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Gedling Borough Council

Community grants (Members' Pots)

Gedling Borough Council's community grants come from each borough councillor's own budget ('Members' Pots'): every councillor has £1,000 a year to award to local community groups and activities in their ward, and the councillors decide whether grants are approved and how much is given. The minimum award is £200. In 2024/25 there were 217 awards averaging about £290. The scheme was nearly replaced by a bid-based fund, but on 31 March 2026 the council decided to keep it for 2026/27 with the new £200 minimum.

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You could get
From £200
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Local community groups and organisations in Gedling borough, backed by their local ward councillor
  • The application form asks for the organisation's name, address and contact, plus a charity registration number if registered, so unregistered groups can also apply
  • No income limits or governance requirements are published

What it funds

  • Support for local community groups and activities in Gedling borough, at the discretion of the ward councillor
  • No published criteria or outcomes: the council describes awards as discretionary, with no defined outcomes

What it will not fund

Awards under £200

How to apply

  1. Find out who your local Gedling Borough ward councillor is (https://democracy.gedling.gov.uk/mgMemberIndex.aspx?bcr=1)
  2. Complete the online Community Grants Application Form (https://apps.gedling.gov.uk/forms/default.aspx?formid=155), naming your ward councillor
  3. Your councillor decides whether to approve the grant and how much to give

Each councillor has £1,000 for the whole year, so early in the financial year (from April) there is more left to award

Details of past spending on community grants are on the council's open data finance page

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