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Burbo Bank Extension Community Fund

Ørsted's community benefit fund for the Burbo Bank Extension offshore wind farm, run by GrantScape, for community and environmental projects in a defined coastal strip of North Wales, Wirral and Sefton on the Irish Sea. Small grants of £500 to £5,000 need no match funding; main grants of £5,001 to £20,000 need at least 20% match funding. Projects can cost no more than £250,000 in total, and revenue projects can run for up to two years. There are two rounds a year; the next closes on 31 March 2027.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£500 – £20,000
Deadline
164 days left
31 March
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Voluntary and community groups, local and national charities, parish, community and town councils, local authorities applying on behalf of a community organisation, and social enterprises and CICs operating on a non-profit-distributing basis (these need at least three unrelated directors not living at the same address)
  • All applicants need a written constitution, set of rules or governing document and a bank or building society account in the organisation's name
  • The project must be located in, and benefit people in, the fund's mapped area of benefit: a coastal strip of North Wales from Towyn and Kinmel Bay through Rhyl, Prestatyn and Rhuddlan to Talacre (Conwy, Denbighshire and Flintshire), the north Wirral coast from West Kirby and Hoylake to Wallasey, and the Sefton coast from Formby and Hightown to Crosby, Bootle and Seaforth, running into Liverpool's northern docklands; the area also includes the tidal zones in line with these and the Dee and Mersey estuaries
  • Use GrantScape's interactive map to check a postcode, and call GrantScape if unsure
  • National charities and groups based outside the area must show local partnership working
  • Organisations can submit only one application per deadline; unsuccessful applicants must skip a deadline before reapplying, and successful ones must finish their project and skip a deadline (nature conservation projects are exempt)

What it funds

  • Community building provision and improvements (i.e. village halls and community centres)
  • Environmental and wildlife projects, including projects that create and enhance parks and open spaces
  • Marine and coastal improvement projects
  • Social and community enterprise initiatives
  • Any other new or existing community project for the benefit of local residents in the funding area that is not excluded

both revenue and capital costs can be included in one application; revenue funding can cover up to two years.

What it will not fund

  • Commercial organisations
  • Works considered a statutory responsibility, such as scheduled transport services, works to public highways and public car parks
  • Projects that are religious in focus, support a party political campaign or cause, or may bring the Fund into disrepute
  • Projects located at religious buildings (unless clearly for the benefit of the wider community, e.g. a church hall available to the public)
  • Schools and educational establishments (unless the project is delivered by a separate body for wider community benefit)
  • Private membership-based sports clubs and facilities (unless membership is open to the public without undue restriction)
  • General maintenance or replacement of equipment or consumables for sports clubs
  • Projects that only benefit individuals
  • Retrospective funding (works or spending before the funding decision and grant contract)
  • Vehicles (unless for a community transport scheme or service)
  • Public conveniences
  • Land and building purchase
  • One-off community events such as summer fetes and fairs, or seasonal projects such as Christmas lighting or community bonfires
  • Stand-alone feasibility and project development costs, including planning costs
  • Costs associated with asset transfers from local authorities
  • Arts projects / public art (e.g. memorials, statues and sculptures) without clear community benefit
  • Day trips and residential trips
  • Projects with a total cost above £250,000

How to apply

  1. Check on GrantScape's interactive map that your project is inside the area of benefit, and read the full criteria and FAQs
  2. Download the Application Form Questions and Guidance and plan your answers
  3. Register on GrantScape's online system and complete the application form, saving drafts as you go
  4. Submit the application by the closing date (31 March 2027, midnight) and receive an emailed acknowledgement with a PDF of your form
  5. A GrantScape Grant Officer checks eligibility; eligible applications go to the Community Advisory Group, whose recommendations go to GrantScape's Board of Trustees for final decisions

late applications roll into the next round (22 September 2027). Grants are usually paid on evidence of spending; allow at least a month from the decision date before your project starts.

Have ready

  • Copy of your current constitution, set of rules or governing document (not needed for local authorities or town and parish councils; churches provide a mission statement)

no other supporting documents (quotes, planning permission, evidence of consultation) are needed at application, though quotes may become a grant condition.

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