Finding funders for your community group

The County Council has a number of grants programme that are open throughout the year. Currently two programmes are open to community groups for application:

The Gloucestershire County Council Grassroots Neighbourhood Fund is to enable communities to support the council’s ambition to improve health and wellbeing, create resilient communities, and tackle health inequalities. The scheme will deliver funding to community initiatives that seek to make a positive impact on health and wellbeing and our local communities. The total sum available for grants in each electoral division is limited to £20,000. There will be a lower limit of £250 and an upper limit of £5,000 per grant.

The Gloucestershire County Council Climate Change Fund is to help Gloucestershire reduce carbon emissions and the impacts of climate change within communities.  Applications should be for between £2,000 and £4,999. Applications open Friday 13 March 2026 and close Wednesday 29 April at 5pm.

The fund is aimed at projects that help to tackle climate change and increase people’s awareness and knowledge of the climate emergency.
Projects must both:

1. Reduce carbon emissions – outlining how the action taken will reduce carbon emissions (65% weighting during scoring)
2. Tell other people about the project and how it has reduced carbon emissions. (35% weighting during scoring)

Priority will be given to projects that reduce the most carbon, reach the most people and that provide the best value for money. Preference will be given to projects that are preventing new carbon emissions rather than adapting to changes due to existing carbon emissions.

The Gloucestershire Natural Flood Management Partnership is able to fund Natural Flood Management projects through the Gloucestershire Natural Flood Management Grant Scheme. These grants are open to any organisation, landowner or land manager, with a Natural Flood Management project which meets the relevant criteria. There is no formal deadline for applications, however due to restrictions on the total amount of funding available, it will be allocated to the first projects that come forward and meet the stated criteria, until it has been spent.

Enovert Community Trust – the Trust is committed to supporting community and environmental projects ­in the vicinity of Enovert’s operations across the UK. You will need to check that your organisation is within 10 miles of one of their facilities. Projects include improving community halls, the creation of new play areas and skate parks, and restoring green spaces. Both capital and revenue funding available.

Tewkesbury Town Council – The Town Council awards grants, at its discretion, to organisations which can demonstrate a clear need for financial support to achieve an objective which will benefit the Parish by providing a service; enhancing the quality of life; improving the environment; promoting the Parish in a positive way. Only one application for a grant will be considered from any organisation in any one financial year. The financial year runs from April – March and grant requests will be considered in the order they are received. Grant requests up to and including £1000 are considered by the Finance Committee and grant requests over £1000 are considered by Full Council.

Summerfield Trust – Offers grant funding across Gloucestershire in the following categories: the arts, museums and the built heritage; Environmental Sustainability; Community work; Education, sport and recreation; Vulnerable and disadvantaged sectors of society. Unlikely to fund capital projects.

Barnwood Trust – Their funding is open to organisations and groups who work alongside, create opportunities for, and are passionate about creating positive change for disabled people and people with mental health conditions throughout Gloucestershire. They offer three types of funding for voluntary and community groups – unrestricted, project and small grant funding. None of these funds support capital funding.

Gloucestershire Community Foundation – This local community foundation offers grants through a number of different programmes. All funding is currently for projects and revenue funding, no capital funding is available. Maximum grant size is £5,000.

National Benevolent Charity – This funder works to make grants to a wide range of organisations working to alleviate poverty and improve lives in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Wiltshire and Swindon. They have two funding rounds a year. No capital funding available.

The Honourable Company of Gloucestershire Trust  – This funder makes small grants of up to £1,000 towards the advancement of education and training; the advancement of the arts, culture and heritage; the advancement of health and/or saving of lives; the advancement of amateur sport; the conservation and preservation of historic buildings and sites; the prevention and/or relief of poverty; the development and improvement of community relations and social conditions. There are four meetings a year – for their schedule check their website.

Gloucestershire Masonic Charitable Action – Groups and organisations in Gloucestershire working to benefit local communities and to improve the lives of disadvantaged people in Gloucestershire are eligible to apply for between £200 to £2000. Applications for projects working with older people, those with disabilities and young people facing disadvantage are reviewed three times a year.

Severn Trent Community Fund – Severn Trent allocate £2 million a year across the region that they serve (which includes Tewkesbury Borough) in two forms of grants – new project funding and core funding for organisations to continue service delivery. Both capital and revenue funding is available.