Deadline: 1-Aug-25
The Lincolnshire Community Foundation is accepting applications for Triton Knoll Offshore Community Wind Farm Fund Program to support projects that improve the lives of people living in communities located within 3km of the landfall location near Anderby Creek and 5km of the onshore substation location near Bicker Fen.
Themes
- Your application will need to support the delivery of at least one of the fund’s three theme:
- Enhance the quality of life for local people:
- Intergenerational projects that bring the community together
- Community safety initiatives
- Activities that are prosperous, vibrant and improve outcomes for people
- Promote community spirit and encourage community activity:
- Support for meeting places (community centres, village halls, playing fields, church halls)
- Helping people from different backgrounds develop strong positive relationships
- Enabling people to have the same opportunities regardless of background
- Supporting projects that help people to develop new or improve existing skills
- Contribute to vibrant, healthy successful and sustainable communities:
- Projects that improve the health and educational outcomes of families living in poverty
- Reducing unemployment and raising household incomes
- Enhance the quality of life for local people:
Funding Information
- The fund will offer grants of up to £5,000.00. Organisations can only hold one grant at any one time.
Eligibility Criteria
- Eligible Organisations, who can apply for funding include:
- Voluntary, community groups
- Parish/Community Councils/Town Councils
- School PTA
- Social enterprises (including credit unions, co-operatives, social firms, community owned enterprises, community interest companies and development trusts) provided they operate on a not-for-profit basis
- National or regional organisations considering applying would need to demonstrate clear local need/demand and benefit, as well as providing evidence of local partnership working
Ineligibility Criteria
- Grants will not be available for:
- Commercial organisations, District or County Councils
- Any works considered a statutory responsibility, such as scheduled transport services, works to public highways and public car parks
- Projects that are religious in focus or that support a party political campaign or cause or may bring the fund or the funder into disrepute
- Retrospective funding, i.e. projects that have already been completed, whether or not already paid for
- Building up a reserve or surplus, whether distributable or not
For more information, visit Lincolnshire Community Foundation.