Community projects receive grants from the council’s £1 million grant scheme

Published Friday 22 November 2024

Seven community projects across Harborough district have been awarded funding as part of the council’s £1 million grant scheme.

Harborough District Council Cabinet members with a cheque for the £1m Community Grant Fund to parish and town councils
Harborough District Council has awarded the first grants from its Community Grant Fund

The scheme aims to strengthen working relationships between the council and its parishes and towns, and deliver projects and schemes at a local level.

To be considered, projects needed to align with at least one of the council’s priorities which are:

  • Community leadership to create a sense of pride in our place
  • Promoting health and wellbeing and encouraging healthy life choices
  • Creating a sustainable environment to protect future generations
  • Supporting businesses and residents to deliver a prosperous local economy

Harborough District Council’s Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants agreed, on 21 November 2024, to allocate a total of £66,008.31.

The projects which received funding are:

  • Billesdon Parish Council - £20,000 to upgrade play park equipment in the village
  • Dunton Bassett Parochial Church - £3,317.93 to purchase equipment for the newly established All Saints Church Community Space
  • Dunton and Broughton Football Club - £1,490.40 to purchase and install a defibrillator
  • The Marc Smith Educational Charity - £5,000 to refurbish its kitchen at the Old School House in Claybrooke Parva
  • Great Bowden Residents Management Company - £14,965 to replace and upgrade litter bins, picnic tables and benches, foot bridges and install a dead hedge (a barrier constructed from cut branches, saplings and foliage)
  • Ullesthorpe Village Hall - £18,772.98 to install infrared heating panels 
  • Mowsley Village Hall - £2,462 to erect a storage facility for tables and chairs

Chair of the Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants and Leader of Harborough District Council, Cllr Phil Knowles, said: “I am proud we are able to allocate community grants to these deserving causes with more to come. This council stands for community and awarding this money will make a real difference to the lives of residents across Harborough district.”

For more information and to apply for the Community Grant Fund visit: www.harborough.gov.uk/communitygrants