Northstowe Town Council is committed to supporting local clubs and community organisations. It values the diversity and strengths of the local voluntary sector and acknowledges its independent role in the community as:
• A source of valuable services;
• A means of enabling people to work together;
• A channel for campaigning and advocacy.
Each year, the Town Council sets aside some money in its budget to support organisations with grants. Applications are considered by the Finance and Governance Committee or by the Full Council as appropriate. A grant is any payment made by Northstowe Town Council to be used by an organisation for a specific purpose that will benefit the town and its residents, and which is not directly controlled or administered by the Council. The Council awards grants, at its discretion, to organisations in or covering the town which can demonstrate a clear need for financial support to benefit the town and/or its residents by:
• Promoting Northstowe in a positive and lasting way;
• Providing a service, or improving a service’s effectiveness, to Northstowe residents;
• Meeting the needs of residents experiencing social or economic difficulties;
• Enhancing residents’ quality of life, health or wellbeing;
• Improving recreation or sport provision for residents;
• Improving the environment or sustainability.
Find out more and find our grant policy and application form at our policies webpage.
To date, Northstowe Town Council has given the following grants:
2022/23:
Pathfinder C of E Primary School Council - awarded £400.94, for: production of signs placed across Northstowe, to prevent littering and speeding within Northstowe.
Northstowe Arts - awarded £977, for: Light up Northstowe 2022 event costs and Winter Festival promotion.
2023/24:
Northstowe Running Festival Events Ltd. - awarded £2,000, for: free community entertainment events during the running festival event.
2024/25:
Northstowe News - awarded £2,000, for: covering costs of two editions of Northstowe News magazine.
Northstowe Running Festival Events Ltd. - awarded £3,300, for: free community entertainment events during the running festival event.
Northstowe Arts - awarded £2,930, for: Support for costs for workshops leading up LUN to and for event costs Light Up Northstowe 2024.
Northstowe Sports and Wellbeing - awarded £587 (NB: spent: £350.21), for: website development.
2025/26:
Northstowe Foodbank (via Northstowe Hub) - awarded £1,500 (NB: spent: £500), for: provision of Halal food as well as Household and Personal Hygiene products for refugee families settled in Northstowe.
Northstowe Hub - awarded £1,000, for: Northstowe Baby Hub.
Northstowe Running Festival Events Ltd. - awarded £3,300.00, for: free community entertainment events during the running festival event.