Find funding for your community group

There are hundreds of funding schemes available for voluntary and community groups in County Durham from EU, national, regional and local sources. Our AAPs and councillors also have funds available that you may be able to apply for.

Use our community funding website

If you are looking for funding for your community group - including sports clubs, local charities, school fundraising groups and credit unions - sign up to our free, easy to use, community funding website to:

search for funding schemes available for your group
apply for funding
get advice on producing your funding application

AAP funding

All AAPs have access to the funding below.

Funding	Who can apply	Amount you can apply for	Total available
Area budget	Projects that address main AAP priorities	Over £5000	£100,000
Welfare Reform fund	Projects that are looking to tackle issues relating welfare, benefits and employment	Over £5000	£10,000
Youth Fund	Projects working with young people 11 years and over	Between £1000 and £3300	£9902

In addition, each of our AAPs has access to its own funding.

How to apply

If you're interested in applying for AAP funding, contact your AAP for more information (see Area Action Partnerships for a list of AAPs). We are able to help you with the application process.

Neighbourhood budget

Each county councillor has a budget of £19,400 that they can allocate to projects in the local community.

You have to apply for funding.

How to apply

If you have a project idea you will need to discuss this with and get the support of your local County Councillor before an application can be considered.

See Your Councillors for a list of councillor contact details and information on the local projects they have supported with their Neighbourhood Budget.

Related information

Area Action Partnerships

Offsite links

Durham 4 Community website