Brentwood Community Fund 2024
This year’s Brentwood Community Fund is now closed.
In partnership with Axis, and Seven Arches Investment Ltd, the Brentwood Community Fund invites not-for-profit organisations and individuals to bid for funding for community projects that will improve the quality of life for local people and tackle important issues.
All enquiries should be made by emailing localism@brentwood.gov.uk
UK Shared Prosperity Fund
The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) is a central pillar of the UK government’s ambitious Levelling Up agenda. We have been awarded £1m to support four key intervention areas:
Intervention E1: Funding for improvements to town centres and high streets, including better accessibility for disabled people, including capital spend and running costs
Intervention E6: Support for local arts, cultural, heritage and creative activities
Intervention E10: Funding for local sports facilities, tournaments, teams and leagues to bring people together
Intervention E23: Strengthening local entrepreneurial ecosystems and supporting businesses at all stages of their development to start, sustain, grow and innovate, including through local networks
Funding from government is split between capital and revenue with 5% available in 2022/23, 10% in 2023/24 and 85% in 2024/25. Funding is provided on an annual basis by government.
The UKSPF funding period ends March 2025.
Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone Shop Improvement Scheme
This UKSPF grant scheme ran from 19 January to 29 October 2024 and saw £50k distributed to help high street businesses in Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone make external improvements to their premises.
This grant scheme is now closed.
Grant programme for Brentwood UKSPF interventions E6 and E10
This programme opened for Expressions of Interest on 11 December and closed on 8 January 2024. Successful applicants will be invited to submit a full application form by 19 February 2024.
Enquiries should be made to ukspf@brentwood.gov.uk
Brentwood Connected Business Improvement District Small Grant
Brentwood Connected Business Improvement District (BID) has launched a small grant scheme for 2024 that will see up to £20,000 distributed for local project delivery.
Organisations can apply for up to £2,500 per annum for projects that deliver creative and innovative initiatives or events that will have a positive impact within the BID area. Funding of up to £5,000 will be considered for large scale community projects that are delivered across Brentwood, Shenfield and Ingatestone.
Applications can be submitted per quarter and will be scored by a panel of members from the Brentwood Business Partnership (BBP).
Please read the full criteria and scoring matrix before submitting an application.