Community projects receive grants from the council’s £1 million grant scheme

The scheme aims to strengthen working relationships between the council and its parishes and towns, and deliver projects and schemes at a local level.

To be considered, projects needed to align with at least one of the council’s priorities which are:

• Community leadership to create a sense of pride in our place
• Promoting health and wellbeing and encouraging healthy life choices
• Creating a sustainable environment to protect future generations
• Supporting businesses and residents to deliver a prosperous local economy

Harborough District Council’s Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants agreed, on 21 November 2024, to allocate a total of £66,008.31.

The projects which received funding are:

• Billesdon Parish Council - £20,000 to upgrade play park equipment in the village
• Dunton Bassett Parochial Church - £3,317.93 to purchase equipment for the newly established All Saints Church Community Space
• Dunton and Broughton Football Club - £1,490.40 to purchase and install a defibrillator
• The Marc Smith Educational Charity - £5,000 to refurbish its kitchen at the Old School House in Claybrooke Parva
• Great Bowden Residents Management Company - £14,965 to replace and upgrade litter bins, picnic tables and benches, foot bridges and install a dead hedge (a barrier constructed from cut branches, saplings and foliage)
• Ullesthorpe Village Hall - £18,772.98 to install infrared heating panels 
• Mowsley Village Hall - £2,462 to erect a storage facility for tables and chairs

Chair of the Cabinet Sub Committee for Grants and Leader of Harborough District Council, Cllr Phil Knowles, said: “I am proud we are able to allocate community grants to these deserving causes with more to come. This council stands for community and awarding this money will make a real difference to the lives of residents across Harborough district.”

For more information and to apply for the Community Grant Fund visit: www.harborough.gov.uk/communitygrants