Accessing funding to make change happen in your area of Birmingham

June 2024: The Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities (DLUHC) is offering grants and technical support packages to groups who are preparing a Neighbourhood Plan. Locality is managing this programme, which can award basic grant funding of up to £10,000 and, in certain cases, additional grant funding of up to £8,000. Find out more at the Locality website.

And do talk to Birmingham City Council’s Neighbourhood Development and Support Unit during your Neighbourhood Planning journey. The team will know whether there is any further funding to help you hire an independent planning specialist.

Having a professional planner to work with you will ensure your Neighbourhood Plan contains realistic, workable policies and conveys your community’s wishes using the correct terminology.

If you need funding to support other community-led action, potential sources of grant funding are:

• National Lottery Awards for All England

• Parks Community UK 

• The Veolia Environmental Trust

Birmingham Community Matters has funding search tips to help you find details of the funding organisations best matched to your aims.

Get Grants is a grant fundraising consultancy based in Birmingham. The team offers free bid-writing training for community organisations and also compiles a free newsletter outlining details of grant opportunities.