Enabling Communities Budgets

A total of £412,500 has been allocated from New Homes Bonus (funding generated through new houses built in the district) for 2019/20. This gives each of the 55 elected members of East Suffolk Council a £7,500 Enabling Communities Budget (ECB) to spend on community projects or to develop new projects in their ward to tackle local need.

If you are a community group interested in receiving ECB funding, please contact your district councillor to discuss your project idea. The application form should be completed and signed by your group. Once complete, the application should then be sent to your councillor for them to approve.

Your councillor will then submit your application to our Funding Team.

• Enabling Communities scheme guidance
• Enabling Communities application form - Adobe PDF format
• Enabling Communities application form - Microsoft Word format

Publicity

East Suffolk Council is keen to promote how its funding is used as it stimulates other projects in the district and encourages future applications. Please acknowledge East Suffolk Council funding support in all relevant project publicity and use the council’s logo to promote our support.