Ward Member Community and Rural Grants

Who can apply?

Capital or certain revenue projects, such as:-

Organising community events or activities to bring residents together.
Making improvements to public spaces or community facilities (see Applicant Guidance document for lease length requirements)
Funding volunteer training or workshops to support local initiatives.
Providing equipment or resources for community groups.
Start-up funding to get projects going and provide evidence of need and impact for future funding. Organisations will need to explain their future sustainability plans.
Match funding for another grant, for example a feasibility study to support a Section 106 grant.
Hosting workshops or delivering programmes, for example promoting health, education or wellbeing.
Providing marketing and promotional material for groups and events.
Supporting emergency or seasonal initiatives, such as distributing supplies during cold weather or resources for flood preparedness.

Projects that cannot be funded:-

Regular or recurring expenditure to sustain an organisation's core operations, except where they are linked on a full cost-recovery basis to a specific project or initiative that falls within the eligible projects criteria.
Party-political activities.
Activities that promote or advance a single faith.
Work that duplicates or replaces statutory services that public bodies are already required to provide.
Retrospective costs.
Purely commercial or profit-making activities.
Activities that would create a future cost for HDC.
Work that is beyond the capacity of HDC grants or other Council staff or departments to undertake.