Councillor Priority Fund
The fund supports councillor priorities in their local areas.
We anticipate that the fund will reopen in September 2025. Applicants will need to create an account to submit their grant application form. By registering for an account, you will be able to see the status of your grant application, copies of the applications you have submitted, and be automatically notified when your application has been sent for payment.
Each county councillor has £10,000 to support local community projects in their divisions.
The application deadline will be 30 November 2026.
Paying of grants
We aim to pay all eligible grant applications within 28 days, this time may be extended if we need to contact grant applications for additional information or if we have queries about your application. All applicants are strongly encouraged to read the guidance document (pdf format, 180Kb) to ensure their project meets the funding criteria
Monitoring
Successful applicants are expected to comply fully with any monitoring requests from the council and must agree to this when signing the funding request form.
All successful applicants need to be prepared for a review of their project.
This may include:
- Receipts recording how the money was spent
- Reports on the activity funded
- Feedback from individuals impacted
- Any other record of the activity funded (e.g. promotional flyers and posters)
Successful applicants will be strongly encouraged to keep us informed about the progress of their projects. Any setbacks to the implementation of the projects should be reported to the Policy Team. The delivery of the projects will be monitored based on milestones identified in the business case/ project proposal.
Any unspent grant funding will be recovered by the county council.
Previous grant awards
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