Green Grant Success for Shipley

Shipley Town Council hosted its first Participatory Budgeting event on Saturday 27th January for their Green Grants funding programme and over 70 people attended to make their voices heard. Seven projects were asked to present their environmental initiatives to help address the climate change emergency.  Whilst the votes were counted participants enjoyed homemade soups created…

Green Grants – it’s time for you to decide!

Seven applications have been received for a share of Shipley Town Council’s £7,000 pot for helping local people and organisations address climate change. These ideas include learning how to make a difference through knitting and other interactive workshops, building a sustainable food network, creating an active travel map of places to connect with nature and…

Funding for projects using nature to increase flood resilience

Last month (22 September), the government announced £25 million to support projects that use nature to increase the nation’s flood resilience. The funding will support natural flood management schemes in England that use techniques such as planting trees and creating wetlands to slow and store water to reduce the risk of flooding. Successful projects will be…

Call for funding applications: Measures to reduce the impacts from the cost of living crisis for households

The City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council, via its Constituency Area Offices, is inviting applications from eligible local organisations to apply for the combined funding of UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), Householder Support Fund (HSF) and West Yorkshire Mayor’s Cost of Living Fund (WYCA C of LF) to deliver support to households and individuals to…

Community health development grants available

A grant scheme is open for applications with £5,000 – £15,000 available for community health development initiatives and projects across the Bradford district. The Community Health Development (CHD) Grants are funded by the Living Well Service, Public Health Bradford Council and aim to award up to 10 small groups / organisations who are passionate about reducing…