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Vale of Glamorgan Council offering the Strong Communities Grant Fund 

The Strong Communities Grant Fund will offer grants to Community Groups, the Voluntary Sector, and Town and Community Councils towards the cost of initiatives within the Vale of Glamorgan which help to support the Council’s vision of “strong communities with a bright future”.

  

The Strong Communities Grant is now closed to applications. 

 

Shared Prosperity Fund and Strong Communities Grant Briefing

GVS, in partnership with the Vale of Glamorgan Council, has arranged a Zoom session to explore and discuss two important funding opportunities available to third sector organisations in the Vale. 

 

The funds are the Shared Prosperity Fund and the Strong Communities Grant. The session will be attended by Nicola Sumner Smith and Helen Blackmore who will provide an overview of each one, including an outline of the funding criteria.

 

The session is free to attend and will be held on Zoom on 5th April at 10.00am.  To sign up please register through Eventbrite using the following link:

 

Shared Prosperity Fund and Strong Communities Grant Briefing

 

 

The Strong Communities Grant Fund totals £837,533 over five years until March 2025. There is no minimum grant and the maximum grant that will be offered is £25,000.  Projects exceeding £25,000 should look at the Shared Prosperity Fund. 

 

Value for money is a key assessment factor for all applications as we expect demand to be high. Anyone considering making an application should email the Strong Communities Grant team at scgfapplications@valeofglamorgan.gov.uk so that eligibility can be assessed at an early stage. If eligible, applicants will be provided with a Strong Communities Grant application form to complete and submit.

 

The fund aims to: 

  • Improve the resilience of organisations/groups or their activities by funding activities which add value to their current work and reduce their reliance on grant funding in the future.
  • Provide seed corn funding towards initiatives that can demonstrate longer term sustainability.
  • Undertake consultation, feasibility, design and other specialist work to develop proposals for future activity and funding bids.
  • Meet the capital costs of schemes by purchasing plant, machinery, equipment or other assets.
  • Undertake work that would enable services to be provided, for example, through increased income generation potential.
  • Open up Section 106 funding to specific communities where developments have taken place. Funding for facilities and open space projects in specific areas will be announced when each round is opened for applications.         

  • Encourage projects that include innovative ways of addressing climate change.

 

Strong Communities Grant Fund Guidance 

  

Strong Communities Grant Fund Progress Report

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The Strong Communities Guidance contains more details about the fund, the application process and assessment criteria.  It also includes a series of case studies that give examples of eligible projects.  Take a look at our latest Progress Report for a full account of the range of organisations and projects supported through the Strong Communities Grant Fund.   

 

Need help, or want to request an application form?

To get advice or check your eligibility for this grant programme, please contact our Strong Communities Team with your idea:

 

 

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