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East Coast Community Fund

Ørsted's community fund for its Hornsea 1 and Race Bank offshore wind farms, run by GrantScape, for community and environmental projects in a coastal strip of the East Riding of Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, from Bridlington down to the Wash. Small grants of £1,000 to £10,000 need no match funding; main grants of £10,001 to £50,000 need at least 20%. Capital and revenue costs can go in one application, and revenue can be funded for up to two years. There are two rounds a year; the next closes on 3 February 2027. A separate East Coast Skills Fund has its own criteria and dates.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
£1,000 – £50,000
Deadline
108 days left
3 February
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Voluntary and community groups and charities, parish and town councils, local authorities working with community organisations on community-led projects, 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 communities within, the mapped area of benefit: roughly a 5km coastal buffer from Bridlington to the Wash (widened to 7km between north Immingham and the Hornsea 1 landfall), covering parts of East Riding of Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, West Lindsey, East Lindsey, Boston, South Holland and Fenland, plus the tidal and marine zone in line with it
  • Check your postcode on GrantScape's interactive map
  • Projects delivered partly inside the area may be funded proportionally (call GrantScape first)
  • Groups based outside the area may be asked for letters of support
  • One application per deadline; unsuccessful applicants must skip a deadline before reapplying, and successful ones must fully complete their project and skip the next deadline (nature conservation projects are exempt)

What it funds

  • Community buildings and facilities, for example capital improvement works or measures to increase energy efficiency at village halls, community centres, museums, heritage centres and community cafes
  • Community activities and services, for example projects addressing health and wellbeing, social isolation, community cohesion, access to amenities, young and old people's projects, and projects providing support for local clubs and groups
  • Environmental and public open space projects, for example parks, nature reserves, community growing schemes, and habitat/species conservation
  • Sports, recreation and play, for example playgrounds, skate parks, indoor climbing walls, sports equipment and sports field drainage projects

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

What it will not fund

  • Commercial organisations
  • Any works that are a statutory duty (such as works to public highways), or that are the legal responsibility of others to fund
  • 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 general public)
  • Schools and educational establishments (unless the application comes from a separate body and the project is for wider community benefit)
  • Private membership-based sports clubs and facilities (unless membership is open to the general public without undue restriction, including restrictive fees)
  • Sports kits and club uniforms
  • Projects that only benefit individuals
  • Retrospective funding (works or spending before the funding decision and a formal grant contract)
  • Public conveniences and public car parks
  • Allotments
  • Festivals, carnivals, music festivals, theatre productions, fairs, fetes, arts festivals, firework displays, parades, day trips, overseas travel and other similar one-off events
  • Memorials, statues, sculptures and other pieces of public art
  • Land and building purchase
  • Stand-alone feasibility studies, project development costs (including planning costs) and neighbourhood and community plans
  • Costs associated with asset transfers from local authorities (once transferred, the group running the amenity can apply)

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 by the closing date (3 February 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 Advisory Group of local councils and voluntary-sector bodies, whose recommendations go to GrantScape's Board of Trustees for final decisions

late applications roll into the next round (4 August 2027). Allow at least a month from the decision date before your project starts. Contact GrantScape if you cannot use the online form; projects on school grounds should contact GrantScape before applying.

Have ready

  • Signed copy of your current constitution, set of rules or governing document (not needed for local authorities, town or parish councils and schools; PTAs and 'Friends of' groups must provide one; churches can provide a mission statement)

no other supporting documents (quotes, planning permission, evidence of consultation) are needed at application; further documents are requested only after a provisional award.

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