Local Grants

Through its funding, the Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust aims to improve the quality of life of people who live and work in Wales. The Trust aims to promote education, history, language, culture, music and folklore, particularly for those who face discrimination or disadvantage.

The Local Scheme is open to all categories – Arts, Community, Environment and Sports. Priority is always given to organisations that serve groups and communities suffering from greatest disadvantage.

A local project is where the organisations usually have a remit to serve their local community or town. If there is more than one organisation providing a similar service in the local authority, the group should be considered local (i.e. if there is more than one tennis club in the local authority, then the tennis club will be considered a local organisation). Applicants are asked to note that bids must be classified by the organisation’s geographical remit. It is the applicant’s responsibility to determine and prove their classification.

Local Grants: a maximum of £2,500.

*The Arts: The Trust is keen to support arts projects that are creative, unique and work with the disadvantaged or deprived individuals and groups throughout Wales. The Trust wishes to develop and improve knowledge and practice of the arts and to increase opportunities for people to see and participate in the arts. The Trust aims to give more people the opportunity to enjoy the diversity of performing and visual arts. The Trust favours proposals which expand and improve arts provision in parts of the country less well served than others. Priority is given to organisations working together to share experience, good practice and ideas. *The Community: The Trust is keen to target local communities suffering from the greatest disadvantage. Priority will be given to organisations tackling social, personal, economic or cultural barriers within their own communities. The Trust encourages projects that leads to greater independence; give people more control over their lives and that give people a voice to express their needs and hopes. The Trust wishes to help disabled people challenge barriers to be active and visible in their local communities. *The Invironment: The Trust welcomes applications from environmental groups from both rural and urban areas in Wales, recognising the dramatically different landscapes across Wales. The Trust encourages applications relating to recycling and developing green spaces, development and promotion of green spaces and the promotion of public transport schemes. Priority projects will be those that improve the quality of Wales’ environment, protect and create a vibrant country side and develop and promote sustainable land use planning. The Trust wishes to fund programmes that protect and enhance Wales’ natural heritage and promote sustainable use that contributes to local prosperity and social inclusion. *Sport: Sport embraces much more than traditional team games and competition. Sport can mean physical activity or the improvement of physical fitness and mental well-being, and can assist in the formation of social relationships and individual and team confidence. The Trust is particularly interested in supporting projects that improve the quality of life of people and communities facing disadvantage. The Trust strives to make a difference to sporting organisations and those organisations delivering sports projects throughout Wales and appreciates that sport relies heavily on volunteers. The Trust is keen to support volunteer-based projects, particularly from ethnic minorities and people with disabilities. In addition, the Trust recognises the difference that coaching can make to the development of a sport and is keen to fund equipment and coaching costs if the need has been clearly identified.

The Millennium Stadium Charitable Trust Supports: *Charitable organisations. *Properly constituted voluntary organisations. *Not-for-profit organisations. *Voluntary groups working with local authorities. (applicant cannot be the local authority). *Applications from groups of any age.(not just youth projects).