What can we fund?

  • Costs of delivering an activity including room hire, material and volunteer expenses
  • Staff costs
  • Event costs (including event registration fees e.g., Temporary Event Notice costs)
  • Equipment costs, where there is a clear plan for ongoing community benefit
  • Capital improvement / renovation costs
  • Insurance costs and DBS checks where needed
  • Training for residents of Dartford Big Local catchment area
  • Running costs for existing or new projects

We cannot fund:

  • Activities which the local authority has a legal duty to provide
  • Activities that will not benefit residents of the Big Local Area
  • Purely for-private commercial ventures
  • Proposals which are not feasible or do not offer value for money
  • Party political, religious or sponsorship activities
  • Spending that has already taken place (no retrospective funding)
  • Discriminatory activities

Big Local Grant