Community Funding Grants
Community funding is the way we support the local Voluntary and Community Sector with grant awards to help them deliver important services and activities to our communities.
The grant schemes on offer and the projects / services funded must support, enable or facilitate the achievement of one or more of the Council's strategic aims, objectives or priorities, and must also address an identified local need.
The Community Funding Grants Framework (CFGF) sets out the principles (CFGF Section 3) and standards (CFGF Section 4) that govern how we will award Community Funding to voluntary and community organisations who operate within the geographical area of the Council.
It also defines, for Community Funding Grant purposes, our definition of a voluntary or community organisation (CFGF Section 1.4).
This may be subject to the terms and conditions and the funding location of each grant scheme, but will mainly be:
- registered charities
- voluntary or community groups
- local clubs
- community interest companies (CIC)
- not for profit organisations
The grant schemes on offer and projects / services funded must be consistent with the Council’s evaluation criteria (CFGF Section 4.4) and our strategic aims, objectives and priorities (CFGF Section 4.3). These include:
- Our Corporate Plan
- Health and Wellbeing Strategy (in development)
- Community Safety Partnership Plan
- Anti-Poverty Strategy
- Integrated Care Northamptonshire ‘Live Your Best Life’ ambitions Strategy 2023-33
- the priorities of the Local Area Partnerships (LAPs) (in development)
Current schemes
This page will be updated as our 2024/25 grant schemes open.
This page will be updated as our 2024/25 grant schemes open.
| Year awarded | Recipient | Purpose | Grant Scheme | Grant award £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024/25 | Citizens Advice West Northamptonshire and Cherwell (in partnership with the Community Law Service Northampton and County) | Debt and money advice support: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Debt, Money Advice and Immigration Support Fund | £620,000 |
| 2024/25 | Community Law Service (Northampton and County) (in partnership with the Northamptonshire Rights & Equality Service) | Debt, money advice and immigration support: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Debt, Money Advice and Immigration Support Fund | £116,164 |
| 2024/25 | Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (in partnership with Daventry Volunteer Centre and South Northants Volunteer Bureau) | Local Infrastructure Organisation Support: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Local Infrastructure Organisation Support Fund | £260,000 |
Alternative sources of funding
Free grant finders: Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire and South Northants Volunteers Bureau offer access to free grant finders. These can be accessed via:
The above, and the Volunteers Centre Daventry, can offer a wide range of advice and support, including grant funding, to new and existing voluntary and community organisations in their areas.
Northamptonshire Community Foundation: An independent grant-making charity that delivers a variety of funding to the local voluntary and community sector in Northamptonshire. See details of the grants currently available.
Central Government’s Find a Grant Service: The Government has made it mandatory that all central government departments and their arms-length bodies advertise their competitive grant scheme via their “Find a Grant” digital service.
Contact details
If you represent a voluntary or community sector organisation and wish to speak to the Community Funding Team about your eligibility to apply for a grant please email: [email protected]. Please remember to include a contact telephone number.
Expression of interest
If you wish to register an expression of interest for funding, please complete the form below:
Last updated 26 April 2024