2026-2027 Local Communities Large Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2026	South Whitehaven Youth Partnership	Youth Worker Salaries Kells & Mirehouse Provision 2026-29	£168,000.00
April 2026	Moore Arts Millom	Performing Arts, Creative Learning & Community Projects 2026-28	£101,082.19
April 2026	Shackles Off Youth & Community Project	Seascale Capital Build Variation	£99,000.00
April 2026	NEAD CIC	Whitehaven Weekender Community Event	£41,500.00
April 2026	Shackles Off Youth & Community Project	Youth Worker Salaries Seascale Provision 2026-29	£77,756.00
April 2026	Distington Club for Young People	Youth Worker Salaries 2026-29	£64,983.57
April 2026	Soundwave Cumbria	Creative Sessions Salaries 2026-27	£41,143.00
July 2026	Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project	Calderwood House Staffing 2026-2028	£249,900.00
July 2026	Time to Change (West Cumbria) CIC	Calderwood House Staffing 2026-2028	£208,150.37
July 2026	Cumbria Addictions, Advice & Solutions (CADAS)	Copeland Family Services 2026-2029	£90,720.11
July 2026	Home to Work Ltd	Goodlives - Employability & Wellbeing Programme Core Costs	£55,672.54
July 2026	Time to Share Bereavement Services CIC	Child Bereavement/Trauma Support 2026-2029	£37,958.00
July 2026	Triple A Project (All About Autism)	Community Based Support for Autistic & Neurodivergent people	£37,549.00
July 2026	South Whitehaven Youth Partnership	Youth Worker Salaries Parton Provision 2026-2029	£35,914.34

2026-27 Local Communities Small Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2026	Rosehill Youth Theatre	Solway Hall Manager & Volunteer Support 2026/27	£30,000.00
April 2026	The Parochial Church Council of the Ecclesiastical Parish of St. John, Hensingham	Cristians Against Poverty Debt Advice/Counselling Service 2026-2028	£29,767.00
April 2026	Distington Community Trust	Distington Community Garden	£28,000.00
April 2026	Kirkgate Arts	Arts out West Touring – Arts Activities 2026-28	£24,000.00
April 2026	Owl Blue	Neurodiverse Support 2026/27	£22,867.80
April 2026	Howgill Family Centre	Baby Bank Salaries & Provisions 2026/27	£20,000.00
April 2026	Eskdale Mill & Heritage Trust	Celebrate our Watermill Heritage Project 2026/28	£11,030.00
July 2026	Safety Net UK	School Based Intervention Support 2026-2029	£28,591.91
July 2026	Cumbria Deaf Association	Deaf Community Development in Copeland 2026-2028	£23,920.00
July 2026	Angel Advocates	Independent Advocacy Service	£22,626.00

2026-27 Enabling Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
May 2026	Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)	West Cumbria Funding Fair	£1,200.00
June 2026	Adams Recreational Ground Trust	Feasibility Study - Pavillion	£9,018.00
June 2026	The Alexander House Community Care Hub CIC	Feasibility Study	£7,900.00
July 2026	Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)	5 x governance support packages	£3,900.00

2025-26 Local Communities Large Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2025	Citizens Advice Copeland	COMPASS Project 2025-27	£177,494.00
July 2025	Proud & Diverse Cumbria CIC	Colours Hub	£141,481.00
July 2025	Home to Work Ltd	Goodlives Core Costs	£75,732.67
July 2025	Gosforth Parish Council	Gosforth Public Hall – Phase 1 Refurbish Community Library	£67,064.00
July 2025	Shackles Off Youth & Community Project	Hensingham Youth Provision	£61,943.00
July 2025	Egremont & Area Regeneration Partnership	Florence Arts - See It to Be It	£49,840.63
November 2025	Whitehaven Community Trust Ltd	Staffing Core Costs	£113,044.00
November 2025	University of Leeds	Miterdale Forest Restoration Project	£110,000.00
November 2025	Cumberland Council	Social Prescribing 2025/26	£84,670.37
November 2025	Ennerdale Hub Ltd	The Gather Café Refurb	£40,000.00

