Rural Programme: Community Grants

Creating solutions to tackle rural poverty

The Big Lottery fund are inviting community groups to apply for funding to tackle rural poverty in Anglesey, Gwynedd, Conwy, Denbighshire, Powys, Ceredigion, Pembrokeshire, Carmarthenshire and Monmouthshire.

Grants of between £10,000 and £350,000 are available for groups whose work will benefit a community with a population of 10,000 or less. If you have a project idea that exceeds this budget range or any of the given criteria, please give us a call to discuss your idea. Further rounds of funding will be announced next year.

Although the types of activities that could be funded are not being prescribed, applications would need to show how groups are doing any of the following to address poverty:

• Improving well-being
• Raising aspirations
• Building social capital – enhancing skills available in the community
• Increasing resilience to challenging circumstances.

Area:

Wales

Funding size:

£10,000 - £350,000

Total available:

Approximately £2 million in Round 1

Application deadline:

1pm Monday 3rd April 2017

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