Frequently Asked Questions
Community Grants Frequently Asked Questions
Winchester City Council’s community grant funding is aimed at supporting voluntary and not-for-profit groups and organisations in the district that can clearly demonstrate how their services and projects help strengthen, develop and enrich the life of the communities in the Winchester district.
Details about community grant schemes currently available can be found on our website, along with eligibility criteria www.winchester.gov.uk/grants
In addition, we hope that these frequently asked questions will help to answer some of the more general funding questions you may have.
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Can you help me find other sources of funding and assist with fundraising plans?
There are different local and central organisations who support not-for-profit organisations and charities with fundraising, practical tools and resources. For example:
Community First: Resources - Community First (cfirst.org.uk) and Finance & Funding - Resources - Community First (cfirst.org.uk)
Winchester Connects: - Community First (cfirst.org.uk)
Basingstoke Voluntary Action: Support with Funding - Basingstoke Voluntary Action (bvaction.org.uk)
Action Hampshire: Home - Action Hampshire
Funds Online: fundsonline.org.uk
My Funding Central: Welcome | My Funding Central
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Do you provide grants to individuals?
Unfortunately, we do not provide grants to individuals. Grants are only available for not-for-profit, community organisations and charities. However, you can contact Citizens Advice Winchester team to access help as an individual in difficult circumstances. They can be contacted on 0808 278 7861
Website: Citizens Advice Winchester District - We are here to help
Address: City Offices, Colebrook St, Winchester SO23 9LJ
Opening hours:
Monday
10 am–4 pm
Tuesday
10 am–1 pm
Wednesday
10 am–4 pm
Thursday
10 am–4 pm
Friday
10 am–1 pm
Saturday
Closed
Sunday
Closed
In addition, there are household support funds that may be suitable for individuals:
Hampshire County Council: Household Support Fund | Children and Families | Hampshire County Council (hants.gov.uk)
Winchester City Council: Household Support Fund - Winchester City Council
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Do you fund environmental projects?
Through our Go Greener Faster Grant scheme we support not-for-profit organisations in the district that can demonstrate how their work helps achieve one or more of the funding themes: transport, energy, properties and behavioural changes.
Contact our sustainability team (sustainability@winchester.gov.uk) for advice on energy saving and carbon neutrality projects, or you can view their resources online.
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Do you fund playground equipment?
We don’t fund playground equipment through our community grants. However certain projects involving play areas, open spaces and community buildings may be able to access CIL funding. Further details about this can be found on our website here.
Use this link to apply for CIL fundsing: Apply for CIL - Winchester City Council
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I’m looking for support for my business – can you help me?
Please see the business pages on our website for information, support and advice: Information, support and advice - Winchester City Council
Support for sustainable businesses can be found here: Support for sustainable businesses - Winchester City Council
Contact our Economic Development Team by email ecodev@winchester.gov.uk with any specific questions you may have. You can also sign up to their business newsletter Winchester Business Bulletin - Winchester City Council.
In addition Incuhive offer business support service for businesses. Contact them by emailing hello@IncuHive.co.uk
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Do you have any specific sports funding available?
Not specifically. You may be eligible to apply for one of our community grant funding. Alternatively you can contact our Sport and Physical Activity team who provide advice and guidance on creating and developing sports clubs and specific funding available. Contact a member of the team: sport@winchester.gov.uk
Explore funding specifically aimed at sport sector at Our funding | Sport England
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Do you have any Arts and Culture grants?
Not specifically but you can check the criteria for our community grants to see if you are eligible for these. In addition our Arts team have lots of information and support available for Arts organisations. Our Funding for Arts page provides information on various places you can apply for funding to support your arts project both locally and nationally: Arts funding - Winchester City Council
You can register for their newsletter here: Arts News - Winchester City Council and join their cultural network group: Cultural Network Group - Winchester City Council
Explore our page on business support for cultural and creative organisations here: Business support for cultural and creative organisations - Winchester City Council.
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I need to make accessibility adaptations to my house – can I apply for a grant to help me with this?
The Council's Private Sector Housing team is responsible for disabled facilities grants. You can find out more information, including eligibility on our website: Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG) - Winchester City Council.
If you would like some further information regarding applying for the Disabled Facilities Grant please contact the Private Sector Housing Team using the following details: 01962 848 455 or DisabledFacilitiesGrant@winchester.gov.uk
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Voluntary Sector Support
In addition to Winchester City Council's community grant funding, we have included information on our website to help community groups, not-for-profit and volunatry organisations to be as successful as they can be in delivering community projects. Explore useful signposting links and resources here: Voluntary Sector Support - Winchester City Council