How to Apply for a Small Grant

We have a document explaining our

grant criteria in more detail and a simple

application form that you can download

at www.nftmo.com or request by email

to terrytrust@nftmo.com. If you want to

check with us that your project fits our

criteria, before applying, then include a phone number in your

email and we will give you a ring. We are unlikely to give a

single grant of more than £400

We will want to see how our grant will help your group move

forward in some way, and will expect you to provide us with an

account of how the money has been used and what has been

achieved, with photographs wherever possible.

Want to Donate to the Small Grants Fund?

We would like to thank the PEP Trust for part funding this grant

programme. If you are an organisation with funds, for example

an established TMO, Co-operative or social landlord and you

want to help promote community led services then why not

‘sponsor’ one or more of our grant applicants? We will involve

you in the process of considering grant applications and, of

course, share with you the story of how

your donation has been used and what

has been achieved. The Terry Edis Trust

is run entirely by volunteers and so 100%

of your donation would be passed on to

applicant groups in the form of a grant.

You can find out more about donations

and sponsorship at www.nftmo.com

Small Grants Programme 2017-18

What is the Terry Edis Trust?

Terry Edis MBE was a tireless voluntary worker in his own

community and at a regional and

national level. He was the chair of the

Burrowes Street Tenant Management

Organisation (TMO), WATMOS

Community Homes and the National

Federation of Tenant Management

Organisations (NFTMO). His warmth

and interest in people made him a

respected and popular figure, not just in

his local community, but in his dealings

with other community organisations, as

well as local and central government.

His voluntary work was acknowledged in

2008 when he was awarded the MBE.

The NFTMO established the Terry Edis Trust in his memory

and to continue his mission. The Trust is a not-for-profit

subsidiary of the NFTMO with charitable objects. The Objects

of the Trust as set out in the Articles are:- to advance public

education, awareness and opportunities, particularly in

communities of predominantly social housing, about tenant

and resident controlled housing and other community led

services, and to provide support, information and guidance to

tenants and others wishing to investigate and/or develop

tenant led management and ownership options for their

housing or other community led services.

You can find out more about the

Terry Edis Trust and the NFTMO at

www.nftmo.com

About the Small Grants Programme

The Trust has limited funds so it really is only small grants that

we can make available. We aim to promote community led

services in the absence of central government grants for that

purpose. We also want to help develop the community

awareness and skills of young people who may be the leaders

of the future.

The grant programme will support residents’ and community

groups to make a difference in their neighbourhoods. We will

prioritise applications from groups that can demonstrate

commitment from their members and are without access to

other funds.

We will accept applications from residents’ and community

groups who are committed to self-help and who are exploring

more community control. This might include :-

Small grants to help unfunded tenants groups

explore tenant control (eg to fund a study visit or

to help them engage with landlord)

Small grants to help young people in

TMO communities network with

others to explore and develop

community leadership ideas and

skills.

Small grants to help existing TMOs explore

how they might grow their activities beyond

housing management.