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High Peak Borough Council

Towns and Villages Regeneration Fund

High Peak Borough Council grants of £500 to £4,000 for projects that attract visitors and residents to town and village centres, such as signage, trail maps, accessibility improvements and public events. Open to parish and town councils and constituted community organisations in 17 named parishes. Applicants must raise 20-50% of the project cost elsewhere, and grants are paid in arrears.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £4,000
Closes in
13 days left
31 October
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Parish and town councils, and constituted voluntary and community organisations with a bank account (for example CICs, companies limited by guarantee, cooperative societies, community benefit societies and CIOs; a constituted group has a management committee, constitution and its own bank account), within these parishes: Bamford with Thornhill, Castleton, Chapel-en-le-Frith, Charlesworth, Chinley Buxworth & Brownside, Chisworth, Derwent and Hope Woodlands, Edale, Hartington Upper Quarter, Hayfield, Hope with Aston, King Sterndale, New Mills, Peak Forest, Tintwistle, Whaley Bridge, and Wormhill and Green Fairfield
  • Applicants must raise 20-50% of the total project cost from other sources, show value for money, hold landowner's permission, planning permission and insurances, and take responsibility for ongoing maintenance

What it funds

Projects attracting visitors and residents to town and village centres; eligible projects could include:

  • Improving public (not business) display boards and signage (where the owner's permission is obtained)
  • Part-funding (50%) shop front grant schemes managed by parish and town councils
  • Production of local walking and cycling trail maps and promotion
  • Improvements to the accessibility of high streets and visitor attractions for disabled visitors and residents
  • Small scale environmental tidy ups of public green spaces
  • Part funding (50%) creative and heritage events accessible to the public

What it will not fund

Business (rather than public) display boards and signage

How to apply

  1. Read the 2026/27 guidance notes
  2. Complete the online application form by midnight on 31 October, uploading the documents listed
  3. Regeneration officers review it and may ask for more information for due diligence
  4. The Deputy Leader & Executive Councillor for Regeneration, Tourism and Leisure decides which projects to fund
  5. Sign the grant funding agreement; the grant is paid after the project is complete and evidence of payment is submitted

for a paper form email regeneration@highpeak.gov.uk; questions on eligibility or deadlines to joanne.brooks@highpeak.gov.uk

Have ready

  • 2 written quotes for project cost below £5,000, or 3 for £5,000 or above (or an explanation why this should be waived)
  • A recent bank statement showing account name, sort code and account number (no transactions or balances needed)
  • A copy of your organisation's public liability insurance
  • Photographs of the current condition of the proposed project or area

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