Lincolnshire Community Foundation: Coastal Communities Challenge in the UK

Deadline: 1-Jul-22

The Lincolnshire Community Foundation has launched the Coastal Communities Challenge to improve the wellbeing of people living in Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe and Sutton on Sea and to make life more comfortable, ease distress and isolation for those most in need.

It is funded through Big Local. Big Local is delivered nationally by Local Trust with an investment of over £200m from the Big Lottery Fund. Big Local is happening in 150 communities across England over 15 years. It provides residents in each community with at least £1m and a range of other support and funding to develop ways of making their areas even better places to live.

Themes:

Community cohesion: Project that bring residents together to socialise, learn and develop new skills, arts, culture and heritage projects and facilities that improve wellbeing and help strengthen the community.
Young People: Diversionary activities, provision of activities or facilities and opportunities, workshops, educational outings.
Community Facilities: Support for meeting places (community centres, village halls, playing fields) and assistance with debt counselling; welfare advice services, nutrition and diet.
Older People: Care at home, integration projects; projects tackling isolation, loneliness and dementia, volunteer costs, sitter and companionship.
Arts & Heritage: Projects to raise awareness or engage the local community in local heritage or access to the arts

Funding Information

They aim to distribute around £10,000 a year.
Groups can apply for up to a maximum of £5,000 in any one year and can only hold one grant at any one time.
Requests to fund existing local events can be made up to a maximum of £1,000, although eligible groups can also apply for up to £500 towards capital costs (maximum of £1,000 within the lifetime of the fund).

What Can they Fund?

Local projects that encourage and/or assist those living in the target area.
Equipment, travel, venue hire, telephone, stationery, refreshments, volunteer training and activities that meet an identified need.
Whatever they fund must benefit your local community.