Community forum grants

Community forum grants can help you to make a difference in your local community. Grants of up to £5,000 can be awarded to voluntary or community organisations which are based in Dudley borough or which benefit people living in the borough.

About community forum grants:

Each community forum has £10,000 per ward every year to allocate to community projects within their community forum area. You will need to apply to the relevant community forum for funding and demonstrate how people living in that area will benefit from the project or activity.

We will fund great ideas that support local people and organisations to work together to improve the local community or area and encourage local people to be active citizens. This could include everything from community gardening projects or high street ‘in bloom’ initiatives, to purchasing new equipment for community groups or holding community fun days.

Who can apply?

You can apply for community forum funding if you are a:

• voluntary or community group
• registered charity
• constituted group or club
• not-for-profit or community interest company
• social enterprise

Applications should be from a parent organisation rather than, for example, an individual team within a sports club.

We cannot accept applications from:

• individuals
• sole traders
• companies that are aimed at generating profits primarily for private distribution
• groups/ organisations which primarily benefit people living outside of Dudley borough
• public bodies, including schools

We welcome applications for local projects i.e. which operate in a particular ward/small number of wards. We are unable to accept applications for borough wide projects.