Charnwood Grants

Helping You to Improve Your Community.

Charnwood Grants provides a range of opportunities for organisations, groups, and in some cases individuals, to seek funds towards schemes that will benefit residents of Charnwood. It includes all the discretionary small scale grants supported by Charnwood Borough Council. If you would like more information please use the contact information below (left).

Details of the grants awarded to organisations in 2010/11 and 2011/12 through the Charnwood Grants scheme can be found in the "Related Documents" below.

The Council also provides grant assistance relating to owner occupied or private tenanted accommodation. These include Renovation and Warmfront Hardship Grants. More information about these grants can be found on the Private Housing pages.

Community Development and Community Engagement Grants

This scheme provides revenue funding at a range of levels for organisations and projects including:

1. organisational running costs for community bodies
2. one off contributions to projects with community benefit
3. grants to individuals

Community Facilities Grants and Feasibility Studies Grants 

The Community Facilities Grants scheme provides capital funding for voluntary organisations, to assist with the renovation, improvement and provision of community buildings, and small-scale environmental improvement schemes. 

The Feasibility Studies Grant scheme provides support with the commissioning of feasibility studies as part of the development plan to under take substantial refurbishment or propose a new-build community facility.

Loughborough Community Grants

Loughborough Community Grants are revenue grants to cover the running costs of small projects run by voluntary sector organisations in Loughborough.

Staying Healthy Community Grants

Staying Healthy Community Grants are revenue grants for health-related projects in Charnwood. 

Sports and Leisure Grants

This scheme offers the following grants:

1. Development Grants - to support new sports clubs or groups and existing clubs in developing their programmes
2. Coach Education Grants – for the development of coaches and officials.
3. Talent Support Fund – to support individual talented sports performers from Charnwood
4. Facility Development Grants - To assist sports organisations with playing facilities and ancillary accommodation.

Historic Buildings Grants

For costs of the work required for the preservation or enhancement of the character of listed buildings, and other buildings of historical and architectural importance.

Climate Change Grants 

Charnwood Together are offering a grant to fund climate and carbon reduction activity coordinated by Parish Councils in the local communities. 

PAYP Grants (Positive Activities for Young People)

The purpose of PAYP is to increase the availability of positive activities for young people between the ages of 10-19 (or 25 for those with a learning difficulty). 

Previous Grants Schemes

• Arts Development Grants - ceased 2009

• Festive Street Lighting - ceased 2009

• Social Enterprise Grants - ceased 2009

Useful Information and Links

It is our aim to help support you on finding the appropriate funding for you project. For additional support and assistance please contact the following:

Grants Administration for alternative funding sources
Charnwood Borough Council
Tel: 01509 632516
Email: grants@charnwood.gov.uk

Charnwood Business - Grants and Funding

Voluntary Action LeicesterShir
Main Reception Tel: 0116 258 0666

Leicestershire County Council
Tel: 0116 305 7269

Leicestershire Funding Toolkit

Information including:

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  • Preparing to make a bid
  • Identifying funding sources
  • Making a grant application
  • Once you have the money
  • Developing a fund raising strategy.