Service support grants

We are committed to creating and supporting local community groups and organisations to deliver services for our South Cambridgeshire residents. 

Service Support Funding Scheme

The Service Support Funding Scheme to the Voluntary and Community Sector (VCS) has been designed by the Council as a contribution to meeting this commitment.

The £402,000 fund offers 3 year funding agreements to eligible VCS organisations for the delivery of community support and development services in South Cambridgeshire.

A further £36,000 has been made available for services aimed at providing high quality housing advice and preventing and relieving homelessness.

The grant programme will support activities delivered in the following years:

• 01 April 2019 to 31 March 2020

• 01 April 2020 to 31 March 2021

• 01 April 2021 to 31 March 2022
  

A new 3-year programme for 2019 to 2022 is due to start and applications can be made from Monday 24 September 2018 through to Friday 16 November 2018. Criteria and Guidance Notes and application forms are below:

All themes except housing related:

• Criteria and Guidance Notes [PDF, 0.2MB]
• Application Form [DOC]

Preventing and tackling homelessness and provision of house options advice:

• Housing-related Criteria and Guidance Notes [PDF, 0.1MB]
• Housing-related application Form [DOC]

We fund work within the following themes, in accordance with our key priorities:

• Community transport
• Welfare advice to residents 
• Independent Living 
• Supporting parishes and communities 
• Fit to Learn
• Preventing and tackling homelessness and provision of house options advice