Community Building Grants 2025-26 to 2027

Please get in touch with the area office for an application at the email address below.

Voluntary sector organisations can now apply for grants between £5,000 and up to £13,000 to support the running of community buildings, as part of a scheme being opened by Bradford Council which closes for applications on 3 October 2025.

Community buildings across the district are vital for local people, as they deliver a range of services and activities, and offer meeting spaces for community groups. Such buildings can be expensive to run, and the Community Building Grants scheme, which has been successfully operating for a number of years, aims to boost their funding. The money can be used in a number of ways including insurance, building maintenance and towards general running costs.

Bradford Council’s Neighbourhoods and Community Safety Portfolio Holder Councillor Kamran Hussain said: “The cost of running community buildings are high and put pressure on the organisations which deliver much-needed local services to residents across the Bradford district. These buildings are more than bricks and mortar. They become vital hubs, and we recognise how important they are to people. The Council is already supporting our communities in a number of ways, and it is crucial that we continue to support those voluntary sector organisations, which don’t have enough funding to pay the full cost of running their facilities without grant assistance.”

There is £800,000 available through the scheme for 2025-26 and 2026-27 (subject to funds being available in year two) and it is being funded by Bradford Council and the Government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF).

For further information or to discuss whether this grant is appropriate, organisations can contact ward officers on:

Key event timetable Date to complete
  • Call out for grants launched
 15 September 2025
  • Previous groups funded through Community Buildings complete monitoring required and submission of all financial returns
  • Community Building Application form and guidance published
 		 3 October 2025
  • Deadline for Community Building Application form to be returned
 3 October 2025
  • Area Committees’ Grant Advisory Group meet, to review all submitted applications
  • Additional information may be sought from the Group before decision can be made, if the need arises
  • Recommendations determined
 		 Mid-October 2025
  • All applicants to be notified of the final outcome from the process
 Week commencing 20 October 2025
  • Applicants returned signed Grant Agreement with acceptance of conditions
  • This includes agreeing to provide invoices / receipts for all expenditure and providing copies of bank statements
 		 31 October 2025
  • Grants will be awarded initially for 6 months up to 31st March 2025 (and an additional 1 year subject to Council budget for 2026-27).
 October 2025 - 31 March 2026 eligible period for spend (or from date of signed contract)

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