Catalyst Fund grants
The Catalyst Fund offers small grants to individuals for personal and developmental purposes. It is a partnership between Cloudesley and the Cripplegate Foundation. This creative fund allows support workers to provide small grants to help vulnerable residents to develop and connect into wider opportunities.
This fund is not open to self-referrals.
During 2025, over 100 Catalyst grants were made to local people.
What can the grants be used for?
Catalyst grants can be used to support personal development and have been used for purposes such as…
- Train tickets to reunite with family
- Garden equipment to settle in at home after rehab
- Laptop to access classes and seek employment
- Bicycle to improve health and wellbeing
- Meditation course to support mental health following homelessness
- Archery course to pursue a hobby.
Partner organisations
Cloudesley and the Cripplegate Foundation distribute Catalyst grants through local partner organisations.
Cloudesley’s Catalyst partners are:
- Age UK Islington
- Help on Your Doorstep
- Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
- Manor Gardens Welfare Trust
- Peter Bedford Housing Association
- Solace Women’s Aid
- St Mungo’s
"The effect of these funds is transformational for our clients and is a central tenet of their moving on in their lives" - Islington Centre for Refugees and Migrants
