Applications must support the outcomes listed below and can relate to one-off projects, capital expenses, or running costs of up to a year’s duration.

Applications for salary costs within specific projects, usually of up to one year’s duration, will be considered. Any other salary costs may be considered on an exceptional basis for no more than one year.*

• Improving the lives of people with specific needs, disadvantages or vulnerabilities
• Employment, education or training opportunities
• The protection of our natural environment, culture and heritage
• Improved health and wellbeing for our community
• An inclusive community, which challenges the barriers causing disadvantage or discrimination

*Applications for multi-year grants can be made via the Major Grants Programme. 

Applications are open to registered charities or NPOs operating within or to benefit the Bailiwick of Guernsey. Organisations based within Sark should be registered with the Sark Registrar (Alderney comes under Guernsey Registry).

Applications must support the outcomes listed above that are focused on people in our Bailiwick community, on the services and support they need, or are of benefit to our community; and demonstrate measurable impact against those applicable outcomes.

• Activities outside the Bailiwick of Guernsey or that do not benefit residents of the Bailiwick;
• Applications from individuals;
• Applications seeking to promote political or faith groups will not be supported (however applications are welcome from faith groups for community activities which meet the outcomes above);
• If more than one year’s reserves are held, justification will need to be provided why these existing reserves cannot be used to fund the proposed activity;
• Activities which duplicate a service already provided;
• Applicants cannot apply for funding for their own salaries (for example, the salary of a CEO/ Manager should be submitted by a board member);
• Applications are not likely to be accepted from fundraising or grant giving bodies unless previously agreed with SIF;
• Applications seeking to promote political or faith groups will not be supported (however applications are welcome from faith groups for community activities which meet the outcomes above).

• Most recent accounts, audited if possible
• You may be asked to send in extra information relating to your organisation’s finances, governance or safeguarding policies, depending on the nature of your application.

Small Grants applications open in 2 rounds per year.

Applications are currently closed and will open again around October 2024.

Applications for small grants are processed by the Guernsey Community Foundation (GCF) on behalf of the Social Investment Fund. GCF receives each application form, ensures it is correctly completed, asks for extra information if required, and passes the application to the board of the Social Investment Fund for a decision.

SIF expects that an applicant charity is taking all necessary steps to ensure that it is fully compliant with the duties of registered organisations under the new Charities etc. (Guernsey and Alderney) Ordinance. SIF may require part or all of a grant to be repaid if the charity is found to be non-compliant with the new Law.