Financial support for Residents Groups
Each year when Western Challenge approves its annual budget a proportion is given to supporting resident participation. The main areas of available funding are:
- Grants to Residents Associations. These grants can be from small payments to properly constituted groups to pay for such things as paper, printer ink, postage and hire of meeting rooms to larger payments for specific project ideas such as fun days or supporting a youth football team. Residents Associations should have a treasurer and be able to provide accounts demonstrating that expenditure of the association is properly controlled and accounted for.
- Small Scheme Improvement Grants. These are grants of up to £2,500 for suggested improvements to the estate in which you live. To apply, an application form is required and applicants must demonstrate that all residents have been consulted and that there is at least a majority in favour of the proposal, that the benefit is not for any single individual but for all or a group of residents and that there are no major maintenance or service charge implications. The sorts of improvements carried out to date have been improvements to landscaping, more secure boundaries, seating and communal storage areas.
To find out more or to apply for one of these funding schemes email us at getinvolved@westernchallenge.co.uk or call our Helpline 0800 783 7837 (0300 777 7837 for mobile users)