Grants and funding for communities

Current grants

Available funding and current grants for communities. Please click on the links below to check requirements and how to apply.

Community Grants Scheme

The Community Grant Fund is a £1 million capital grant scheme for parish and town councils and parish meetings in the Harborough district. The Community Grant Fund will strengthen working relationships between the council and its parishes, towns and communities, enabling delivery of projects and initiatives at a local level across the district.

Environmental Grant Scheme

The Environmental Grant Scheme will encourage communities across the Harborough District to engage in capital projects that will have a positive and provable impact on the environment. The grant scheme is open to any constituted 'not for profit' village/community groups, community enterprises, registered charities, and town/parish councils. Applicants can apply for grants ranging from £5,000 - £20,000.

This grant window closed on 27th September 2024. Further grant windows will be published when they open.

Harborough District rural arts, creative, heritage and cultural grants

This grant scheme opened to applications from businesses and organisations providing arts, creative, heritage and cultural activities for public participation in rural areas of Harborough District. The scope of the grant is to enhance existing and new visitor activities by investment in capital development projects. Eligible organisations can apply for a minimum of £5000 grant funding up to a maximum of £20,000 with 10% of total project cost required by match funding.

The grants are being managed and distributed by Harborough District Council using funding received from the government through the Rural England Prosperity Fund which is an extension of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.

The closing date for applications is 29 November 2024.