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Community Chest is a small grant programme providing grants of up to £1,000 and free training to help small community groups sustain and develop their activities. Groups can apply for funding for a wide range of activities or operational costs. They are particularly keen to fund activities that will help build and develop strong organisations, for example: training for committee members and volunteers, visits to other organisations or conferences; Professional support or consultancy.

Applications for the Community Chest programme are welcome throughout the year with the next deadline being the 31 March 2010. Other deadlines are the 30 June, 30 September and the 31st December.

If you require any further assistance please contact either Patricia or Chris on 01383 620780. The Community Chest grant programme is managed by VAF with funding from the Scottish Government. The programme has £400,000 available over the two years 2009-10 and 2010-11. For information on the who has been successful in the latest Community Chest funding round click here .