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
- Joint Health and Wellbeing Board Strategy 2023-2028
- 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)
See a list of grants:
Current schemes
New grant schemes will be added here as they open
Closed grant schemes
| Scheme | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) |
|---|---|
| Scheme details | Grants of up to £100,000 are available for projects or services that support:
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| Location | Urban and rural areas within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council |
| Who can apply | Community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. Town and Parish Councils are not eligible to apply for this grant. |
| How to apply | Email [email protected] for an application form and guidance. |
| Minimum value of the grant | £1,000 |
| Maximum value of the grant | £100,000 |
| Opening date | 31 May 2024 |
| Closing date | 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024 |
| Contact details | If you have any questions, please contact us by email [email protected]. Please quote “Household Support Fund” and include a contact telephone number in your email. |
| Scheme | Arts and Culture Grant Scheme |
|---|---|
| Scheme details | Grants of up to £5,000, are available for arts and culture projects or services that address an identified local need and support, enable or facilitate the achievement of one or more of the Council's strategic aims, objectives or priorities. To be eligible to apply for this grant scheme organisations must meet 2 or more of the following requirements:
The funding is available for new or existing projects and is open to all Voluntary and Community Sector organisations. However, priority for funding will be given to those who work with:
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| Location | Urban and rural areas within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council |
| Who can apply | Community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. Town and Parish Councils are not eligible to apply for this grant. |
| How to apply | Email [email protected] for an application form and guidance. |
| Minimum value of the grant | £100 |
| Maximum value of the grant | £5,000 |
| Opening date | 14 May 2024 |
| Closing date | 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024 |
| Contact details | If you have any questions, please contact us by email [email protected]. Please quote “Arts and Culture Grant Scheme” and include a contact telephone number in your email. |
| Scheme | Discretionary Community Funding Grants |
|---|---|
| Scheme details | This grant scheme is open to local registered charities, not-for-profit and VCSE organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire. Eligible applicants must address an identified local need, and support, enable or facilitate the achievement of one or more of the Council's strategic aims, objectives or priorities. Details of these strategic aims, objectives or priorities can be found on our website and in our Community Funding Grants Framework. |
| Location | Urban and rural areas within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. |
| Who can apply | Community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. Town and Parish Councils are not eligible to apply for this grant. |
| How to apply | Email [email protected] for an application form and guidance. |
| Minimum value of the grant | £500 |
| Maximum value of the grant | £15,000 |
| Opening date | 14 May 2024 |
| Closing date | 5pm on Wednesday 26 June 2024 |
| Contact details | If you have any questions, please contact us by email [email protected]. Please quote “Discretionary Community Funding Grant” and include a contact telephone number in your email. |
| Scheme | Skills for Communities Grant Scheme |
|---|---|
| Scheme details | This grants scheme aims to support local people to develop their learning and skills and help them get into work. These grants are available to provide support to the Council’s residents, aged 16+, no longer in full-time education, who would like to develop more or different skills. Examples of how the grant can be used include:
The Skills for Communities grant scheme compliments WNC’s existing Multiply programme which is already delivering numeracy skills to local people. The grants cannot be used to fund activity already supported through other funding streams such as the Education and Skills Funding Agency. |
| Location | Urban and rural areas within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. |
| Who can apply | Community, voluntary and social enterprise organisations that operate, or are prepared to operate, within the geographical area of West Northamptonshire Council. Town and Parish Councils are not eligible to apply for this grant. |
| How to apply | Email [email protected] for an application form. |
| Minimum value of the grant | £10,000 |
| Maximum value of the grant | £300,000 |
| Opening date | 1 May 2024 |
| Closing date | 5pm on Friday 24 May 2024 |
| Contact details | If you have any questions, please email [email protected]. Please quote "Skills for Communities Grant Scheme" and include a contact telephone number in your email. |
| Year awarded | Recipient | Purpose | Grant scheme | Grant awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 to 2025 | Ailsa's Aim | Essential Care Packs for Cancer patients in Northampton General Hospital | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £22,500 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Albanian Cultural Association | Food Voucher | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £18,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Aquarius | Ngage with Aquarius Household Support Fund | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £5,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Baby Basics | Dream Safe Baby in West Northants | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £10,922.90 |
| 2024 to 2025 | BAK UP CIC | BACK UP Household Support | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £15,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Brackley Food Bank | Additional support – School Holiday Period | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £7,800 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Bridge Substance Misuse Programme Ltd | Member Crisis Support Fund | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £10,500 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Bugbrooke Food Bank | Food aid and energy cost support in Bugbrooke and surrounding villages | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £7,400 |
| 2024 to 2025 | C2C Social Action | Northampton Women's Centre | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £62,937 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Castle Hill URC Foodbank | Castle Hill URC Foodbank | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £20,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Community Spaces Northampton | HSF5 – Cook, Chat and Choose: Supporting You | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £33,400 |
| 2024 to 25 | Daventry Contact | Free Furniture for vulnerable households (April to September 2024) | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £10,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Daventry Food Bank | HSF5 Supermarket Vouchers / Gift Cards | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £5,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Doddridge Centre Limited | Assistance with Household items | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £2,147.25 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Emmanuel Group of Churches for Weston Favell Centre Food Bank | Food, household essentials, household fuel vouchers and economic cooking appliances to provide crisis support to vulnerable households in most need via Weston Favell Food Bank | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £23,492.53 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Food Aid Far Cotton | Food Aid Far Cotton Household Support | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £4,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Food for Thought Daventry | Food for Thought Daventry | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £59,216 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Growing Together | Growing Together Northampton - Community Outreach and support | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £21,795 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Happy to Help CIC | Batch & Freeze | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £10,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Home Start Northampton | Support To Families With Young Children | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £14,606 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Impact Now | Crisis Support for Vulnerable Households in Northampton | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £26,775 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Moulton Community CIO | Moulton Community Larder Summer Support Scheme | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £5,360 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Northampton Hope Centre | Hope in the Community | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £80,456.25 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Northampton Life Chapel | Northampton Crisis Prevention and Aid | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £22,125 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Peak Empower | Schools Out Support programme (SOS) | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £6,370 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Ramgharia Board Northampton | RBN Foodbank | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £7,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Restore Northampton | Northampton Foodbank and Growbaby | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £29,720 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Right Resolution CIC | Care Leavers Household Support Project | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £36,960 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Salifu Dagarti Foundation | Hewale Pilot Project | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £10,867.50 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Shine Development Concept CIC | BAME Community Support | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £21,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Sikh Community Centre & Youth Club | SCCYC Food Aid - HSF | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £16,165 |
