Deadline: 4-Sep-24
The FCC Community Action Fund is offering grants to not-for-profit organisations for amenity projects eligible under Object D and Object DA of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF).
Object D – Public Park or other Public Amenity
- Work could include physical improvements to a facility, i.e. new windows, access improvements, refurbishment work or landscaping. Physical improvements cover a wide range of work, if you are unsure if your project would qualify, please call for advice.
- Examples of projects eligible for funding under Object D:
- Replacement doors and windows in village hall or community centre;
- Provision of children’s play equipment in public open space;
- Construction of footpaths and cycleways in a public park;
- Providing all weather play surface for MUGA (multi use games area);
- Dipping platform and all weather paths at a local nature reserve;
- Provision of Skate Park.
Object DA – Conservation or Promotion of Biodiversity
- The focus of the project must be to undertake physical works that lead to the provision, conservation, restoration or enhancement of a natural habitat or the maintenance or recovery of a species in its natural habitat.
- Examples of projects eligible for funding under Object DA
- Grazing Marsh management – grazing infrastructure, including fencing and livestock management equipment
- Reedbed management – contractors costs to install water control measures, drainage works and ditching
- Woodland management – Scrub and tree removal, provision of woodland management equipment
Funding Information
- Grants of between £2,000 and £100,000 are available for projects with a maximum total project cost of £500,000 including VAT (if relevant).
What they can fund?
- They will only accept applications for funding for projects based at the following:
- Village Halls and Community Centres
- Public Play Areas
- Publicly available Multi use games areas, skate parks and BMX tracks
- Sport and recreation grounds including pavilions and clubhouses with full public access
- Churches – community spaces only which are available for hire
- Nature Reserves
- Public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands with at least dawn to dusk access
- Museums
- Work must be situated at a single amenity/site only.
- In all cases the site must be open and accessible to the general public. It should be somewhere where the general public can go, join, or use, for leisure or entertainment purposes. They do no fund membership only facilities.
- If your facility is not available every day for the public to use or hire, please contact them for advice before applying.
- They will only fund costs which are specific and wholly attributable to a project’s delivery.
Location
- They are able to accept applications for projects sited within England in the operating areas within 10 miles of eligible FCC Environment site as detailed on the website.
Eligibility Criteria
- They will accept applications from the following types or organisations:
- A Registered Charity
- A Church or Parochial Church Council
- A Parish or Town Council or a Management Committee or User Association acting on behalf of a Parish or Town Council
- A Local Authority
- A CASC Registered Sports Club
Ineligible
- Projects which have already started
- Staff costs
- Day to day management, running costs or general maintenance
- Contingency costs
- Purchase of land
- Revenue or salary costs of staff including training and travel costs
- Purchase or lease of vehicles
- Projects located in buildings of charities, citizen advice bureaus, statutory service providers and any other building where the primary purpose of the building is other than the provision of a community hall/centre available for hire.
- Projects in hospital grounds, hospices, day care centres, therapy centres, residential homes, or sheltered accommodation
For more information, visit FCC Communities Foundation.