Erewash Small Grants

EREWASH SMALL GRANT SCHEME

and SOCIAL CONNECT FUNDING

The Erewash Small Grant Scheme and Social Connect funding is designed to support a wide range of expenditure inlcuding but not limited to:

Instructor’s fees for an activity or guest speakers
Facility Hire
Marketing and promotions
Equipment Hire/purchase
Training fees
Volunteer expenses

Please Note: This funding is not designed to fund revenue or large capital projects such as bridging staff salaries or large building projects

Erewash Small Grant Scheme

The scheme has five priority themes and applicants must meet at least on of the themes to be eligible to apply. The five themes include:

Healthier Lives: Helping people of all ages to live healthier, more independent lives by encouraging healthy habits, physical activity, and activities that support physical wellbeing and healthy ageing.

Safe, Strong and Connected Communities: Supporting safer, more resilient neighbourhoods by bringing people together, strengthening community connections, raising local voices, and reducing loneliness and social isolation.

Better Mental Health and Emotional Wellbeing: Improving mental health and emotional wellbeing through prevention, early support, peer support, and activities that help people access appropriate help when they need it.

Fair Opportunities and Inclusive Growth: Helping people improve their financial wellbeing and access opportunities to learn new skills, undertake training, gain confidence, volunteer, or move closer to employment.

Joined-Up Support Services: Encouraging organisations and community groups to work together, share information, and provide effective signposting and referrals so that people can access the right support at the right time.

Applications can be made from the following groups:

Voluntary or community groups with a constitution
Registered charities or charitable incorporated organisation
Community interest company or social enterprise
Other not-for -profit organisations
Applications are welcomed from un-constituted groups as well as constituted. If a group is un-constituted, please contact our Community Development Team to discuss how we could support

Statutory organisations are not eligible to apply to this grant scheme.

From 1st August 2023 Parish Councils are not eligible for this grant scheme.

Funding is available through two grant pots. Applicants may apply for up to £1,500 from the Small Grants Fund. Where a project demonstrates a clear focus on social connection and/or reducing isolation, applications may be considered for combined funding of up to £3,000 in total (£1,500 from each fund). If the grant is awarded through Social Connect Funding, your monitoring form will need to be submitted to us no later than 1st March 2027.

Applications may be made at any time, there are no deadlines.

Click here for the application form

Click here for the scheme guidance notes

There are no deadlines for Erewash Small Grants applications, submit at any time. However, the deadline for Social Connect applications is 1st December 2026.

Groups can apply once every 12 months, but not for the same project. For more information on this, please contact Erewash Voluntary Action’s Community Development Team.

The Erewash Small Grant Scheme & Social Connect Funding is funded by

Derbyshire County Council Public Health.