| 2024 to 2025 | South Northants Volunteer Bureau | Towcester and Roade Community Food Larders / Community Connect (welfare and wellbeing) | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £77,595 |
| 2024 to 2025 | St David’s food bank and community cafe | Food bank / community cafe | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £12,100 |
| 2024 to 2025 | St James - 3 Pillars Feeding the Homeless and Supporting the Community in Need | St James - 3 pillars - outreaching to the vulnerable | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £8,430 |
| 2024 to 2025 | The Lewis Foundation | Spread The Love – Free Gift Packs for adult cancer patients. | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £3,888 |
| 2024 to 2025 | The McMcarthy-Dixon Foundation | TMDF Wrap-Around Support for West Northamptonshire Households in Crisis | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £100,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | The Spring Charity | The Spring Charity Non-Food Household Bank | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £6,457.50 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Towcester Food Bank | Household Essentials | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £4,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Trilogy Active | Care Leavers Wellbeing Project | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £26,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | United African Association | African community support | Household Support Fund (fifth tranche) | £28,166 |
| Year awarded | Recipient | Purpose | Grant scheme | Grant awarded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 to 2025 | Citizens Advice West Northants and Cherwell | Employability and financial literacy skills project | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £57,849 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Doddridge Centre Ltd | Centre Director | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £24,469.22 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Dostiyo Asian Women and Girls Organisation | Support into Employment, Training and Advice service | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £18,673.29 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Free to talk CIC | Level 2 Youth Work Practice | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £14,559 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Future Toolbox | Improving employability skills for forgotten young adults at risk of NEET | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £10,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Good Loaf | One to one coaching | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £18,335 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Innovation CIC | Innovations | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £4,715 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Lewis Foundation | Everyone can make a difference – The Lewis Foundation Outlet | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £18,720 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Northampton Hope Centre | Hope in The Community – Community Outreach programme | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £87,860.35 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Peak Empower | Born to shine | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £17,666 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Progressive World Vision CIC | Cultivating Catering Careers | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £19,638 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Restore Northampton | The Well | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £26,773 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Salvation Army | Employment Plus | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £64,585 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Shudan CIC | West Northants empowerment project | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £40,540 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Sikh Community Centre and Youth Club (SCCYC) | Steps to the Future | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £19,836 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Sport4Fitness CIC | SEND Life Skills Workshops | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £16,440 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Springs Family Centre | Upskilling those who need support getting work | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £13,213.14 |
| 2024 to 2025 | United African Association | United African Association Skills programme | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £27,076 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Unity in Diversity CIC | Dad Talk | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £12,236 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire | Skills support Briar Hill | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £38,615 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Volunteer it Yourself | Volunteer it Yourself | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £46,350 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Workbridge (St Andrew's Healthcare) | Pathways to Success: Skills and Wellbeing Program | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £60,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | YMCA Northamptonshire | Fundraising and Communications Manager | Skills for Communities grant scheme | £41,851 |
| Year awarded | Recipient | Purpose | Grant Scheme | Grant award £ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 2025 | Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (in partnership with Daventry Volunteer Centre and South Northants Volunteer Bureau) | Local Infrastructure Organisation Support Fund - Local Priorities: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Local Infrastructure Organisation Support Fund | £260,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Ability CIC | Freedom - Rural Transport Capital: 2024/25 | Community Transport Grant | £437,181 |
| 2024 to 2025 | CommMiniBus Ltd | Community Transport Service in WNC - Capital: 2024/25 | Community Transport Grant | £110,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Ability CIC | Freedom - Rural Transport Revenue: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £40,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Cogenhoe & Whiston Parish Council | Village Hopper Community Transport Scheme: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £26,113.50 |
| 2024 to 2025 | CommMiniBus Ltd | Community Transport Service in WNC - revenue: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £20,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Daventry Area Community Transport (DACT) | Daventry Area Community Transport (DACT): 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £120,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | TADD (Towcester Area Door to Door) | Existing services and expansion for residents we carry: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £40,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | South Northants Volunteer Bureau | Brackley Volunteer Car Service: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £28,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Voluntary Impact Northamptonshire (VIN) Northampton | Community Transport: 2024/25 and 2025/26 | Community Transport Grant | £130,000 |
| 2024 to 2025 | Home-Start Northampton | Social Action for Ukrainian Families | Creation Of New Volunteering Opportunities through Social Action Projects Grant (resettlement) | £7,500 |
| 2024 to 2025 | 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 to 2025 | 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 |
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 your contact details to be added to the email notification list when the next suitable funding round opens, please complete the form below:
Last updated 22 July 2024