More community projects awarded share of £1 million grant scheme

The funding will be granted from the council's £1 million Community Grant Fund which aims to strengthen working relationships between the council and its parishes and towns, and deliver projects and schemes at a local level.

Each organisation demonstrated how their projects aligned with 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 and supporting businesses and residents to deliver a prosperous local economy.

Harborough District Council’s Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants agreed, on 28 July 2025, to allocate £56,301 to:  

• Harborough Town Community Trust (Harborough Town Football Club) – (£22,569) to purchase an enhanced PA system and new electronic scoreboard
• Market Harborough Drama Society – (£10,830) to purchase and install LED lit window displays, new decals to the public-facing windows and doors and decals in the upstairs public facing windows, to improve the sound and lighting store room and to purchase and fix an ultra-bright digital screen in the outward-facing window of the theatre
• Voluntary Action South Leicestershire – (£10,212) to purchase partitioning, four chairs and a coffee table for new premises
• Home-Start South Leicestershire – (£12,690) to replace desktop and laptop computers and to purchase and install one infrared ceiling mounted heater and three instant water heaters.

Chair of the Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants and Leader of Harborough District Council, Cllr Phil Knowles, said: “We hope our grants will make a real difference to these organisations, particularly those who might struggle to find the money elsewhere.

“When we launched our £1 million Community Grant Fund last year the purpose was to give money directly to local groups working on projects that can demonstrate a benefit to residents."

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