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Available funding
Celebrating the 80th Anniversary of VE Day in Melton
Following the success of our Platinum Jubilee and Kings Coronation Small Grants schemes, Melton Borough Council is launching a VE Day 80th Anniversary small grant fund.
To celebrate this momentous anniversary local residents, businesses and organisations are encouraged to get involved by planning events and shared celebrations in the Borough of Melton on or around Thursday 8 May 2025.
Melton Borough Council is making a fund of £7,000 available to support a range of community VE Day celebration projects. Eligible community groups, charities and parish councils organising events and projects can apply for funding between £70 and £700 to help make their local celebrations a success.
The scheme is now open for applications and will close at 11:59pm on 7 March 2025.
Please email the completed application form and relevant documentation to: communitygrants@melton.gov.uk
Closed schemes
This financial year 2024/25, 29 applications were received for Community Grants totalling £303,753 in funding requests for local projects.
19 of these projects have been awarded UK Shared Prosperity Fund grant funding, covering a range of organisations from village hall groups, charities to sports clubs with a total of £153,821 being awarded to support these local projects across the Borough.
Applications closed on 16 August 2024.
What could be applied for?
Funding had to be for community purposes; applications could include capital and revenue projects or projects that require both.
The Council focused on the following priorities through this grant fund.
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Grant funding for creation and improvements to local rural green spaces
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Grant funding for impactful volunteering and social action projects to develop social and human capital in local places
You can view the full decision notice, and more information about where the grants have been spent by visiting www.melton.gov.uk/GrantsDecisionNotice2025
