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Grants & Lottery Advice
The Council provides a wide range of grants and financial assistance to properly constituted independent and not-for-profit organisations which work for the benefit of the local community and are open to all.
Such organisations may provide services to sport, recreation, the arts, the environment or play, or themselves be community based, such as town or parish councils, residents’ associations, children’s groups, e.g. playgroups, elderly persons’ associations, faith-based organisations or community enterprises.
Funding for short-term projects
The Council has several funding streams targeted at different community activities. Grants in support of short-term projects are supported by the Area Committees of Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Royston & Southern Rural. These will fund projects up to a maximum value of £1200. Application forms and supporting documentation can be found here.
Specific funding for projects and schemes in the rural parish areas can be obtained from the Parish Challenge, Parish Playground and Parish Enhancement & Cleansing Funds. The maximum award is £15,000. For further information on these funding streams, please contact Garry Gover on 01462 474674.
Funding for major capital projects
For major capital projects in the rural parish areas up to a value of £50,000, the Parish Amenity Improvement Fund (PACIF) has been established. For further information on PACIF, please contact Peter Underwood on 01438 365392. Application forms and supporting documentation can be found here.
Organisations seeking from sources other than NHDC, can contact the Council’s Community Development Officer for their geographical area, or Tim Stephen, Community Development Manager, on 01462-474386. Alternatively the North Herts Council for Voluntary Services hosts a Grant Finder search engine which matches projects to funders whose policies are most likely to fit the project. Please contact Berni Stringer on 01462 450022 or e-mail fundingadvice@nhcvs.org.uk.