you.

Our Community Fund

You might know it as a social value fund, either way, the heart of it is the same. Our Community Fund aims to generate real, lasting benefits for our communities, our customers, our local economy, and our planet. Every pound spent is a chance to create something meaningful.

Our Social Value Steering Group monitors our Fund, helping us choose projects that deliver the biggest benefits while also making sure the process is fair.

A key part of ensuring maximum benefit to the local economy is to build links between suppliers, businesses and residents, reducing the amount of money ‘leaking out’ of local communities. Our partnership with our suppliers enables customers and colleagues to access social value benefits.  Find out more about how our suppliers support our Community Fund

Our Mission

Get the basics right – providing high-quality homes, safe environments, and services that work for everyone. By getting the basics right we can address fundamental needs and improve access to essential services such as food security programmes, educational workshops and health and well-being initiatives.

Connect with you – relationships are fundamental to Hafod. Connecting is about focusing on what matters most to our communities, staying engaged and responsive to their needs. This may be through fostering social cohesion, promoting safety, or enhancing neighbourhood aesthetics, such as community events, neighbourhood watch programmes or enhancement projects.

Invest for a better future – using the Hafod pound to create lasting impact in our communities such as enhancing living conditions, fostering community engagement, and promoting sustainable practices; such as energy-efficient upgrades, community gardens, and communal spaces.

By focusing on these areas, applicants can contribute to creating vibrant, inclusive, and sustainable communities.

Application guidelines

1. Applications should align with our Mission priorities; Basics, Connect, and Invest. These are aimed at helping communities thrive.
2. Applications must benefit a community and are not valid for individual homes.
3. Applications must be from Hafod customers, groups, or third-sector organisations within a 5-mile radius of a Hafod property.
4. Submit applications at least six weeks before funding is needed.
5. Applications will be processed by the Social Value Steering Group with outcomes communicated via email.
6. If awarded community funding, Hafod reserves the right to utilise all details, including photos, on our website and social media platforms.
7. Successful applications will be celebrated through shared stories and impacts on our website and social media, following GDPR processes. Sharing your story at the end of the project helps us to promote the great work both you and Hafod Social Value are doing!
8. Funding payments:

• Payments will be made to nominated bank accounts
• Payments cannot be made to individuals’ personal bank accounts or in cash or cheque
• Applicants without a community bank account will be contacted to discuss alternatives
• Successful applicants must confirm their bank details
• Payments are typically processed within 10-14 working days

We will not fund:

• Applications that do not support our strategic aims.
• Applications that will only benefit individual customers homes.
• Applications not submitted by Hafod customers, groups, or third-sector organisations.
• Applications outside the 5-mile radius of a Hafod property or where we provide a service.
• Applications submitted less than six weeks before funding is needed.
• Retrospective activities where funds have already been spent.
• Incomplete applications.
• Applications requiring payment to individuals’ personal bank accounts, cash, or cheque.

How we decide which applications are successful:

Our Social Value Steering Group will review each application fairly based on the information provided in the application form (please provide as much detail as possible), ensuring it meets our strategic aims and benefits our communities.