Funding for large scale projects that provide wide community benefit
July's Cabinet meeting approved multi-million-pound investments into two large scale community projects which will benefit Surrey residents. To date, the total funds awarded to communities across Surrey now stands at over £14 million.
The Wildlife Aid Foundation in Leatherhead will receive a £2.8 million grant from the Your Fund Surrey Large Community Project Fund to build a new Visitor Centre and Community Hub that will provide year-round activities for visitors. The funds will also be used to install accessible boardwalks, viewing platforms and hides which will offer visitors free access across the site.
Ashford Community Hub, another recent successful applicant to Your Fund Surrey Large Community Project Fund, will receive approximately £900,000 to provide a much-needed modern space for Spelthorne residents to enjoy. The grant will be used for a new building that is welcoming, accessible and environmentally sustainable. It will provide a range of activities which are not currently available in the Ashford, Staines and Stanwell areas as well as providing the new home for the 8th Ashford Scouts.
Large community projects funding
Your Fund Surrey large community projects funding is for larger capital projects in excess of £10,000 and is subject to a staged application process.
Examples of the types of projects it can be used for include:
- New community centres
- Local swimming pools
- Sports pavilions or clubhouses
- Collaborative workspaces
- New football pitches
- Community food growing space
Other funding opportunities
As well as Your Fund Surrey funding, there are lots of other funds out there to support small and large scale community projects including the re-launched Your Councillor Community Fund.
Surrey has a variety of funds and funding advice accessible by Surrey communities, provided by different organisations. Visit our Community funding web page to find out more about other opportunities.
More from community matters
- Help us showcase Surrey's beautiful landscape
- Continued support for Ukrainians in Surrey
- On the Map Culture Chat with Surrey Hills Arts
- Your Fund Surrey Small Community Projects Funding
- On the Map Culture Chat with Katie Green
- Culture Chat National Portfolio Organisations
- Top 10 library events this October
- Culture Chat New House Art
- Trading Standards shield residents from over 48,000 scams
- Councillors Community Funding now open
- Grab your gloves and volunteer in the countryside
- Volunteering at Surrey History Centre
- Our Libraries are Where It Happens!
- Stars in Surrey returns for 2023
- Be Scam Aware
- Multi million pound transformations for Surrey Libraries
- Make it Happen in your community
- Art Matters
- Black History Month 2023
- Surrey Libraries introduce biodegradable eco library cards
- Get Online Week
- The Start of A Musical Journey