Aviva Communities Fund

To apply to the Fund, project owners must:

• be age 18 or older
• be a UK resident
• be an authorised employee, volunteer, trustee, director or officer of the organisation
• have authority from the organisation to apply to the Fund, and
• use a UK IP address and not use a disposable email address.

Organisations must:

Be one of the following types of organisations:

• Charity*
• Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO);
• Community Interest Company (CIC);
• Company Limited by Guarantee (CLG); or
• Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC);

Organisations must also:

• be based in the UK
• have been operating for at least 12 months and have published financial data available
• have an annual income of no more than £2 million (can be averaged over the last three financial years)
• have a UK bank account in its own name
• have a safeguarding policy (if the organisation supports children or vulnerable people)
• be a living wage employer (if the organisation employs people)
• have an active board of trustees or directors or management body

*Organisations set up as trusts (including charitable trusts) are not currently eligible to participate in the Fund.

The Fund does NOT support projects that:

• benefit a single individual
• have an outcome that is only accessible to people of a particular faith or belief, or
• that are raising funds to provide people with cash grants or vouchers for goods/services.

Due diligence requirements
In addition to meeting the eligibility criteria, project owners need to satisfy some additional due diligence checks. They must:

• upload a form of photo ID
• provide details of the organisation’s bank account
• agree to the Aviva Community Fund terms and conditions and Crowdfunder’s terms and conditions of funding.