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Leeds City Council

Community Committee Wellbeing Fund and Youth Activity Fund

Leeds City Council's eight community committees each receive a yearly Wellbeing Fund and Youth Activity Fund, which they award as grants to local community projects and youth activities that meet the committee's local priorities. The Wellbeing Fund supports the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the committee area, and the Youth Activity Fund pays for activities for children and young people aged 8 to 17. There are small grants of up to £1,000 per ward and large grants of over £1,000 per ward. The committees made 350 grants totalling over £1.2 million in 2024/25.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £1,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Voluntary, community or faith organisations; charities; commercial organisations operating on a non-profit basis; and council services, running projects that benefit a Leeds community committee area (each committee covers 4-5 of Leeds' 33 wards: Inner East, Inner North, Inner South West, Outer East, Outer South, Outer West, Outer North East and Outer North West)
  • A council finance report says Wellbeing Fund applicants must show appropriate management arrangements and financial controls, have relevant policies such as safeguarding and equal opportunities, and be unable to cover the project costs from other funds
  • The council asks applicants to contact the community committee support team to check eligibility

What it funds

  • Wellbeing Fund: projects supporting the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the community committee area and meeting the priorities in the committee's forward plan, for example community events, environmental improvements, crime prevention initiatives, or opportunities for sport and healthy activities for all ages (committees hold revenue and capital budgets)
  • Youth Activity Fund: activities for children and young people aged 8 to 17 in the committee area

Small grants are up to £1,000 per ward; large grants are over £1,000 per ward.

Projects must be good value for money and be open to everyone irrespective of religion, gender, marital status, race, ethnic origin, age, sexual orientation or disability.

What it will not fund

  • An organisation's regular business running costs
  • Projects promoting political or religious viewpoints to the exclusion of others
  • Projects that directly result in the business interests of any members of the organisation making a profit
  • Retrospective funding: activities completed or items purchased before the application is approved
  • Costs the group can cover from other funds

How to apply

  1. Check your local community committee's priorities (its forward plan) on the Democracy Leeds website
  2. Contact the community committee support team (communitycommitteefunding@leeds.gov.uk, 0113 378 5808) to check eligibility and get an application form
  3. Discuss the request with the relevant ward councillors
  4. Submit the completed application form before the activity takes place or items are bought
  5. The application is decided at a community committee meeting, or by delegated decision between meetings after consulting ward members

A July 2024 committee finance report says completed applications need to arrive at least five weeks before a Community Committee meeting.

Unsuccessful applicants can ask for further discussion and feedback.

Have ready

  • Completed application form

Where possible, three quotes for any works planned (per a 2024 committee finance report).

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