Since 2011 Cheshire West and Chester Borough Councillors have an annual Member Budget they can put towards community projects which benefit their ward. This was originally set at £10,000 per annum by the Conservative administration, which was reduced to £5,000 in 2016 by the new Labour administration.
Full details of the Member Budget scheme and expenditure can be found here.
Where possible we prefer to help part-fund projects alongside communities or groups themselves and other funding bodies. Other potential sources of funding can be found as below, please note these sources will often have strict criteria on both what and who they can fund:
BIG Lottery Fund: Funding Finder
Cheshire Community Action: CCA Home
Cheshire Community Foundation: Grants
Cheshire West & Chester – Space Hive “crowd funding”
Rural Services Network: Funding Opportunities Digest
Heritage Lottery Fund: Heritage Fund Applications
National Churches Trust: Grants Programme
Historic Cheshire Churches Preservation Trust: Grant Applications
Listed Places of Worship Grant Scheme: Grant Scheme
Steel Charitable Trust: Grants (not for religious purposes)
Charles Hayward Foundation: Awards to Charities
Wolfson Foundation: Funding for Places capital funding
Sport England: Funding Page
Football Foundation: Football Grants
WREN (Arpley & Gowy landfill): FCC community action fund
Garfield Weston Foundation: Garfield Weston
Bright Life Fund: Funding
Rank Foundation: Pebble Grants
Armed Forces Covenant Fund inc. Veterans: Covenant Fund
Veterans Foundation: Grants
Peoples Postcode Trust (human rights / combating discrimination / poverty prevention): Postcode Grants
Postcode Community Trust (Health & well being / arts & physical recreation / reducing isolation): Community Grants
Postcode Local Trust (Green space / environment / open space access): Local Grants
Ecclesiastical insurance Movement for Good: Local Grants
Benefact Trust for projects that support the church and community: General Grants
Trusthouse Charitable Foundation: TCF Grants
Lloyds Bank Foundation: What we fund
Masonic Charitable Fund: MCF Grants
Foyle Foundation (Arts & Learning, School Libraries, Small Grants to Charities): Grants
Clothworkers Foundation: Open Grants
Tudor Trust for marginal communities: TT Grants
William & Jane Morris Fund for pre-1896 features: Church Conservation Grants
Architectural Heritage Fund for Historic Buildings: Grants
NFU Mutual Charitable Trust: Rural Grants
CLA Charitable Trust: Helping Disabled & Disadvantaged visit & learn about the Countryside
Motablity: Charitable Grants for Disabled Individuals, Charities & Organisations
BBC “Children in Need”: Apply for a grant
Blue Spark Foundation for Children & Young People: BSF Grants
Family Fund Trust for Families with Disabled or seriously ill Children: Family Fund
Variety: The Children’s Charity: Variety Grants
Toy Trust: Toy Industry Charity helping Children's Charities
Alan Dickson Trust for young volunteers: AD Grants
Bernard Sunley Foundation: Community, Education, Health or Social Welfare Grants
Austin and Hope Pilkington Trust: AHP Grants
Ford Britain Trust – Ford Grants
Groundwork – Community Spirit: Community Grants
Arts Council England: Arts & Culture Grants
LBGT+ Futures: Equity Fund
Yapp Charitable Trust for running costs of charities: Yapp Grants
Esmee Fairburn Foundation for grants to existing charities: EFF Grants
Power to Change: Support for Community Business: PtC Grants
Calor Gas: Rural Community Fund
ACRE Village Hall Improvement Fund: Grants
ASDA Foundation: Grants
CoOp Local Community Fund: Grants
Morrisons Foundation: Grants
Tesco Bags of Help: Community Grants
Waitrose Community Matters: Funding
The Prince’s Countryside Fund: Grants
Independent Age for older peoples projects : Grants
Warburtons Community Grants (up to £400): Small Grants
Zurich Community Trust “time and money” business skills : Grant Programmes
Virgin Money Foundation - Young Change Makers
Music for All – Individual & Community: Grants
Youth Music Network – Youth Music Funding
Theatres Trust - Grants & Funding for Theatres
Armed Forces Covenant Fund Trust - Grant Programmes (veterans, families & carers)
War Memorials Trust (existing only): Grants
(Factsheet on New War Memorials)
UK Community Foundations - Local Foundation Finder
London Hearts - Defibrillator Charity
Directory of Social Change (Subscription service): Funds Online search
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