Events and Festivals Grants Programme – UK

Purpose 

• The Events and Festival Grant is a programme delivered in the form of grants to organisations voluntary and community-led businesses, social enterprises, charities town and parish councils and other constituted groups across Westmorland and Furness Council area. It will help to deliver better events and festivals across the area. Match funding of at least 25% is preferred but not a requirement. The programme is funded by the UK Government through the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The UK Shared Prosperity Fund is a central pillar of the UK government’s Levelling Up agenda and provides £2.6 billion of funding for local investment by March 2025. The Fund aims to improve pride in place and increase life chances across the UK investing in communities and place, supporting local business, and people and skills.
• The targeted groups for this project are:
  • Voluntary and community-led businesses, social enterprises, charities and constituted groups.
  • Town and Parish Councils
  • Organisations able to deliver new or improved infrastructure that will have community benefit.
• The project aims to:
  • Improve the quality and/or functionality of events/festivals.
  • Promote community, place and the environment through events/festivals.
  • Improve the sustainability of events/festivals.
  • Support events/festivals that align with the Council Plan.

Range of Grant

• £1000 – £10,000 Grant must be spent by March 2025.

Outcomes

Your project should demonstrate.

• Improved engagement numbers in the festival/event funded. Increased numbers of individuals engaged in the events and festivals supported by the project during the project lifetime. Engagement can include physical and digital engagements. Increases should be measured against previous similar events or festivals delivered prior to support.
• Creation of new volunteering opportunities created as a direct result of the activities funded by the project. This includes opportunities for people to volunteer on a regular basis and opportunities for one off volunteering.

The Types of Organisations They Can Fund

• Projects will be event or festival themed, delivered in Westmorland and Furness and will demonstrate how they address the outcomes outlined above and how they will engage with the local community.
• Constituted community groups and voluntary organisations or associations with a social purpose and with at least 3 unrelated people aged over 18 on the management committee.

Exclusions

• Groups/organisation without a constitution.
• Groups/organisations without a dual signatory bank account.

For more information, visit Westmorland & Furness Council.