East Suffolk Council

Warm Welcomes grant scheme

Grants of up to £3,000 are available through the Warm Welcome grant scheme. This scheme aims to fund ‘Warm Welcomes’, which are to provide somewhere safe, warm and welcoming for people who may be struggling to meet the cost of living, socialise and connect with others and access additional information, advice and support from local partners. The Warm Welcomes seek to be warm not just in the temperature of the room, but also the spirit behind it. East Suffolk Council would ideally like to hear from groups and organisations capable of operating a venue for at least eight hours a week, offering something additional to their community this winter, such as support around the cost of living and inequalities, access to free or reduced-cost food, activities to reduce social isolation, improved wellbeing and a warm community welcome.

The grant application window for Warm Welcomes opened on Monday 2 September and closes on Monday 30 September with panel in mid-October enabling Warm Welcomes to start in early November.

Guidance and application form are on this page. If you would like to access funding through the Warm Welcome grant, please read the guidance carefully when it is published and then complete the application form. Once completed and signed (an electronic signature is fine) please email your completed application to grants@eastsuffolk.gov.uk.

For more information about the Warm Welcomes grant scheme, email communities@eastsuffolk.gov.uk.

Please note that any application received before 2 September will not be accepted or processed.

Warm Welcomes grant scheme guidance

Warm Welcomes grant scheme application form