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.
7. What happens next
You will receive an email or letter informing you of the decision.
If the funding has been awarded to you, you need to allow three to four weeks after receiving the email for the payment to be made into your organisation's bank account. When you receive this email, you can make the purchases you planned to make with the funds awarded.
You can use your organisation's own funds while you're waiting for the money to be paid. Any receipts must be dated after the date of the decision, as set out in the email / letter.
Please keep the receipts. Our monitoring team will ask you to provide these and a copy of your organisation's bank statement showing the award being paid in and the money being spent.
If the cost is less than anticipated or you don't spend the money because of a cancellation for example, please contact the grants team. Do not spend the money without contacting us first as you may need to return the funds.