Themed Funds
Themed funds are an alternative option to a Donor Advised Fund, supported by one-off or regular gifts from a number of donors who share a common interest.
Donors choose to support Themed Funds because they trust the Foundation’s expertise in knowing where the funds will have the greatest impact. Together, these funds allow the Foundation to respond to urgent community needs and to emerging opportunities for projects, programs, and services across a broad range of charitable organisations.
Our themed funds provide the perfect way for local people to collaborate with others and pool donations to support the causes that matter to them.
Whether you are donating £100 or £100,000 this approach to local charitable giving allows you to decide which area you would like to benefit from your donation or, if you’re not sure, your donation can be spread across all our themes.
Jersey Community Fund
Our main Themed Fund, the Jersey Community Fund, supports current and emerging needs in our communities. Using data and evidence from our Local Needs Assessment Research, and our local knowledge and expertise, enables us to be pro-active and responsive in addressing the current needs of the Island.
Donors to this fund can be assured that their gift will be used to support a vital local project which is in need of support. Throughout the year, the Board of the Jersey Community Foundation allocate grants from this fund to impactful local charities, focusing on the current needs in the Island. Donations of any amount are welcomed, and can be made online, via BACS, or cheques made to the Jersey Community Foundation.
Young People's Mental Health Fund
'Kezia's Fund' was set up to support mental health among children and young people aged 5 to 25 and their families in Jersey.
The Fund’s specific aims include:
- Increasing and improving mental health and wellbeing provision for children and young people in Jersey
- Empowering young people to develop their own initiatives to improve mental health for children and young people
- Enabling young people to take an active role in the designing and delivering of mental health related activities in their communities
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Social Mobility Fund
The Social Mobility Fund is dedicated to breaking down barriers to social mobility in Jersey. The Fund aims to provide practical support to organisations and individuals working to improve social mobility by helping people – regardless of their background – to have access to enriching experiences that broaden their opportunities.
The Fund aims to support:
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Extra-curricular educational, skills-based, cultural and sporting activities for young people who face barriers to participation;
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Research initiatives that improve understanding of social mobility challenges and identify solutions for Jersey.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) Educational Fund
The DE&I Fund aims to foster inclusive communities by supporting educational programmes that advance diversity, equity and inclusion. The Fund aims to support organisations working to promote DE&I through education, training and community engagement.
Focus areas of the Fund are:
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Education and training – DE&I workshops, leadership development or professional training
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Community engagement – Programmes that bring diverse communities together
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Equity and access – Initiatives that reduce barriers for marginalised groups
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Arts and media for inclusion – Projects amplifying underrepresented voices
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Workplace and organisational change – Programmes promoting fair hiring, retention and accessibility
Cost of Living Fund
Our Cost of Living Fund supports organisations responding to the immediate impacts of the cost-of-living crisis on the communities they support, particularly communities hardest hit by the crisis. For example, supporting: food security, essential items and bills, mental health, financial advice, welfare advice.
Grants could also be used to support the resilience and sustainability of community organisations.
Sport & Active Lifestyle Fund
Sport and physical activity has a big role to play in improving the physical and mental health of Islanders, having a positive impact on the health of our community and economic activity.
Grants from this Fund will be given to organisations which seek to deliver outcomes with a long-term focus on enabling active living, improving Islanders physical and mental health, or those which will increase participation numbers in sport and physical activity across all the Island’s population.
Sport and physical activity have the power to level the playing field and address the inequality of opportunity faced by some of our valued island communities.
Environment Fund
The Jersey Community Foundation has established an Environment Fund, which is currently supported by a number of local businesses, individuals and charitable trusts who want to support environmental conservation and restoration projects in Jersey.
Funding will support projects, services or initiatives to be undertaken within Jersey which: support Jersey’s decarbonization plans; enhance and restore local biodiversity; address climate change; support Jersey's carbon neutral strategy; and generally further environmental protection and enhancement locally. These examples are illustrative, not exhaustive, and we would welcome the opportunity to work with donors to identify projects that may be of interest to them. All projects must fit one or more charitable purposes as per the Charities (Jersey) Law 2014.
Arts & Heritage Fund
Arts and heritage are important and valued in Jersey and are key to our sense of identity as an Island. Cultural participation is known to bring benefits including learning and education, good health, social inclusion and satisfaction with life.
Boosting arts opportunities for the community, improving skills and creativity in the arts and culture sector and diversifying the range of people involved in heritage are key priorities of the Arts & Heritage Fund.
