Community grants

We offer grants to support local voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise groups in Cheshire East.
You can apply for funding, get help finding other grants, and see what we’ve funded before.

Use this page to:

• apply for a community grant
• find out which grants are currently available
• get help searching for other funding
• see examples of projects we’ve funded

Apply for a community grant

Community grants support projects that meet local needs and help improve life for people in Cheshire East.

You may be able to apply if you are a:

• voluntary or community group
• faith group
• registered charity
• social enterprise
• town or parish council

Your organisation must be based in, or work with residents in, Cheshire East.

To apply for new street names and property numbers complete the online form below.The form will take 10 minutes to complete.

 Apply for a Community Grant 

Current grant programmes

We run different grant programmes at different times, depending on available funding and local priorities.

Grant programmes may support projects that:

• help with the cost of living
• improve health and wellbeing
• increase digital access or skills
• strengthen local communities

Previous grants

Visit our Grant funded projects web page to see what has been funded previously and how you can access these funded services in your local community, including health and wellbeing support, cost‑of‑living help, money and debt advice, befriending, hospital‑discharge support, digital inclusion, and more.

Our Community Grants Impact

Explore our Community Grants Impact web page to see how externally funded grant programmes have helped local organisations, churches, and Town and Parish Councils, and discover the difference these projects have made for residents across the community.

GrantFinder

Does your organisation need funding? Would you like support searching for funding opportunities for your organisation?

GrantFinder is one of the largest and most comprehensively supported databases of its type. It offers users a user-friendly, accurate and continuously updated package that has helped to facilitate the securing of millions of pounds’ worth of funding support. We have a licence to use the GrantFinder service, providing VCFSE organisations with bespoke funding searches for their organisation or for specific projects.

Request a funding search or contact the Communities team

For further information or to request a funding search, contact communitygrants2@cheshireeast.gov.uk

South Cheshire Funders Forum

Have you got a project you require funding for? Submit your expression of interest to the South Cheshire Funders Forum!

The forum consists of a group of funders committed to working together for the benefit of charities, people and groups in Crewe and South Cheshire. Our forum includes Cheshire Community Foundation, who host and provide administrative support, The Julia Rausing Trust, and The Steve Morgan Foundation. Although there is likely to be greater demand than funds available, as Funders working together, we are committed to doing as much as we can and making the process simpler for charities.

Visit the South Cheshire Funders and Cheshire Community Foundation websites for further information.