Funding for Community Organisations and Individuals
Applications should aim to create stronger, more connected communities – helping to address the equalities challenges and barriers to participation that some of our communities face. Grant giving enables residents to improve wellbeing and quality of life in their neighbourhoods.
Funding round for small and large grants is now closed:
The deadline to apply for a small grants (between £100 and £300) and a large grant (between £301 and £5,000) is now closed.
Successful applicants will demonstrate how the changes they want to achieve will address at least one of the following Council priorities for community grants:
Our Priorities
- Recovery from Covid
- Diversity and inclusiveness
- Mental and physical wellbeing
- Environmental sustainability
Applications that address the following will score more highly:
- deliver in a geographic area of deprivation. A list of wards identified as disadvantaged can be found in Appendix 4 of the Grants Policy. These applications will be considered first
- support and involve vulnerable or isolated people
- are from organisations that have not applied before or who applied more than five years ago.
More information about our grant giving processes can be found on the Grants Policy. You are advised to read this as it provides information on how we assess your application.
We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds and particularly encourage interest from ethnically diverse communities, hard-to-reach groups, minority communities such as disability, faith, Black and Ethnic minority Communities, LGBTQ, people living in deprived communities, in rural areas and young people - as these groups are currently under-represented
For more information please see our Equality Impact Assessment form for Discretionary Grants Programme March 2021. Applications for group activities must work in accordance with up-to-date government guidance on Covid 19.