Lanarkshire Community led Local Development Funding Programme (UK)

Themes

• Applications should demonstrate in the application form how they align with one or more of the Lanarkshire CLLD Themes that link closely with the Scottish Government priorities the themes are:
  • Theme One: Stronger Communities
  • Theme Two: Prosperous Communities
  • Theme Three: Healthy and Active Communities
  • Theme Four: Sustainable Environmental Communities
• Projects should also show how they relate to one or more specific Scottish Government priorities:
  • Helping families and services through the cost-of-living crisis
  • Rural Poverty, including eradicating child poverty
  • Transforming the economy to deliver net zero
  • Creating sustainable public services
  • Covid recovery
  • Community wealth building
  • Wellbeing Economy
  • Local democracy and governance, community empowerment
  • Inclusive growth (includes Community-Led Tourism)
  • Rural entrepreneurial activity
  • Young Person’s Guarantee, Green Skills and Fair Work

Funding Information

• 100% of eligible project costs up to a maximum of £5,000.
• Project applications must demonstrate that projects can be delivered, with all expenditures and claims completed by Friday 14 March 2025.

Eligible Costs

• Equipment
  • Specialist activity equipment
  • New equipment that will enhance the capacity of the organisation
  • ICT equipment relating to e-enablement or improving efficiency
  • Fixtures and fittings including furniture and floor coverings
  • Set-up costs including furniture and fittings
  • Materials for community use
  • Provide bikes, and scooters for cycling and community groups
  • Reduce energy use in community buildings
  • Set up a community reuse or recycle scheme
  • Set up projects to support recycling or waste reduction
  • Initiatives to increase local biodiversity like native tree planting
  • Establish community clean-up projects
• Community facility improvement
  • Community/sports facilities, for example, purchasing specialist equipment
  • Community gardens: planting materials, tools, equipment
• Direct project costs
  • sessional worker costs
  • volunteer expenses

Non-eligible Project Costs

• Salaries and employment costs
• General organisation core overheads, including stationary, telephone and postage charges
• Premises rental, utilities costs or service charges
• Building overhead or repair costs
• Works being carried out as a statutory requirement
• Costs in respect of the provision of accountancy services relating to the carrying out of audit work
• Legal costs in respect of litigation
• Recoverable VAT
• Costs incurred before the official acceptance of the formal offer of grant
• Loan or finance and hire purchase arrangements charges
• Bad debts
• Gifts

Eligibility Criteria

• Community and voluntary organisations
• Social enterprises, charities, not-for-profit organisations
• School PTAs.

Assessment Criteria

• Applications will be assessed within 7 working days against four criteria.
  • Fit with the CLLD Priorities
  • Deliverability within the timescale
  • Value for money
  • Need for funding.

For more information, visit South Lanarkshire Council.