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Winter grant scheme funding available for Warm Welcomes
Warm Welcomes grant scheme guidance	Warm Welcomes grant scheme application form
Despite the summer season, East Suffolk Council is asking communities to think ahead to winter – and how their communities could provide warm spaces for residents who need it during the colder months. Community groups, voluntary organisations, and town and parish councils are being invited to apply for 'Warm Welcomes' funding to provide somewhere safe, warm and welcoming for people who may be struggling to meet the cost of living. Depending on the size of the community, grants of up to £3,000 will be available. Part-funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the scheme aims to provide a network of venues for people to keep warm, socialise, connect with others, and have the opportunity to access additional information, advice and support from local partners. 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 closing date for applications is Friday 12 September – allowing all projects to be considered by a grant panel in time for launching by early November. For more information about the Warm Welcomes grant scheme, please email communities@eastsuffolk.gov.uk

Winter grant scheme funding available for Warm Welcomes

Warm Welcomes grant scheme application form

Despite the summer season, East Suffolk Council is asking communities to think ahead to winter – and how their communities could provide warm spaces for residents who need it during the colder months.

Community groups, voluntary organisations, and town and parish councils are being invited to apply for 'Warm Welcomes' funding to provide somewhere safe, warm and welcoming for people who may be struggling to meet the cost of living. Depending on the size of the community, grants of up to £3,000 will be available.

Part-funded through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the scheme aims to provide a network of venues for people to keep warm, socialise, connect with others, and have the opportunity to access additional information, advice and support from local partners.

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 closing date for applications is Friday 12 September – allowing all projects to be considered by a grant panel in time for launching by early November.

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

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