0 # September 3, 2015

Community First

Community First was a programme that ran from April 2011 to March 2015 as part of the coalition government’s localism agenda – it aimed to improve community planning and organisation. Mostly this was through a £30 million Neighbourhood Matched Fund to provide small grants (£250 to £2500) for community projects.[…]

0 # September 3, 2015

The Working Neighbourhoods Fund

This was a government fund that ran from 2008-2010. During its course it provided £1.4 billion to 65 local authorities and was targeted through deprivation, at authorities that met at least one of the following criteria: 20% or more of LSOAs in most deprived national decile on IMD 2007 20%[…]