Grants and funding

There are many voluntary and community groups doing valuable work in the city. Finding money to support your project can be a challenge. There are many grant schemes, awards and funding bodies in the UK and across the European Union. These web pages are here to help you find your way through them.

You’ll find a whole range of useful information about grants from the council and advice on other sources of funding outside of the council.

Grants and funding hot topics

1. June community funding newsletter available

The latest edition of our community funding newsletter is now available on the Funding Bulletins page.

2. Have your say on our small grants scheme (Community Chest)

We're thinking of making some changes to our small grants scheme, Community Chest, and want to know what community groups in the city think about this. Visit our small grants consultation page for more details.

3. Ways to keep up to date with grants information

There are several ways to keep up to date with grants and funding information from the council and other sources:

Grants mailing list - email us at grants@southampton.gov.uk to be added to our email mailing list and we'll keep you informed about the council's grant schemes.

Twitter - follow Southampton Funding (@SouthamptonFund) for the latest news on council funding, other funding opportunities and funding advice

Funding bulletins - regular newsletters with information about local, regional, national and European funding schemes. See our Funding Bulletins page for more details.

@SouthamptonFund tweets

Funding from other areas of the council

1. Funding for students

For information on grants and funding for college and university please see the student finance pages.

The Communities team only has information on grants for community and voluntary organisations. We do not have any information about student funding and so are unable to offer advice about it. The student finance page will direct you to the latest funding information for students.

2. Funding for businesses

For information on advice and support for businesses please see the business section of our website.

3. Fund raising and charitable collections

Certain aspects of fund raising for worthy causes are regulated by law. These include:

street collections (charitable collections)
house to house collections (charitable collections)
lotteries

For information on these please see the council's licensing pages.

4. Funding for home improvements and adaptions

If you need to make changes to your home due to illness or disability please speak to the Adult Contact Team for advice.

If you need help making changes to your council home please contact your Local Housing Office for advice.

If you need help making changes to a private home please contact the Private Housing team for advice.

Contact information

Contact details for this page are:

grants@southampton.gov.uk
023 8083 4067
Communities Team, Southampton City Council, Civic Centre, Southampton SO14 7LY

For any other council related enquiries please contact:

enquiries@southampton.gov.uk
023 8083 3000
General Enquiries Civic Centre, SO14 7LY

Grants and funding