Applications are open and can be submitted at anytime.
Councillor Grants are provided by Tamworth Borough Council and administered by the Community Foundation for Staffordshire.
Funding is available for projects that will further Tamworth Borough Council’s aims and actively support the local community to enjoy a better quality of life.
The total value of the fund is £15,000 per year.
Grants of between £250 and £1,500 are available per project.
Each ward Councillor has a budget of £500 to support projects that benefit their ward. More than one councillor can be approached (either from a single ward or across different wards) to combine their budgets in support of a project which will benefit the residents of the ward(s).
An organisation can submit more than one application in a financial year, provided each application is for a different/separate project.
Match funding is not a requirement, but if the total project cost is more than the amount being applied for, details of any other sources of income (e.g., grants, fundraising, membership subs etc.) must be provided.
Who Can Apply
Grants are available to the following constituted organisations:
- Voluntary and community groups.
- Charities.
- Not-for-profit organisations.
- Faith groups (provided the activities being offered are open to all and demonstrate a wide community benefit).
To be eligible to apply groups/organisations must:
- Have a bank account (with at least two unrelated signatories).
- Have an equal opportunities policy.
- Have the required safeguarding policies.
- Be inclusive and allow access to, or use/participation by, the general public.
Eligible Expenditure
To be eligible for funding projects must meet at least one of the following criteria:
- Assist with cost of living challenges.
- Help tackle the causes of inequality in local communities.
- Reduce social isolation.
- Help develop and safeguard the environment and open spaces.
- Increase opportunities to participate in arts, heritage and/or sports activities.
- Increase volunteering and civic pride.
- Help tackle causes and effects of poverty and financial hardship.
- Promote and develop community cohesion.
- Provide social support over the festive period.
Grants are available for:
- General running costs (excluding salaries, but project specific sessional worker costs can be funded).
- Provision of equipment (e.g., IT equipment, craft materials or furniture).
- Costs of community events/activities.
- Specific project costs (e.g., school holiday youth projects, playschemes, coffee mornings, gardening groups).
Small capital projects will only be considered if they can demonstrate wider-community benefit and need (e.g., increase uptake of services, activities, and venue hire by the general public, charities, voluntary and community organisations and other support agencies).
Relevant permissions (e.g., planning permission, landlord consent, landowner consent) must be obtained prior to applying.
How To Apply
Applications are open and can be submitted at anytime. There is no set deadline, applications will close when all the councillor funding has been awarded.
Organisations must initially discuss their project proposal with the relevant ward councillor(s) prior to submitting an application.
An application form is available from the Community Foundation for Staffordshire website
Completed applications will be reviewed by the Portfolio Holder for Environmental Health and Community Partnerships and the Assistant Director Partnerships in consultation with Assistant Director Environment, Culture and Well-being.
Contact the Community Foundation for any further information and Apply Online