Deadline: 30-Jun-25
The Staff and Trustees at Lincolnshire Community Foundation (LCF) in conjunction with the South and East Lincolnshire Councils Partnership (SELCP) are excited an extension to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund GRASSroots Grant Fund (UKSPF) into 2025.
This Scheme is again open to support community-led efforts in Boston Borough, East Lindsey and South Holland which invest in and restore community spaces and create the foundations for growth at neighborhood level. The intention of this Fund is to strengthen the social fabric of communities, build pride in place by improving local community infrastructure and create opportunities for social connections to develop and thrive.
Funding Information
- Grants of up to £24,999 can be applied for by prospective applicants.
Eligible Projects
- Projects must align with the aims of the UKSPF, demonstrate they improve the wellbeing of residents in Boston Borough, East Lindsey and South Holland, help strengthen communities and address one or more of the following priorities:
- Capital costs to improve and widen use of community buildings and smaller meeting places.
- Projects that enhance community transport infrastructure
- Community & neighborhood projects/activities which bring together and support groups of people
- Projects that develop new local arts, cultural and heritage activities
- Impactful volunteering and/or social action projects
- Community projects aimed at reducing the cost of living
- Projects that improve digital connectivity in local community facilities
- Local regeneration projects which engage the wider community
- Capacity building projects that increase resilience and sustainability
Ineligible Projects
- The following aspects cannot or are unlikely to be funded through this Scheme.
- Projects with a total cost exceeding £5,000 need to evidence match funding of at least 20% of the total project value, whether through other financial sources or an in kind contribution. If applicants are unable to reach the match funding element, please contact the UKSPF GRASSroots Team.
- Projects promoting religious or political beliefs. Places of worship can be considered, but will need to demonstrate the project is actively open and welcoming to people from all faiths and backgrounds and to the wider community.
- Capital works to domestic properties
- Individuals
- General contributions to large appeals unless the majority of match funding support is in place
- Projects not taking place in the area of benefit (Boston Borough, East Lindsey, South Holland)
- Grant making bodies applying for funding to redistribute to others
- Retrospective expenditure or unsustainable deficits or loans
- Funding for capital projects (play equipment, outdoor gym equipment etc) where there has been no local consultation
- Renewable energy sources such as solar panels
- Requests for large capital projects where match funding has not been secured
- Projects that cannot spend funding and deliver work by the end of December 2025 and report on impact by the end of January 2026.
- Projects where the applicant has a limited track record in local delivery
- A project that requires substantial capacity building (e.g. specialist recruitment)
- Activity that duplicates pre-existing private or public sector funding or activity that the applicant has a statutory duty to undertake.
- Schools or parent-teacher associations (PTAs)
- National or regional organisations
- Applicants holding grants from other UKSPF and ELIF funding schemes. Please get in touch with the UKSPF GRASSroots Team if you do hold another UKSPF or ELIF grant so we can assess if you are eligible for this Scheme.
Eligibility Criteria
- This scheme is open to not-for-profit community groups, registered charities, social enterprises and town and parish councils delivering projects impacting residents in Boston Borough, East Lindsey and South Holland.
For more information, visit LCF.
