Grant News
The FCC Communities Foundation has opened the FCC Community Action Fund, offering grants of £10,000 to £100,000 for improvements to public amenities and biodiversity projects in England. The fund is supported by FCC Environment through the Landfill Communities Fund.
Examples of projects that can be supported through the FCC Community Action Fund include:
- Replacing windows or doors in a village hall or community centre.
- Installing new play equipment in a public open space.
- Building or improving footpaths and cycleways in a public park.
- Providing an all-weather surface for a publicly accessible multi-use games area.
- Creating improved paths or a dipping platform at a nature reserve.
- Installing a skate park.
- Refurbishing or improving publicly accessible sports club pavilions and clubhouses.
- Improving community spaces within churches where those spaces are available for public hire.
- Carrying out landscaping or access improvements at parks, gardens, country parks or woodlands.
- Improving museum facilities where these are publicly accessible.
Examples include new play equipment, windows and doors, footpaths, all-weather sports surfaces and habitat improvements. Project costs must not exceed £250,000. fcccommunitiesfoundation.org.uk
Highlights:
- England only
- Projects must be within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment site
- Registered charities, councils, churches and CASC sports clubs can apply
- £10,000–£100,000 available
- Sites must be publicly accessible.
Applicants must secure a Contributing Third Party payment equal to 10.75% of the grant requested.
The FCC Community Foundation also administers the Severn Waste Services Community Action Fund, which offers grants of between £10,000 and £20,000 for projects in Herefordshire or Worcestershire within 10 miles of a Severn Waste Services site.
The application deadline is 5pm, 18 November 2026. Decisions will be announced on 9 March 2027.
Useful Links:
FCC Community Fund Application Guidelines