South Oxfordshire District Council has launched a new round of its Capital Grant Scheme, with grants available of up to £75,000 for local voluntary and community organisations and town and parish councils.
This grant can fund up to 50 per cent of the total cost of capital projects like contributing to buying a building, replacing or making improvements to long term assets such as play areas and equipment.
South Oxfordshire district councillors recognise the impact of Covid-19 on the finances of these organisations and want to be able to help them with funding to support the opening of facilities post pandemic. Councillors also hope that this grant will enable organisations to focus on long term projects so that they can continue their work in the district into the future.
As part of their applications, organisations are asked to consider how they can enhance buildings and improve the environmental sustainability of community assets to meet local needs.
Voluntary and community organisations and town and parish councils will also need to consider how their project will contribute to at least one of the council’s Corporate Plan 2020-2024 priorities, such as ‘protect and restore our natural world’, ‘action on the climate emergency’ or ‘improved economic and community well-being’.
The Capital Grant Scheme launched on 1 November 2021 and will be open until noon on 17 December 2021. Applicants can find out more on the council’s website, southoxon.gov.uk/grants.
