Community Funding Grants

The Council supports various groups and projects around the Borough through Community Funding Grants. This page provides details of the grants that have been awarded.

All grants are coordinated and awarded by the Department of Community and Leisure and must be used within two years of the award.

The Council uses the name of applying organisations for referencing, rather than using a reference or registration number.

Types of grant

Three types of grant are awarded by the Council.

1. Requests under £5,000 are approved by the Executive Member for Leisure and Community.

2. Requests over £5,000 are known as matched funding and will only part fund the project.  Any remaining funds required must be supplied by the applying organisation either through existing funds or fundraising.  If the request is below £15,000 it is approved by the Executive Member for Leisure and Community.  If it is over £15,000 the awards are approved by a meeting of the Executive.'

3. Requests to the Youth Activities Fund are approved by the Executive Member for Leisure and Community.  These awards are to support the provision of open access activities for young people and are considered every March. 

Grants awarded

The table below provides details of the grants recently awarded to local organisations.

Organisation	Project	Amount Granted	Date Awarded
St Paul's, Sarisbury	Refurbishment of clock tower	£2,000.00	26/11/2020
One Community	Set up of Fareham Community Lottery	£10,040.00	29/10/2020
Titchfield Allotments Association	Composting toilet	£1,800.00	10/12/2020
Stop Domestic Abuse	Replacement curtains, blinds and carpets for Fareham refuge	£4,999.00	10/05/2021
3rd Portchester Scouts	Kayaks and paddleboards	£4,999.00	26/05/2021
Locks Heath Colts Cricket Club	Additional practice tunnel	£2,244.99	13/07/2021
Abshot Community Association	Replacement floor for Main Hall	£15,000.00	20/08/2021
Youth Activities Fund
Y Services	Odyssey Youth Centre	£6,758.00	07/07/2021
Y Services	Genesis	£7,528.00	07/07/2021
Titchfield Community	Oasis	£4,480.00	07/07/2021

Please note we have been unable to release funding for 2020/2021 due to the closure of projects during the Covid restrictions.

How to apply

The page linked here provides details on how to apply for a Community Funding.

The page linked here provides details on the criteria for the Youth Activities Fund (65 KB).