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East Staffordshire Borough Council

Community Regeneration Fund

East Staffordshire Borough Council's capital grants of £1,000 to £10,000 for community groups, charities and social enterprises to improve and regenerate publicly accessible community spaces in East Staffordshire. The fund focuses on capital projects that help address or reduce health inequalities, deprivation or crime, with priority for wards with recognised health inequalities, the most deprived 20% of areas and Community Safety Plan priorities. At least 20% of the project cost must come from elsewhere, the local ward councillor must support the bid, and the 2026/27 scheme (a £100,000 pot) closes on 4 January 2027 or sooner if the money runs out.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £10,000
Deadline
78 days left
4 January
Effort
Heavy
budgets, references, often several stages

Who can apply

  • Local community groups, charities and social enterprises delivering a project in East Staffordshire
  • Businesses that operate for profit are not generally eligible, but applications that clearly show public benefit are considered case by case
  • Parish and town councils cannot apply
  • The project must have public access and wide community benefit, and the local ward councillor must support it (in multi-member wards at least one councillor must support it and all must be consulted)
  • At least 20% of the total project cost must come from other sources or the applicant, and all match funding must be secured before the final stage
  • Priority goes to wards with recognised health inequalities, areas in the most deprived 20% nationally, and priority themes or wards in the East Staffordshire Community Safety Plan; grants are competitive but allocated first come, first served

What it funds

One-off capital projects (fixed assets) that improve and regenerate a local, publicly accessible community space and help address or reduce health inequalities, deprivation or crime, for example:

  • Community gardens
  • Community woodlands
  • Heritage boards
  • Public art
  • Sport and recreation spaces
  • Enhancing land owned by a parish or town council, where a community group applies (for example a sports club working in partnership with the council)

What it will not fund

  • Repairs and ongoing maintenance to community buildings
  • Running costs of community buildings (e.g. heating, lighting)
  • Anything which is, or may appear to be, party political in intention, use or presentation
  • Any predominantly religious activity (religious organisations may bid for non-religious activity)
  • Village/Parish/Town signs and way marker signage
  • Burton town centre projects
  • Projects on private land which are not publicly accessible
  • Retrospective funding
  • Salary costs and volunteer expenses
  • VAT costs (applicant match funding can pay VAT)
  • Projects a local council of any tier has a statutory duty to provide
  • Projects with a total value over £100,000, other than by exception
  • Applications from parish and town councils

How to apply

  1. Contact the council's Social Regeneration Officer to talk through your project
  2. Stage 1: submit the online expression of interest form, including confirmation of ward councillor support; it goes to the next monthly panel and you hear by email within three working days
  3. Stage 2: if successful, present your project to the cross-party panel (in person or via Zoom); you hear within three working days whether it is approved in principle or refused
  4. Stage 3: if approved in principle, complete the final stage application with match funding evidence, quotes and permissions; the panel decides at a monthly meeting
  5. Sign the grant agreement and confirm a start date; the grant is then paid by BACS

the panel considers a maximum of four applications a month, and its decision is final

after completion you must return a monitoring form and photographs within three months of payment and allow site visits

Have ready

  • Evidence of ward councillor support (with the expression of interest)
  • Evidence that all match funding is secured (final stage)
  • Quotes: one written quote up to £3,000, three written quotes from £3,001 to £50,000, a tender to at least three suppliers above £50,000
  • Planning and/or Building Regulations consent where needed
  • A Third Party consent form signed by the landowner if you do not own the building or land

the final stage application's checklist lists all other supporting information; suitable policies must be in place

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