Local Communities Fund: Capital Grants Fund

The Local Communities Fund will open for applications on Monday 13 October 2025 and will close on Friday 7 November 2025. Once the fund is open the link to the application form will be on our webpage, within the section, ‘How to apply’.

The Capital Grants Fund is designed to support the improvement of community facilities and the purchase of assets that enhance community access and promote health and wellbeing.

Eligible organisations may apply for one-off capital grants of up to £20,000 per organisation within any given funding year. Successful applicants will be offered a 12-month funding agreement.

Successful applicants of capital grants over £5,000 will be paid in two instalments. The first 75% of funding will be provided up front, and the final 25% will be provided once the project has been finalised and all monitoring requirements have been completed.

It is strongly recommended that you carefully read all the information provided in the guidance for applicants document [PDF] to help decide if your organisation is ready to complete an application for funding.

For a guide on how to complete the application form and upload the required documentation, please see the guidance document: Application form guidance [PDF]

To connect County Councillors (Elected Members) with the LCF Grant Funding support in their communities, all Small Revenue and Capital applications must include a supporting endorsement from an elected Nottinghamshire County Councillor for the area where the proposed project or asset will be delivered or installed.

As part of this phase of the fund, councillor endorsements will be collected through a dedicated form embedded within the application process. Councillors will be required to complete a brief form for each project they choose to endorse.

It is the responsibility of the applying organisation to provide the endorsement form to their chosen councillor. The form will be accessible within the application and can be easily shared to facilitate completion.

Please note: County councillor support is not a guarantee of application success.

If you are a county councillor and you need support with your endorsement, please contact the LCF team at:LCF@nottscc.gov.uk

The Local Communities Fund will open for applications on Monday 13th October 2025 and will close on Friday 7th November 2025.

Check your eligibility and apply

To improve our application process, we have introduced an eligibility check that you will need to complete before accessing the application form, this check is on the first page of the application form.

We are keen to talk to prospective applicants, so if you have any questions or require support with your application please email LCF@nottscc.gov.uk and a member of the team will contact you.

If your application is successful, the organisation must be willing and able to comply with the Capital fund's terms and conditions which include:

  • publicising the project in line with the County Council's acknowledging funding and publicity guidelines
  • providing monitoring information as requested (see below for examples)
  • repaying to the county council any grant money not spent and/or where the organisation / project does not comply with the terms and conditions of the funding.

Monitoring and completion of projects

Monitoring helps to demonstrate that the grant has been spent as agreed by elected members.

Organisations awarded funding will be required to provide additional information to support project monitoring, reporting, audit and other compliance requirements. This may include periodic updates on project progress and outcomes.

Successful applicants must submit invoices and/or receipts to verify the total project cost and demonstrate how the funding has been utilised. Organisations must also confirm whether they are able to reclaim VAT on any project-related expenditure.

In addition, a site visit by representatives from the county council will be mandatory for all funded projects. These visits will be arranged at a suitable time and will be subject to access permissions and safety considerations.

Organisations should raise any issues or concerns and advise the county council of any planned changes at the earliest opportunity.

Nottinghamshire County Council must be acknowledged as a funder as part of all publicity about the funded project, including any written or spoken public presentations.

The logos below may be used to help promote the financial support of NCC:

Please follow the brand guidelines outlined in acknowledging funding and publicity guidelines.

If you require larger or higher quality files, please contact our Communications team at marketing.team@nottscc.gov.uk

Privacy statement

All applicants need to confirm that they have read and agree with the council's privacy statement.

Decision-making

All applications will be reviewed by the county council against the funding criteria. The county council will carry out relevant checks on the information provided as appropriate.

Elected members make the decisions regarding funding awards. Applicants will be notified of the outcome of their application as soon as possible after completion of the decision-making process. This could be approximately 12 weeks after the closing date.

Fraud response

The council takes a zero tolerance stance towards fraud and corruption and will investigate and take the necessary action in cases of suspected fraud in line with the Council’s Fraud Response Plan.