Leeds Community Foundation is delighted to once again partner with Leeds Civic Trust. The Leeds Civic Trust Community Fund seeks to support Community Organisations and local people to create and deliver activities and projects that respond to the theme ‘celebration of place’.

Key information

• Grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 available, to be split equally over two-years
• Applicant Organisations and any activity must be based in Leeds
• The theme is ‘Celebration of Place’. The place must still exist, and might be a specific building or street, or might be defined by a community of people
• Local people should be engaged in the funded work, be it through consultation and/or participatory activities
• Proposals and budget allocations should include a long-lasting tangible output, e.g. a mural, garden, etc. We appreciate the detail of this may not be known at the start, and will be decided as your work with local people unfolds. You should also consider long-term plans for maintenance
• Only one application per organisation, but applicants can partner on other projects
• We encourage applications from under-served and/or under-represented communities across all our funding opportunities

Examples of activity that can be funded

• Engagement activities that celebrate a community of people and their contribution to a local area, resulting in the sharing of oral-histories through a sound-walk, which is also archived and available online
• The celebration of a local building and those who’ve resided in it over the years via workshops, events and an exhibition which is also archived/online
• Celebrating a community centre with the creation of a community garden and commemorative bench
• A community cookbook that captures and shares the stories and recipes of people who migrated to an area in Leeds and made it their home

Grant Size: £10,000 to £20,000 over 2 years

Location: Leeds

Application Deadline: 23/10/2023 at 12 noon

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