Applying for community funding

Applications for this grant are now closed.

Applications must be able to demonstrate how they will support at least one of the 3 aims below:

  • supporting positive mental health in residents, in particular, young people
  • reducing social isolation in residents, in particular, older people
  • supporting our communities to thrive, building resilient community groups and organisations

Projects awarded funding

In 2024 22 new projects received a total of £350,000 of funding. You can see the recipients listed here. Projects which have been awarded funding over the previous five years can be seen below

Projects funded in 2024

  • Petersfield Men’s Shed, £2,053 - To buy more equipment and expand the activities the shed can offer 
  • Grayshott Parish Council, £4,000 -  Towards a recreation area for young teenagers, including football goals, basketball hoops and a skate ramp 
  • Hampshire Cultural Trust, £20,000 – To fund a Community Engagement Officer to help deliver a programme of art & cultural activities in Alton 
  • Herne Association of Families and Staff, £2,010 - To help provide a ‘forest school’ area within the grounds of Herne Junior School 
  • Friends of Steep School (FOSS), £12,000 - To refresh and revive the early years outdoor play space at Steep Primary School 
  • Clanfield Football Club, £20,000 – To upgrade the club’s pavilion 
  • Bentley Archers, £14,475 – To bring the recreation ground up to a standard that can accommodate football and cricket. 
  • Grayshott Concerts, £15,000 - Music Outreach Programme for disadvantaged children and adults in north east Hampshire 
  • Petersfield Town Football Club, £20,000 – To provide a clubhouse with changing facilities 
  • Embracing Age, £30,000 - To fund Care Home Friends - trained and vetted volunteers to befriend care home residents and make regular visits. 
  • Choices For Youth, £14,840 – To go towards the running costs of the Choices For Youth youth group in Rowlands Castle for children in primaryand secondary school  
  • Worldham Parish Council, £10,500 - Urgent restoration of the floor in the only village hall serving the Worldhams and Hartley Mauditt 
  • Treloar Trust, £7,272 – Building an interactive learning zone for disabled students 
  • The Peertalk Charitable Foundation, £30,000 – To support PeerTalk East Hampshire – which supports adults living with depression, anxiety and similar emotional distress 
  • Alton Stroke Support Group, £14,850 - Building a resilient and sustainable stroke community for Alton and surrounding areas 
  • Andrews’ Endowed CE Primary School, £5,000 – To improve its special educational needs provision  
  • Autism Hampshire, £28,635 - Serendipity Community Group and Wellbeing Workshops for autistic adults in Bordon 
  • Friends of Greatham School, £14,378.04 - To build an all-weather sports pitch at Greatham Primary School 
  • Miniland Therapeutic, £25,000 – To build two new classrooms and a storeroom on the farm 
  • St John Trust, £23,400 - To support a St John Trust Project Coordinator for three years 
  • Whitehill & Bordon Community Trust, £30,000 - Community Projects & Programme Officer 
  • Y+ Youth Services CIC, £12,400 - Towards the refurbishment of their next youth hub

Previous years' funding

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Contact us

For further information about grants and funding, please contact communitygrants@easthants.gov.uk.