£30k funding available to boost community pride projects

The funding is available to support communally owned projects that will build up community pride and enable local groups to improve their neighbourhoods.

There are two pots of funding:

Up to £30,000 will be made available via community pride grants to match-fund community-led projects, up to the value of £3,000 which meet at least one of the following themes: 

• Bring people together, connecting people to foster new relationships and celebrating our culture and diverse communities
• Help to improve the biodiversity of Cheltenham’s green spaces and natural environment
• Help make Cheltenham a place where all our children and young people have the opportunity to thrive
• Enable neighbourhood hubs and spaces to be used to engage and support young people
• Promote and support physical and mental well-being, in celebration of the 2024 Olympics

Up to £4,000 will also be made available via community-building grants to community and voluntary sector groups to run small-scale projects, events and activities to help them support the well-being of their neighbourhood, up to the value of £300.

Tracey Birkinshaw, director of community and economic development said: “We hope that the community pride fund will once again be able to help and support a range of exciting and valuable community projects and events across the borough that take place this year.” 

The closing date for applications to the community pride grant is 5pm on Thursday 20 June 2024.

The application guidelines and online application form can be found at www.cheltenham.gov.uk/communitypride

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