The Social Connection Fund is currently closed. Our first round closed in January 2026, with funding distributed to nine projects in March 2026.
For more info on the projects that were support in this round, please see here.
All future rounds of funding by Greenwich Giving will be announced on our social media and our mailing list.
The Social Connection Fund empowers residents and local organisations to take action for their community, turn their new ideas into reality, and reduce loneliness and isolation across Greenwich.
It provides funding and practical support for you to run a club, activity or event in your neighbourhood.
Residents and organisations can apply for a minimum of £300 and up to £1,500. We want to support projects that help people in Greenwich to connect in new ways and feel a sense of belonging in their neighbourhood.
In our last round, we prioritised projects in the following neighbourhoods:
We chose our theme of social connection after running a community survey across the borough of Greenwich. Respondents told us that loneliness and isolation is one of the biggest issues affecting the borough.
If you would like to have a say on future campaigns, you can sign up to our newsletter here.
We want to fund projects that are created and managed by community members themselves. We are looking for people with the drive and ideas to make a difference in their neighbourhood.
The people living and working in Greenwich should have a say in what happens in their borough. That's why we use panels of local residents who will decide what projects to fund.
Do you want to make a difference in your community? You can complete an Expression of Interest in joining future panels.
With a limited grants pot, we focus on areas where the community need is highest. We often work in wards in Greenwich that have not had as many resident-focused funding opportunities in recent years and who may have more people struggling with disadvantage or higher needs.
For the first round of the Social Connection Fund, we focus on Abbey Wood, Charlton Hornfair, Eltham Page, and Mottingham, Coldharbour and New Eltham. If you're not sure what ward you are based in, you can find out here.
If you want to run a project outside of our current priority wards, there are some other local grants which you may wish to look at:
We will try to keep this list updated as we hear of new local funding opportunities. We would also encourage you to sign up to our mailing list to hear about future Greenwich Giving opportunities.