The people we help would not receive assistance from any other source. 

If you are a health professional, social worker, support worker or voluntary organisation, you can help us to find local people who need the support of this Small Grants Programme.

Last year we gave Merton residents of all ages just over £19,000 in small grants. The money comes from our own Welfare Fund and a number of other specialist funds entrusted to us over the years which we administer. Our Small Grants Programme allows us to buy items for local people, which they desperately need but cannot afford.

Small grants are used to pay for things as diverse as:

Food for children	School educational trips
Emergency house repairs	Exam entrance fee, mobility scooter batteries
School uniforms	Utility bills

We have also recently provided local people with furniture; bedding; clothing; heating appliances and white goods. Wherever possible the Small Grants Programme will source items from our Second Time Around, goods recycling project.

If you are a care professional and would like to apply for a small grant on behalf of a Merton resident, please complete this application form. The Casework Committee meets bi-monthly to discuss applications. These must be submitted a week before the next meeting takes place.

Casework Committee dates for 2012:

10th January; 13th March; 8th May; 10th July; 11th September & 13th November.

If you have goods you would like to donate to our Second Time Around Project please click here.