IMPORTANT Please remember to attach your proof of address in the 'upload documentation' section.

Downham Solidarity Fund provides financial support to people who live in the Downham Market ‘PE38 9’ area who are struggling financially for any reason. This money can be used for anything, from buying groceries to paying for prescriptions to paying rent, or whatever it is that you need right now. You don’t have to explain why you need the money, or pay it back. We offer solidarity, not charity.

You can apply for funds of up to £40 once per calendar month. We may have to change this amount and frequency depending on how much money we have available.

Use the "Request grant" option available from the Downham Solidarity Fund OpenCollective page. It may ask you to make an account on OpenCollective, this is simply to do, follow the steps. Fill out your personal details which are stored securely and privately, click Next, enter your request amount upto to £40 and upload some proof of address in the "Upload documentation" section (also stored securely and privately). Please ideally upload a clear full photo of a paper document with your name and a PE389 postcode. We may ask for additional documents in order to check you do live in the Downham Market area.

We unfortunately must reject requests when we cannot provide the funds at the time of asking. This is to enable everyone to access the fund fairly, and to enable to you seek support elsewhere. Please feel free to put in the request again if you see we have money available.

We aim to process grant applications onto OpenCollective within 2 days. OpenCollective then pays out on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays (excluding bank holidays).

You don’t need to explain your circumstances or meet any other criteria. Funds are allocated to applications in the order we receive the application (unless in exceptional circumstances at the team's discretion).