Deadline: 20-Jul-25
The Warwickshire County Council Councillors’ Grant Fund is a revenue grant aimed at community and voluntary organisations.
Aims
- All applications should aim to build community capacity and improve the health and wellbeing of people living in Warwickshire:
- Improve community assets and their sustainability
- Improve access to services
- Improve financial capability
- Reduce loneliness and social isolation
- Improve physical and/or mental health and wellbeing
- Promote equalities and inclusivity
- Improve the local environment and sustainability
Funding Information
- The Fund provides each of the County’s 57 Councillors with a pot of £8000 to support small-scale projects within their division that support the strategic priorities within the Council Plan.
Ineligible Projects
- Projects that promote religious or party-political beliefs
- Projects for personal profit or personal gain
- Costs relating to items purchased or work already carried out before the grant has been awarded
- Loans or debt repayments
- Activities that are part of statutory obligations
- Existing contractual arrangements with WCC
Eligibility Criteria
- Constituted ‘not-for-profit’ community organisations in Warwickshire
- Non-constituted or new ‘not-for-profit’ groups working in Warwickshire that can be supported by a mainstream service or community group willing to administer the funds through an organisational bank account
- Warwickshire Town and Parish Councils
- Schools, if applying as a PTA or ‘Friends of’ group
Ineligibility Criteria
- Groups or organisations that have failed to meet the conditions of previous award agreements from Warwickshire County Council
- Party Political/lobby groups
- Individuals
- It is unlikely that applications from statutory organisations will be supported, except for applications from town and parish councils.
- Please note that if your organisation received funding from the Councillors’ Grant Fund in Round 2 of 2024/25, your organisation is deemed ineligible to receive funding in this round. Prior to applying for further funding, you need to complete your project, and you are required to submit your End of Project Report which is sent out six and/or twelve months after receiving the funding
For more information, visit Warwickshire County Council.