Community Grants

The Council provides financial assistance for voluntary and community groups which serve the borough of Eastleigh and which reflect the Council's priorities.

The priorities are:

To promote health, prosperity and the environment
To support community development and community involvement

Priority will be given to organisations which provide services or promote self-help.

Voluntary and community groups will need to have a constitution (set of rules), a bank account in the organisation's name and a set of accounts. For help with setting up a new organisation contact Eastleigh Community Services, their details are on the Local Contacts page.

Important Note organisations should ensure that they have adequate insurance and that they carry out appropriate checks on staff and volunteers if they work with vulnerable groups. Guidelines ( word opens in new window)

If you wish to contact us for more information you can contact us via community.development@eastleigh.gov.uk or Community Development Team contact page

To apply for any of the grants listed below

Print out an application form and or guidance notes or contact us to request a paper copy.

PLEASE NOTE : A SIGNED COPY MUST BE SENT TO THE AREA CO-ORDINATION TEAM BY POST

Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and the Disability Discrimination Act

In order to ensure the Council is complying with the Race Relations (Amendment) Act 2000 and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995. We are now seeking monitoring information from organisations who apply for our grants, please could you complete a monitoring information form ( word ) and send it with your application.

Please note: The information gathered will not be part of the application process.

The information will be used to develop a profile of the organisations which apply for grant funding. You do not need to supply this information but we will be grateful if you do.

The Council grants available for community and voluntary groups are:

Community Development 'Start Up' Grants - for sums of up to £250. Grants can be applied for at any time of the year and are referred to the relevant Local Area Committee.

'Start Up' Grant Application word
'Start Up' Grants Guidance Notes word

Annual Community Grants offer sums of up to £1000 for borough-wide groups and £500 for local groups. Grants are awarded annually. Applications are sought during September and October each year for the following financial year. The relevant forms will be available on this page during that time.

Your community events can also be advertised on our website - Submit them online

Community Building Grants provide capital finance usually for building improvements or new-build projects. The availability of grants is dependent on the resources of each Local Area Committee.

It is recommended that organisation's contact the Community Development Team before completing the application forms because not all Local Area Committees have funds available

Community Building Grants Application form ( pdf opens in a new window)
Eligibility ( word opens in a new window)
Community Building Grants Guidance notes ( word opens in a new window)

Other sources of grants

Our Planning Policy Design Unit provides grants to assist owners with the repair of Listed Buildings.

For details look at planning policy`s who's who page

Our Housing Department offers advice and information about grants for heating and energy conservation in the home. For more information view their energy conservation page.

Our Sports and Recreation Department offer a limited small grants scheme to assist individuals and small organisations towards the cost of equipment and local initiatives and events for more information view their funding guide page

Our local contacts page also provides other sources of information about funding and assistance for voluntary and community groups.

If you wish to contact us for more information you can contact us via community.development@eastleigh.gov.uk

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