Funding opportunities

Grants of £500-£5000 are available to apply for now through the Transforming the Trent Valley Community Grants Scheme. We are open to applications from constituted groups, parish councils and schools for projects within the Trent Valley scheme area which fit our objectives:

We have some exciting news to share with you about our plans for our Community Fund next spring.   

Severn Trent are really proud to have partnered with Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games as its Official Nature & Carbon Neutral Supporter. Together we’ll assist their pledge to leave a carbon-neutral legacy - because when we look after nature, it benefits your water too!  

Community grant opportunities are now open for community led events for the 2022 Queens Platinum Jubilee

A grant scheme offering grants of up to £1,000 for arts activities has relaunched in Staffordshire Moorlands and is open for applications until Monday 17th January 2022.

The grants scheme is to fund arts, creative and cultural activities for the residents of Staffordshire Moorlands to enjoy and take part in. The aim of the grants scheme is to encourage more Moorlands residents to get involved in arts and cultural activities, to increase the range of activities available, and to enable participants to access training and workshops.

Eight Grants of up to £1,500 are being offered to individuals, organisations and groups to fund new projects that improves the health and wellbeing of local people, especially those who are more likely to experience health inequalities.

Healthwatch Staffordshire, the consumer champion for health and social care in Staffordshire has launched the Community Cash Fund to invest in the capacity of small grassroots projects and groups that hope to improve the wellbeing of and amplify individuals’ voices in their local communities.

The Mercia Park Community Fund will give grants to projects for Round 4 that:

Help strengthen local communities (particularly their quality of life and life chances) within a 5-mile radius of the Mercia Park Development at Junction 11 M42.

Improve the natural environment within a 5-mile radius of the Mercia Park Development at Junction 11 M42.

Climate change is one of Staffordshire County Council’s top priorities and we are committed to reaching net-zero by 2050 after declaring a climate change emergency in 2019.

This is the second round of the Climate Action Fund. The funding is for non-for-profit organisations to make sustainable changes.

Community groups in the Staffordshire Moorlands area can now apply for up to £2,000 from our brand new funding programme.

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No closing date specified

Grants for Good is our first fund that invites charities, community interest companies and social entrepreneurs to apply to us directly for funding.

Every three months, we’ll share £10,000 between 5 shortlisted projects that have a positive impact on communities, people or the environment.