Small Grants Scheme

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The scheme is designed to celebrate all the different types of social action: from creating welcoming places for people to meet and develop new skills; to improving health and wellbeing and reducing loneliness. Grants of between £1,000 and £7,000 are available to support inclusive, grass-roots initiatives that make a positive difference to the community.

This year we are especially interested in funding projects that fit into one of the following categories:

  • Help reduce the impacts of construction works on local residents.
  • Support underrepresented groups and encourage active community involvement.
  • Offer support and skills for disadvantaged children and young people aged 21 and under
  • Bring young people and older generations together to learn from each other and share skills, activities, and experiences.

Full list of the 19 projects awarded OPDC Small Grants funding in 2026/27

  1. Abundance Arts: Art Park Inspire delivers a six-month nature and arts programme for underserved young people and local families in Stonebridge and Harlesden, using mural-making, canal-side walks and outdoor activities to boost confidence and wellbeing.
  2. Art Community Theatre Community Interest Company (CIC): Voices of Old Oak & Park Royal offers free theatre training and verbatim storytelling for around 20 young adults, building skills and confidence.
  3. CACE Events: The Old Oak Business Underdog Project pairs long-standing traders with young citizen journalists to produce digital heritage films and podcasts that preserve local identity.
  4. Dance West: Move to Health provides 12 weeks of intergenerational physical activity sessions for up to 120 older adults and young people, improving mobility and wellbeing.
  5. For Brian CIC: A side-by-side cycle service helps isolated residents and people with mobility challenges reconnect with their community and enjoy outdoor activity around Wormwood Scrubs.
  6. Healing Homes West: A women-led project transforming unsafe housing into safe, supportive spaces for children and single-parent families through trauma-informed home makeovers.
  7. Hikayetna: Park Royal Stone Soup brings residents together for shared cooking and storytelling sessions led by local chefs and artists.
  8. HomeLessNest: Windrush Voices is a 12-week intergenerational writing and storytelling programme linking young people with Windrush elders.
  9. Mama Haven: Connect & Create offers free intergenerational sessions that support wellbeing, reduce isolation and expand access to creative and educational activities.
  10. Motion4Kids: An inclusive sports and development programme across three boroughs, empowering young people through sport, character-building and community leadership.
  11. Nadi Park Royal: Funding supports the creation of a new youth hub serving diverse communities across the border where the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham meet.
  12. Old Oak Social Enterprise: Old Oak Together delivers 30 hours of intergenerational sessions and a major community celebration to strengthen local connection.
  13. RollaDome: The Creative Futures Lab provides year-long free DJ, digital media and storytelling training for disadvantaged young people, culminating in a community showcase.
  14. Society Dance: Rising Together offers inclusive development programmes for disabled and non-disabled young people, alongside community-led outdoor activities that tackle loneliness.
  15. Sound Burger: A series of food, music and culture evenings that bring residents and young creatives together in an accessible, welcoming space.
  16. The Big Green Action Social Hub CIC: Transforming a disused bowls green into an intergenerational sensory garden co-designed by students with complex needs, their families and older residents.
  17. The Upper Room (St Saviours): UR4Meals provides a long-running evening meal service supporting residents facing homelessness, poverty or isolation, delivering tens of thousands of meals each year.
  18. TITRA: A community garden improving neglected spaces with food growing, planting and nature-friendly areas that strengthen neighbourhood wellbeing and mitigate impact from construction.
  19. Urban Wise: A programme of guided workshops and woodland walks helping residents of all ages connect with Wormwood Scrubs and co-design a new Nature Trail
The scheme is designed to celebrate all the different types of social action: from creating welcoming places for people to meet and develop new skills; to improving health and wellbeing and reducing loneliness. Grants of between £1,000 and £7,000 are available to support inclusive, grass-roots initiatives that make a positive difference to the community.

This year we are especially interested in funding projects that fit into one of the following categories:

  • Help reduce the impacts of construction works on local residents.
  • Support underrepresented groups and encourage active community involvement.
  • Offer support and skills for disadvantaged children and young people aged 21 and under
  • Bring young people and older generations together to learn from each other and share skills, activities, and experiences.

Full list of the 19 projects awarded OPDC Small Grants funding in 2026/27

  1. Abundance Arts: Art Park Inspire delivers a six-month nature and arts programme for underserved young people and local families in Stonebridge and Harlesden, using mural-making, canal-side walks and outdoor activities to boost confidence and wellbeing.
  2. Art Community Theatre Community Interest Company (CIC): Voices of Old Oak & Park Royal offers free theatre training and verbatim storytelling for around 20 young adults, building skills and confidence.
  3. CACE Events: The Old Oak Business Underdog Project pairs long-standing traders with young citizen journalists to produce digital heritage films and podcasts that preserve local identity.
  4. Dance West: Move to Health provides 12 weeks of intergenerational physical activity sessions for up to 120 older adults and young people, improving mobility and wellbeing.
  5. For Brian CIC: A side-by-side cycle service helps isolated residents and people with mobility challenges reconnect with their community and enjoy outdoor activity around Wormwood Scrubs.
  6. Healing Homes West: A women-led project transforming unsafe housing into safe, supportive spaces for children and single-parent families through trauma-informed home makeovers.
  7. Hikayetna: Park Royal Stone Soup brings residents together for shared cooking and storytelling sessions led by local chefs and artists.
  8. HomeLessNest: Windrush Voices is a 12-week intergenerational writing and storytelling programme linking young people with Windrush elders.
  9. Mama Haven: Connect & Create offers free intergenerational sessions that support wellbeing, reduce isolation and expand access to creative and educational activities.
  10. Motion4Kids: An inclusive sports and development programme across three boroughs, empowering young people through sport, character-building and community leadership.
  11. Nadi Park Royal: Funding supports the creation of a new youth hub serving diverse communities across the border where the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing and Hammersmith & Fulham meet.
  12. Old Oak Social Enterprise: Old Oak Together delivers 30 hours of intergenerational sessions and a major community celebration to strengthen local connection.
  13. RollaDome: The Creative Futures Lab provides year-long free DJ, digital media and storytelling training for disadvantaged young people, culminating in a community showcase.
  14. Society Dance: Rising Together offers inclusive development programmes for disabled and non-disabled young people, alongside community-led outdoor activities that tackle loneliness.
  15. Sound Burger: A series of food, music and culture evenings that bring residents and young creatives together in an accessible, welcoming space.
  16. The Big Green Action Social Hub CIC: Transforming a disused bowls green into an intergenerational sensory garden co-designed by students with complex needs, their families and older residents.
  17. The Upper Room (St Saviours): UR4Meals provides a long-running evening meal service supporting residents facing homelessness, poverty or isolation, delivering tens of thousands of meals each year.
  18. TITRA: A community garden improving neglected spaces with food growing, planting and nature-friendly areas that strengthen neighbourhood wellbeing and mitigate impact from construction.
  19. Urban Wise: A programme of guided workshops and woodland walks helping residents of all ages connect with Wormwood Scrubs and co-design a new Nature Trail
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