Organisations seeking funding from sources other than NHDC can contact the Council's Community Engagement Officer for their geographical area.
Baldock: Ashley Hawkins
Tel: 01462 474225 or email: ashley.hawkins@north-herts.gov.uk
Hitchin: Katie Staddon
Tel: 01462 474220 or email katie.staddon@north-herts.gov.uk
Letchworth: Lea Ellis
Tel: 01462 474830 or email lea.ellis@north-herts.gov.uk
Royston: Ashley Hawkins
Tel: 01462 474225 or email: ashley.hawkins@north-herts.gov.uk
Southern Rural Area: Claire Morgan
Tel: 01462 474226 or email: claire.morgan@north-herts.gov.uk
County councillors' locality budgets
Each councillor gets £10,000 a year to spend on local projects that promote the social, economic or environmental wellbeing of their local area.
Grants can be given for anything, as long as it's legal and doesn't go against a county council policy.
Councillors have given grants before for:
- Non-profit community events
- Crime prevention
- Health
- Education
Visit the county council website for more information.
Other funding sources
- North Herts Centre for Voluntary Service hosts a Grant Finder search engine, which matches projects to funders whose policies are most likely to fit the project. Contact Anne Taylor Tel: 01462 689403 or e-mail fundingadvice@nhcvs.org.uk
- You can sign up to the IDOX newsletter which will send you weekly updates of available funding sources
- Grants Online have a free monthly newsletter noting current funding opportunities. There is no need to subscribe and pay, simply click the link, scroll to the bottom of the page and click 'Subsribe to our newletter'
- The GrantsHub website is very useful