Community Grants for 2024/25
Climate Action Fund – closed
Vale of White Horse District Council’s Climate Action Fund is to support local projects that help to tackle climate change. We have a budget of £100,000 in 2024/25 and up to £10,000 is available for individual projects. Whether you are already involved in a local group or simply looking to start taking climate action, we’d love to hear from you.
Partnership Grant 2024/25 to 2028/29 – closed
Are you a locally based information and advice organisation helping people in the areas of debt, employment, finance, housing, energy, family, law and courts, immigration and health?
We have a budget of £154,920 in 2024/25 and, under this new scheme, can offer revenue funding that extends for up to five years.
If you would like further information about the grants awarded or completed, or other funding opportunities please contact the Grants team on grants@southandvale.gov.uk
You can find out more about the (non-Covid related) grants awarded up to October 2024 in the download below
White Horse Community Lottery
White Horse Community Lottery is a weekly lottery that raises money for good causes. From every £1 ticket sold, 60p will go to local good causes in Vale of White Horse working to benefit our communities.
Voluntary and charitable groups who operate in the district are invited to join and start benefiting from being part of the scheme. What’s more, it’s free for organisations to get involved!
You can find out more on the lottery website.
Other types of council and partnership funding
- Disabled Facilities Grants – funding for home adaptations (please contact the Disabled Facilities Grant team on 01235 422436 for more information)
- South and Vale Business Support – funding for businesses or information about other available support
- Business rates relief – how to apply for a reduction in your business rates (please email business.support@southandvale.gov.uk)
- Energy saving grants – helping you make your home more energy-efficient
- Home improvement loans – support for changes to your home
- We work with Oxfordshire Community and Voluntary Action (OCVA), who support voluntary and community organisations in throughout the county. They offer all kinds of advice, including sources of funding and getting fit to fund.
External Funding Opportunities
- SNG #iwill Fund 2.0 – Wellbeing Champions Programme Grants – Grants of up to £10,000 are available for local organisations, to deliver a Wellbeing Champions Programme. This focuses on upskilling at least 15 young people to become Wellbeing Champions; facilitating the space for them to plan and lead on a youth social action project focused on mental health and wellbeing. Applications for this round of funding close at midnight on Wednesday 9 October 2024. For more information, visit the SNG website (formerly Sovereign).
- Community Ownership Fund – Government funding to help communities take ownership of community assets at risk of closure. Detailed funding guidance, eligibility criteria and expression of interest form is via the Government website Further information can be found online via the My Community Website.
- Smokefree Oxon – The Public Health team at Oxfordshire County Council have launched a Smokefree Community Fund in which voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations (e.g, district and parish councils, charities, schools, leisure centres, community groups, etc.) can apply for funding between £150-£1000 to create smoke-free spaces or hold smoke-free events. If you would like to apply for this funding, please email smokefreeoxon@oxfordshire.gov.uk to begin the application process.
How we use your data and why
Please read more about how we may use your information and your rights, including those about accessing your records, by downloading our Community Enablement team’s Privacy Notice
Contact us - Community grants
01235 422405
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Vale of White Horse District Council
Abbey House
Abbey Close
Abingdon
OX14 3JE