Up to £5,000 for Local Community Projects – Arora Charitable Foundation

The Arora Charitable Foundation Small Grant Programme supports grassroots charities and community organisations working near Arora Hotels. Funding is available for projects that strengthen communities, improve health and wellbeing, or relieve poverty and hardship.

Here’s what you can expect:

• Up to £5,000 in grant funding

• Support for community development and participation

• Projects tackling social isolation and encouraging community involvement

• Health and wellbeing initiatives

• Projects improving access to healthcare or healthy food

• Support for people experiencing poverty or financial hardship

• Funding towards basic necessities such as food and shelter

• Project-based funding for initiatives creating a clear local impact

• Some essential core costs can be considered where they are fundamental to delivering the project.

Who can apply?

• Registered charities

• Community Interest Companies (CICs)

• Community groups

• Unincorporated associations

• Organisations must have an annual income below £1 million

• Activities must have exclusively charitable purposes

• The organisation or project must operate within five miles of an eligible Arora Hotel

• Eligible areas include locations around Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton, Stansted, Englefield Green, London O2 and Hammersmith

• Applicants must have their own bank account with at least two unrelated signatories

• Organisations that received an Arora Charitable Foundation grant within the previous 12 months cannot apply again yet.

Deadline: 9 October 2026.