Healthy Places Grant
Apply for a grant to help develop a project that could support people of all ages to improve their health and wellbeing.
How much can I apply for?
Our Community Grants programme allows a maximum of £10,000. However, most projects that we support are usually between £2,000 and £5,000.
Social value
This places a financial value on how different interventions affect people's lives. It’s a way of measuring the positive benefits your work has on both individuals and communities. We can discuss this with you to see if your project can deliver social value and if so, we will support you to gather the required information.
Match funding
Where possible, all projects should have secured or should be seeking match funding – we can support and discuss this with you prior to applying to ensure you capture the full project cost as this could include volunteer time, which you can be costed.
Our area of operation
We only support applications that deliver their projects or services in Spennymoor, Middlestone Moor, Kirk Merrington, Aycliffe Village, West Cornforth, Dean Bank, Ferryhill, Newton Aycliffe, Middridge, Fishburn, Sedgefield, Trimdons, Bishop Middleham, Byers Green and Shildon.
How to apply
To apply for one of our grants, you will need to fill out our application form. Your project should fit one of our themes. Get in touch guidance for further information about applying, eligibility and timescales.
Examples of projects that have used our Healthy Places Grant:
School Holiday Food and Activity Support
Working closely with a variety of partners we continue to fund school holiday schemes. We will support hundreds of young people of varying abilities and their families to make sure young people get access to regular hot and healthy food alongside fun and inclusive activities which will keep them busy and active and mixing with their friends. The schemes also enable us to help parents save on everyday costs whilst providing opportunity and access to information on employment and benefits advice.
Inglesgarth Community Lounge
Residents at Inglesgarth ran a successful club that was un-constituted and funded by their group members. In 2023 working with The Community Regeneration Team the group formed officially, with a constitution, separate bank account, and appropriate policies which enabled them to secure their first external funding from Councillor Liz Maddison.
The group will offer a varied program of activities that are inclusive and accessible to everyone for the next 12 months. They have applied for £6,000 which will enable them to have day trips, social events, and lunch clubs with a reduced cost for members.
Jubilee Fields Community Centre
The community centre is located at the heart of Shildon and is a hive of activity for local groups. Ran by a small group of volunteers the centre sits on the outskirts of our regeneration scheme The Courts.