Money for your street.

Grants of £250 to £5,000 for a group of neighbours with an idea. Eight neighbours decide, and one page is enough.

A brick street where neighbours built long wooden planters and a bench along the pavement.
How much
£250 to £5,000
Closes
15 January 2027
You hear by
28 February 2027
Help writing it
Grants surgery, Saturdays

What we fund.

We don’t fund businesses, political parties, things a council or landlord must already pay for, or one person on their own.

  • Things for a street to sharePlanters, a bench, a tool library, a book box, a defibrillator.
  • Getting people togetherA street party, a supper club, a walking group, a festival on the towpath.
  • Mending and makingFixing a hall, painting a mural, clearing a towpath, planting trees.
  • Help for each otherLifts to the hospital, a shopping rota, a homework table, a phone tree.

Paid for last round.

  • £1,800

    Weaver Street planters

    Twelve planters and a bench from old floorboards, watered on a rota by 30 households.

  • £450

    The towpath litter crew

    Grabbers, bags and gloves for a Sunday crew of eleven.

  • £2,400

    Mill Court supper club

    A monthly supper in the courtyard for a year, cooked by whoever signs up.

All eleven grants of the autumn round

Send your idea.

Tell us in your own words. Daniel reads every idea within a week and calls if anything is missing.

Daniel Osei, grants and neighbourhood officer
Daniel OseiGrants and neighbourhood officerDaniel looks after the neighbour grants and helps a street turn an idea into one page. He runs the grants surgery.Grants surgery: Saturdays 11:00–13:00, Canal Hall
What you want to do, who is in it with you, and roughly what it costs.