Grants and Funding
The Town Council has four grant programmes:
Small Grants
To support and encourage a diverse range of youth and community activities, initiatives and events that meet the needs of Stroud Parish residents. Grants between £50 and £500.
Community Support Fund
To help groups and organisations that work to strengthen Stroud's community. Grants between £500 and £3,000.
Arts and Culture Fund
To support public events and projects that will benefit people in Stroud parish through art and cultural activity. Grants between £500 and £5,000 (normally no more than £3,000).
Carbon Reduction Fund
To provide funding towards projects where a primary aim is to reduce CO2 emissions from households, organisations or individuals in Stroud. The total funding available is £5000. Although a limit per grant has not been set it is hoped that we will be able to fund several projects from this fund.
As our grant funds are often oversubscribed, we recommend that applicants explore as many other funding opportunities as possible, to ensure that we can support as many groups and projects as possible. We recommend that you look at the comprehensive list of grant funding available in Gloucestershire published on the Gloucestershire VCS Alliance website, where you can also sign up for regular updates.
If your application is for a service or event which benefits residents beyond our parish boundary, we also recommend that you approach the relevant parish councils for a share of the costs.
All of our grant programmes favour applications for support for activities that build the capacity of community groups to support themselves. In addition, the Council is keen to support projects that fight and prevent racism and xenophobia.
Applications must be received no later than 3 weeks before the relevant meeting.
Application Meeting Dates and Deadlines:
Grant Fund and Committee |
Meeting Date |
Deadline |
|---|---|---|
Carbon Reduction, Environment Committee |
14th July 2020 |
23rd June 2020 |
Carbon Reduction, Environment Committee |
15th September 2020 |
25th August 2020 |
Small, Arts & Culture and Community Support, Community Committee |
21st September 2020 |
31st August 2020 |
Carbon Reduction, Environment Committee |
17th November 2020 |
27th October 2020 |
Small, Arts & Culture and Community Support, Community Committee |
14th December 2020 |
23rd November 2020 |
Carbon Reduction, Environment Committee |
26th January 2021 |
5th January 2021 |
Small, Arts & Culture and Community Support, Community Committee |
15th March 2021 |
22nd February 2021 |
Carbon Reduction, Environment Committee |
30th March 2021 |
9th March 2021 |
Guidance and Application Forms
To support your grant application please ensure that you look at the guidance before filling in the application form:
Grants and Funding: Guidance on CO2 Reduction (PDF, 75 Kb)
Guidance on CO2 reduction for ALL Grants and Funding applications.
Grants and Funding: General Guidance and Conditions (PDF, 52 Kb)
General Guidance and Conditions for ALL Grants and Funding.
Small Grant Fund Guidance (PDF, 39 Kb)
Guidance notes for Small Grant Fund applications.
Community Support Fund Guidance (PDF, 42 Kb)
Guidance notes for Community Support Fund applications.
Arts and Culture Grant Fund Guidance (PDF, 42 Kb)
Guidance notes for Arts and Culture Grant Fund applications.
Carbon Reduction Fund Guidance (PDF, 47 Kb)
Guidance notes for Carbon Reduction Fund applications.
Grants and Funding: Grant Application Form (Word Document, 35 Kb)
Grant Application Form for ALL grants.
Ward Specific Projects
The town Council has had a 'Ward Specific Project' budget since 2011. There are six wards in the parish and for the year 2020/2021, each has up to £500 available. How this is spent is at the discretion of the Town Councillors. If you have a project which benefits your community, please contact your ward councillors.