Enhancing Communities is the name of SITA Trust’s funding programme for community improvement projects.
What will the Trust fund?
We support projects that make physical improvements to community leisure facilities and historic buildings / structures.
Not-for-profit organisations including community groups, parish councils, local authorities and charities can apply.
We can support projects in any of 100 funding zones around qualifying sites owned by our donor, SITA UK. Click below to see if your project site is in a SITA Trust funding zone.
http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/postcode-checker
The Enhancing Communities Programme offers two funds:
Core Fund
Grants of up to £60,000 are available to not-for-profit organisations whose community leisure amenity improvement project has an overall cost of no more than £250,000. Grants are available in 100 funding zones in England, Scotland and Wales. There are 3 funding rounds each calendar year for the Core Fund.
Fast Track Fund
Our Fast Track Fund provides grants of up to £20,000, available to not-for-profit organisations with a community leisure amenity improvement project that has an overall cost of no more than £40,000. Applicants will find out whether their application has been successful within 60 days of the application deadline date. The Trust can support projects in any of 100 funding zones around qualifying sites owned by our donor, SITA UK. There are 6 funding rounds each calendar year.
How do I find out more?
To find out if you are eligible, deadline funding dates and how to make an application, please visit http://www.sitatrust.org.uk/community-funding
