Community grants

Cultural Connections accessibility grants

The Cultural Connections volunteering project has a small fund to help residents overcome barriers they face to volunteering. Residents can use accessibility grants for anything which helps them volunteer in a role which excites them, such as travel, translation or software. Voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations can also apply to support a potential volunteer.

Email hello@culturalconnectionsvolunteering.org.uk for more information on how to apply for an accessibility grant.

Cultural Connection activation grants

Cultural Connections also offers activation grants of up to £500. Activation grants help small groups of volunteers and voluntary, community or social enterprise organisations to:

• put on their own hyper local events
• inspire attendees to commit to further community action and volunteering
• celebrate local culture
• support volunteers to sign up to Cultural Connections volunteering opportunities within local community groups

Email hello@culturalconnectionsvolunteering.org.uk for more information on how to apply for an activation grant.

The Great Yarmouth Community Hub provides £50,000 toward the Great Yarmouth Community Investment Fund (opens new window), managed on behalf of Great Yarmouth Borough Council by Norfolk Community Foundation (opens new window) which looks to grow this fund through additional donations.

Organisations in the voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise sector can apply to the Community Investment Fund to receive funding for projects which focus on the following areas:

• health and well-being
• educational attainment, skills and aspirations
• vulnerability and exploitation
• loneliness, isolations and social exclusion

This is an annual grant process with one application window each year. For more information and upcoming dates for submissions, visit the Great Yarmouth Community Investment Fund website (opens new window).

Grants are available for Great Yarmouth residents 18 years old and younger who have an exceptional sporting or artistic talent.

To qualify for a sporting grant, the individual must be of regional or national standard in a sport.

To qualify for an artistic grant, the individual must have a special recognised talent in the fields of music, drama, dance or art.

To apply, go to the Helping Hand application form (opens new window).