ECDC Community Facility Grant

Grant Scheme Aims

To work in partnership with local communities to help them provide community facilities and recreational amenities which protect, enhance and develop the quality of life and environmental sustainability in East Cambridgeshire.

Grant Scheme Objectives

The grant scheme aims to develop and improve the network of village halls, community & leisure centres, play and recreational space and heritage facilities.

Community Centres

• For upgrading facilities which are the main community centre in a village and which provide for multi use by the wider community. This can include village halls, family centres, mobile community buses.
• The grant scheme can support works such as new build, extensions, refurbishment, provision of disabled facilities, provision of facilities which will enable the hall to diversify its use. Minor repairs and redecoration and movable equipment items are excluded from the scheme.
• It must be demonstrated that the need for these proposals has been identified and forms part of the facility's Business Plan
• For further information contact the District Council's Community Development Officer on (01353) 665555

Leisure Centres

Only the eight leisure centres identified as providing strategic facilities in the District Council's Leisure Strategy are eligible for this grant scheme, namely:

• The Ellesmere Centre
• Bottisham Sports Centre
• Burwell Sports Centre
• Ross Peers Sports Centre Soham
• Paradise Sports Centre Ely
• Littleport Leisure
• Ely Outdoor Sports Association and
• Mepal Outdoor Centre

The works proposed will be new build, extensions, refurbishment and provision of disabled facilities. These works will only be considered for grant if the need for the project has been identified and forms part of the Centre's Business Plan. Repairs are excluded from the scheme unless identified on the Council's asset survey.

For further information contact the District Council's Senior Sports & Leisure Officer on (01353) 665555

Play Facilities (including Skate Parks)

• Grants will be available to assist Parish Councils and voluntary organisations provide play facilities within their local communities. This can include play areas, teenage zones, skateboard facilities and similar, both new build and refurbishment
• The need for the facility must have been identified within the District Council's Play Audit and Strategy in order to be eligible. This strategy has identified gaps in provision across the District towards which grant aid needs to be focused. In addition we would expect to see evidence that young people have been consulted and have participated in the design of the proposed play facility.

Further information and copies of the Play Strategy are available from the District Council's Senior Sports & Leisure Officer on (01353) 665555

Funding Bodies