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Lichfield District Council / Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire

Lichfield District Council Councillors' Community Fund

Small grants of £50 to £300 that each Lichfield District councillor can award to grassroots projects in their ward, run by the Community Foundation for Staffordshire & Shropshire. Groups can apply to several councillors for a project that crosses wards, up to £900 in total. You must speak to your councillor before applying. Applications are considered as they arrive until 30 November 2026 or until funds run out.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£50 – £900
Deadline
43 days left
30 November
Effort
Light
short form, little evidence needed

Who can apply

  • Voluntary and community groups, charities, schools and PTAs, and not-for-profit organisations working in Lichfield District, with annual income of £1m or less
  • Non-constituted groups can apply with a mission statement
  • Each Lichfield District councillor has £300 a year for projects in their ward; a group can apply to more than one councillor in a ward, or to councillors in several wards if the project crosses wards, up to £900 in total

What it funds

Projects that meet one of these aims:

  • Provide local solutions to local needs
  • A one-off event that will benefit the local community and support community resilience
  • A current project or activity that needs a small amount of support to continue or grow
  • A piece of equipment or capital item (equipment, materials etc.)
  • A new project or activity that needs some funding to get going
  • A project that stimulates new community activity, such as setting up new local community events and clubs
  • Eligible costs: general running costs (excluding salaries, but project-specific sessional worker costs can be funded)
  • Provision of equipment, e.g. IT equipment, craft materials, furniture
  • Funding towards costs of community events/activities
  • Funding towards specific projects, e.g. school holiday youth project, playscheme, coffee morning, gardening group projects

What it will not fund

  • Parish councils
  • Individuals
  • Private businesses
  • Organisations able to distribute funds or assets among their members
  • Statutory organisations (excluding schools)
  • Organisations with annual income over £1m
  • Travel and subsistence costs
  • Guarantee against organisational loss
  • Projects operated on a commercial or for-profit basis
  • Organisations, projects or events which promote or condone extremist ideology, activities or terrorism
  • Religious projects or projects that promote religion (faith-based groups can apply if services are open to people of all faiths or none)
  • Party political campaigning
  • Statutory bodies or provision, including core statutory services
  • Retrospective funding, where the project has already occurred or goods were ordered or bought before approval

How to apply

  1. Contact your local councillor(s) to discuss the project before applying; they decide whether they would consider an application
  2. Once the councillor is happy to fund it, click 'Apply Now' to go to the CFSS funding portal, register or sign in, open 'Available Funding' and choose 'apply' against this programme
  3. Complete the form: organisation and lead contact (who must be able to sign contracts), the project, the need it addresses, which councillor(s) and how much, how you will measure impact, beneficiary numbers and how you will spend the grant
  4. The foundation checks the application and documents; if successful you receive a grant offer and agreement, and payment follows the signed agreement
  5. Return the End of Grant monitoring form with receipts or invoices at the end of the project

the window closes when funds are fully allocated. Help on 01785 339540.

Have ready

  • Governance document, e.g. constitution or memorandum and articles (a mission statement for new, non-constituted groups)
  • Bank statement dated within the last three months, showing account name, account number and sort code

also helpful if you have them: most recent accounts, safeguarding policy, and equity, diversity & inclusion policy. Grassroots groups without these documents should get in touch.

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