GROUPS and charities within three miles of local Sovereign homes are invited to apply for a share of up to £10,000 of its new £90,000 community grants programme.

The funding for 2021-2022 will be split across two rounds of £45,000. The first round, which invites applications from projects focusing on health and wellbeing, runs until 30 June.

Round two runs between 1 September and 31 October, with community cohesion and growth as its theme.

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Faithworks Wessex’s homelessness and mental health work in Dorset has been a beneficiary in the past.

Sovereign is working with the not-for-profit organisation the Good Exchange.

Rachel Peters, Community Development Officer at Sovereign, said: “By continuing to work with The Good Exchange, we can keep giving our communities the funding they need to run projects that really make a difference to people’s lives.”

To apply access: https://app.thegoodexchange.com/funders/10874/sovereign-housing-association