East Suffolk Council
Community Partnership Small Grant Scheme
East Suffolk Community Partnership's funding schemes help community groups and organisations within the local area.
A number of the East Suffolk Community Partnerships have funding schemes to help community groups and organisations within the local area.
Aldeburgh, Leiston, Saxmundham and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership
The Aldeburgh, Leiston, Saxmundham and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership has launched a Small Grant Scheme which is available to voluntary and community groups within the local area.
The scheme is aimed at tackling the priorities set by the Partnership, which includes encouraging and enabling everyone to be more physically active and healthy, reducing social isolation and loneliness and improving education, opportunities and aspirations for young people.
Funding is available for projects which addresses these priorities and can include activities that can help individuals, groups and families or benefit the wider community, either as a one off or as a series of activities/events, purchasing equipment to support community activity and targeted projects which addresses specific needs linked to the priorities set by the Partnership.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.
Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership
The Beccles, Bungay, Halesworth and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership launched its Small Grant Scheme in November last year and has now confirmed that a second round will open on 10 May to enable local voluntary and community groups to apply for much-needed funding.
The scheme is aimed at tackling priorities set by the partnership in local areas, including developing active and sustainable transport solutions and/or community transport, tackling social isolation and loneliness, improving physical and mental health and wellbeing and enabling people to live healthy.
Funding will be available for projects which address these priorities and can include activities that can help individuals, groups and families or benefit the wider community, either as a one off or as a series of activities/events, purchasing equipment to support community activity and targeted projects which addresses specific needs linked to the priorities set by the partnership.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.
Carlton Colville, Kessingland, Southwold and Surrounding Villages Community Partnership
The scheme is aimed at tackling social isolation and loneliness and improving the services available to young people, two of the priorities identified by the Partnership and may support groups and organisations who will be facing challenges post lockdown.
Funding will be available for projects which addresses these and can include activities that can help individuals, groups and families or benefit the wider community, either as a one off or as a series of activities/events, purchasing equipment to support community activity and targeted projects which addresses specific needs linked to the priorities set by the Partnership.
The scheme is open for applications from 10 January until 7 February 2022, offering grants of up to £1,500.
Before applying, please check that your project/service is within the community partnership area.
Where possible, please complete the Word version of the application form and return it as a ‘Word’ copy, not as a pdf. Thank you.
- Small grant funding and criteria guidance
- Small grant application form - Microsoft Word format | Adobe PDF format
Felixstowe Peninsula Community Partnership
The Felixstowe Peninsula Community Partnership has launched a Small Grant Scheme which is available to voluntary and community groups within the local area.
The grant is aiming to tackle the priorities for the local area, as set by the partnership which includes Isolation and Loneliness, Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing, Physical Health, Financial Hardship and Educational attainment. The anticipated type of projects will deliver activities to help groups of individuals and families that will benefit the wider community.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.
Framlingham, Wickham Market and Villages Community Partnership
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking!
Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, Martlesham, Carlford and Fynn Valley Community Partnership
The Kesgrave, Rushmere St Andrew, Martlesham, Carlford and Fynn Valley Community Partnership have today announced the launch of a new funding scheme, which is aimed at enabling environmental care within the local community.
Local groups can apply for funding through the scheme for environmental projects, which will benefit the lives of local people and the local environment.
This can include school projects, purchasing of equipment, planting of trees/plants or other activities. The Partnership is also interested in new approaches and innovative ideas as well as sustainable approaches to supporting the local environment.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.
Lowestoft and Northern Parishes Community Partnership
The Lowestoft and Northern Parishes Community Partnership has announced the launch of its second small grant scheme which offers funding to voluntary and community groups within the Partnership area. Applications will open next month.
Funding will be available for groups who are providing services which address the Community Partnership’s priorities. These include tackling social isolation, improving mental health and wellbeing to enable people to live happy and healthy lives and improving the health of primary school children by addressing childhood obesity.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.
Melton, Woodbridge and Deben Peninsula Community Partnership
The Youth Engagement Grant Scheme offers funding to projects aimed at improving the opportunities and services available to young people. This could include providing new activities centred around life skills, fun or leisure or improving or creating new outdoor spaces or play equipment.
The Village Hubs Grant Scheme offers funding to projects aimed at creating or improving village hubs to the benefit of the wider community. This could include assistance in making premises in the area fit for use as a community hub or supporting mobile services in bringing provisions to a village.
Currently closed for applications but a new round may be announced soon – please keep checking.