North Lanarkshire Council

Community Grants Scheme

North Lanarkshire Council's Community Grants Scheme gives small, quick grants of up to £1,000 to democratically run voluntary organisations and community groups in North Lanarkshire for projects or activities that bring community benefit. It is unusually flexible: it can pay running costs, lets, equipment, social events, trips and outings, and building repairs. Applications are considered at four set points a year, and a group can apply up to three times a year as long as its total for the year stays within £1,000.

Apply on the funder’s site

You could get: Up to £1,000
Closes in: 12 days left; 30 October
Effort: Light; short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

Democratically run voluntary organisations and community groups operating in North Lanarkshire
The group must be governed by people elected or appointed by its members, and membership must be open to appropriate sections of the community (for example, a group for over-60s in a town must let anyone in that category join)
Religious organisations may apply if the project is open to all sections of the community and does not promote a particular faith or religious viewpoint
Individuals, profit-distributing organisations, private clubs (clubs without open membership), political parties and trade unions cannot apply
Applicants need a constitution, a bank account and annual financial statements

What it funds

Projects or activities that bring community benefit, including:

Equipment
Accommodation or let charges
Social events
Running costs
Trips and outings
Programme costs
Improvements and building repairs

you can apply up to three times in a financial year (1 April to 31 March), for different activities, or for the same activity if six months have passed since the last application; the total awarded to one organisation in a year must not exceed £1,000.

What it will not fund

Activities that started before the application is made
Items of equipment of a personal nature
Repairs or improvements to premises not owned by, or leased to, the organisation applying

How to apply

Complete the application form (downloadable from the council's page; it must be fully completed and signed by two people involved in running the organisation)
State which council wards will benefit from your project; applications without this are not considered
Email the form and all supporting documents, scanned or photographed, to communitygrants@northlan.gov.uk before the closing date
The council emails to confirm receipt, gives a reference number, asks for anything missing, and confirms the date your application will be considered
2026/27 closing dates and consideration dates: 1 May 2026 (considered 25 May), 7 August 2026 (31 August), 30 October 2026 (23 November), 29 January 2027 (22 February 2027)

for help with the form, contact the Grants Administration Officer for your area: Airdrie and North 07929 016753; Coatbridge 07976 947238; Bellshill, Motherwell and Wishaw 07971 174685. Activity must not start before you apply.

Have ready

Completed application form signed by two members involved in running the organisation
Constitution, signed and dated by at least two members of the Management Committee or Board
A recent bank statement
A completed bank mandate form
Most recent annual financial statement, signed and dated by the appropriate persons

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