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Lanarkshire Community Led Local Development Funding Programme

Project guidelines for £5000 small grants scheme

The Lanarkshire Community Led Local Development Fund invites eligible local community organisations within the rural area in north and south Lanarkshire to submit inquiries for short-term small-scale community-based funding that aims to improve the quality of life and economic prosperity in their local area.

Project costs must be one-off non-recurring in nature.

Grant award

100% of eligible project costs up to a maximum of £5,000.

Timescale: The fund will close on Tuesday 7 January 2025

Grant decisions will be made on a rolling basis and within 7 working days of submission.

Project applications must demonstrate that projects can be delivered, with all expenditures and claims completed by Friday 14 March 2025.

Eligible costs

Equipment

  • Specialist activity equipment
  • New equipment that will enhance the capacity of the organisation
  • ICT equipment relating to e-enablement or improving efficiency
  • Fixtures and fittings including furniture and floor coverings
  • Set-up costs including furniture and fittings
  • Materials for community use
  • Provide bikes, and scooters for cycling and community groups
  • Reduce energy use in community buildings
  • Set up a community reuse or recycle scheme
  • Set up projects to support recycling or waste reduction
  • Initiatives to increase local biodiversity like native tree planting
  • Establish community clean-up projects

Community facility improvement

  • Community/sports facilities, for example, purchasing specialist equipment
  • Community gardens: planting materials, tools, equipment

Direct project costs

  • sessional worker costs
  • volunteer expenses

Non-eligible project costs

  • Salaries and employment costs
  • General organisation core overheads, including stationary, telephone and postage charges
  • Premises rental, utilities costs or service charges
  • Building overhead or repair costs
  • Works being carried out as a statutory requirement
  • Costs in respect of the provision of accountancy services relating to the carrying out of audit work
  • Legal costs in respect of litigation
  • Recoverable VAT
  • Costs incurred before the official acceptance of the formal offer of grant
  • Loan or finance and hire purchase arrangements charges
  • Bad debts
  • Gifts

CLLD fund priorities

Applications should demonstrate in the application form how they align with one or more of the Lanarkshire CLLD Themes that link closely with the Scottish Government priorities the themes are: 

Theme One Stronger Communities
Theme Two Prosperous Communities
Theme Three Healthy and Active Communities
Theme Four Sustainable Environmental Communities

Projects should also show how they relate to one or more specific Scottish Government priorities:

  • Helping families and services through the cost-of-living crisis
  • Rural Poverty, including eradicating child poverty
  • Transforming the economy to deliver net zero
  • Creating sustainable public services
  • Covid recovery
  • Community wealth building
  • Wellbeing Economy
  • Local democracy and governance, community empowerment
  • Inclusive growth (includes Community-Led Tourism)
  • Rural entrepreneurial activity
  • Young Person’s Guarantee, Green Skills and Fair Work

Who can apply?

  • Community and voluntary organisations
  • Social enterprises, charities, not-for-profit organisations
  • School PTAs

Costs and procurement

Best value requirements

  • Under £1,000. One quote required, (such as a screenshot from an online supplier). Value for money must be demonstrated.
  • Between £1,001 and £5,000. Minimum of two quotes sought*. *In the event the required number of quotes/tenders are not received by the applicant, the applicant is expected to demonstrate the process undertaken. This could include providing copies of invitations to quote or tender for the project, an explanation that quotes/tenders were not readily obtainable for more than one supplier or contractor, or it can be demonstrated that no equivalent is available otherwise for technical reasons or other reasons. It may be that there is only one provider who has the necessary skills or equipment to undertake the work. Quotes from a supplier of the product or service must be sent to the applicant and contain the company name and address and date.

Quotes and evidence of cost comparisons can be from local or online suppliers.

Application assessment

Applications will be assessed within 7 working days against four criteria.

  • Fit with the CLLD Priorities
  • Deliverability within the timescale
  • Value for money
  • Need for funding

Application process

Submit an expression of interest here.

Please see the additional guidance on how to complete the application.

Funding and development

Email: Funding and development