Decision details

The Bristol Impact Fund was developed from the 2 Dec 2014 Cabinet decision to develop a VCS Grants Strategic approach. This was developed into the VCS Prospectus, which set out a new combined fund, Bristol Impact Fund, approved at Cabinet on 11th August 2016. The approval of a Small Grants strand within the BIF at Cabinet on 7th March 2017 committed to 2 rounds of small grants. This is the second of these two rounds. The aim of the fund is to tackle disadvantage and inequality, improve health and wellbeing and increase resilience for Bristol’s most deprived communities and to address inequality in the city
The Bristol Impact Fund was approved at Cabinet 7th March 2017 see https://democracy.bristol.gov.uk/mgChooseDocPack.aspx?ID=388 for details of the decision.

Approve the recommendations for BIF small grants.
Small grants are for a maximum of £10,000 per annum, for two years.
20 organisations have been recommended for funding.
Total funding being committed is £313,020 (£156,010 per annum)
Grants will run from January 2020 - December 2021. (2 years)

Not running the second round of BIF small grants was considered but rejected on the basis of the successful outcomes of the first round.