Champion grants scheme

Please note, grant applications for the 2024-25 financial year will be accepted until Friday 7 March 2025. Any applications received after this date will not be accepted.

Due to the Local Elections in May 2025, the grants scheme will remain closed until Tuesday 27 May 2025. Applications for the 2025-26 financial year will be accepted from 27 May onwards.

  1. Overview
  2. Our county council champions
  3. Who can apply
  4. What the grants will fund
  5. Grant funding levels
  1. How to apply for a grant
  2. What happens next
  3. Monitoring
  4. Publicity
  5. Contact information

1. Overview

Each of our county council Champions is allocated a sum of £10,000 per annum for use at their discretion to finance their activities including:

  • Organising and attending meetings, seminars, conferences or other similar events;
  • The payment of a grant to outside bodies and organisations within the scope of their remit; and
  • Other incidental costs necessary to enable them to fulfil their roles.

Champions Grants can be used to fund projects that benefit the community and support a Champion's area of work. Organisations can apply for a grant from one of our Champions, and the councillor will decide how to award the money from their budget. The approval of expenditure to be incurred by a Champion has been delegated by the Leader of the Council to the Director of Law and Governance.

Any unspent balance up to a maximum of £2,500 can be carried over from one financial year to the next, giving each Champion a maximum annual budget of £12,500.

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Grants and funding