2025-26 Local Communities Small Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2025	Rosehill Youth Theatre (Solway Hall)	Coordinator & volunteer support	£29,000.00
April 2025	Focused Therapies CIC	Copeland 2025 1-year Pilot	£24,255.75
July 2025	NEAD CIC	Pride on the Harbourside Community Festival	£30,000.00
July 2025	Healthy Hopes Cumbria Ltd CIC	Wellbeing sessions	£29,060.00
July 2025	Angel Advocates	Independent Advocacy	£25,380.50
July 2025	Adams Recreation Ground, St Bees	Disabled Access - Paths	£23,850.25
July 2025	South Whitehaven Youth Partnership	Parton Youth Provision Pilot	£17,513.36
July 2025	Mirehouse Community Centre	Maximising Income Advice Project	£19,283.00
November 2025	Futureproof Cumbria	Copeland Climate Cascade	£26,343.00
November 2025	Lakeland Wellbeing CIC	Women into Employment	£16,785.00
March 2026	Focused Therapies CIC	2026 Core Costs	£12,998.99
March 2026	Whitehaven Unit 362 of the Sea Cadet Corps	Building Refurbishment – New Roof	£11,250.00
March 2026	Time to Change (West Cumbria) Project CIC	Calderwood House Emergency Fund	£10,000.00

2025-26 Enabling Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
July 2025	Always Another Way	Website Development & Training	£7,800.00
July 2025	Friends of Hillcrest (Jericho) Park	Play Park - FCC third party contribution	£6,601.68
July 2025	Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)	West Cumbria Funding Fair	£1,328.00
August 2025	Sustainable Duddon	Website Development	£8,252.18
August 2025	Cumbria Council for Voluntary Services (CVS)	Governance & Infrastructure Support	£5,000.00
October 2025	Norman Nicholson House CIC	Architect Re-scoping Fees	£2,952.60
December 2025	Hensingham ARLFC	Feasibility Study	£9,995.00
December 2025	Citizens Advice Copeland	Cyber Essentials & Accreditation	£7,095.60
February 2026	Wasdale Community Hall	Quantity Surveyor & Website Development	£2,860.00

2024-25 Local Communities Large Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
June 2024	Together We CIC	Together We Talk (2024-29)	£495,000.00
June 2024	Cumbria Gateway Ltd	Gateway for Women (2024-27)	£237,965.00
June 2024	Always Another Way CIO	Improving Mental Wellbeing	£150,000.00
June 2024	Howgill Family Centre	Time to be Me Project	£90,000.00
June 2024	The Phoenix Youth Project	Youth Development (2024-27)	£52,123.04
June 2024	Proud & Diverse Cumbria CIC	Colours Whitehaven Hub	£34,230.06
September 2024	Cumberland Council	Prevention Outreach Service	£150,000.00
December 2024	The Phoenix Youth Project	Staffing core costs	£205,854.79
December 2024	Shackles Off Youth & Community Project	Millom Youth Provision	£99,192.00
December 2024	Cumberland Council	Social Prescribing 2024/25	£73,504.02
December 2024	Home to Work Ltd	Staffing core costs	£57,070.00

2024-25 Local Communities Small Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
June 2024	Hensingham ARLFC	Pilot Youth & Community Provision	£22,317.50
September 2024	Cumbria Health Ltd	Senhouse Centre - Wellbeing	£22,500.00
September 2024	Aspire Academy Cumbria CIC	Set up costs for pilot project	£20,012.61
December 2024	ACTion with Communities in Cumbria	Enhancing Rural Communities	£29,350.00
December 2024	St Bees Village Hall Management Committee	Toilet Block Remediation	£10,872.00
December 2024	The Parochial Church Council – Parish of St Johns (Christians Against Poverty- Whitehaven)	Debt Coach/Centre Manager Salary	£10,597.00

2024-25 Enabling Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2024	Friends of Pica/ Distington Parish Council	Play Park - FCC third party contribution	£4,406.47
April 2024	Cleator Moor Celtic Football Club	Topograhical Survey	£5,220.00
April 2024	Time to Change (West Cumbria) Project CIC	Hub Hospitality	£5,000.00
April 2024	Millom Striders Running Club	Professional first aid & timing services	£1,715.00
June 2024	Home to Work Ltd	Website & Rebrand	£6,500.00
July 2024	Lowca Parish Council	Play Park - FCC third party contribution	£4,421.00
October 2024	Keekle Community Park	Play Park - FCC third party contribution	£5,617.95
February 2025	St Bees Village Hall	3rd Party contribution for FCC app	£3,934.50

2023-24 Local Communities Large Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
July 2023	Time to Change (West Cumbria) Project CIC	Staffing costs 2023 - 2026	£290,977.32
July 2023	Whitehaven Harbour Youth Project	Staffing costs 2023 - 2026	£225,000.00
July 2023	West Cumbria Domestic Violence Support	Staffing costs 2023 - 2026	£169,318.17
July 2023	Shackles Off Youth & Community Project	New Youth & Community Building in Seascale	£150,000.00
September 2023	Hospice at Home West Cumbria	Staffing costs 2023 – 2026	£153,306.38
September 2023	Copeland Age and Advice Service CIC	Staffing costs 2023 – 2026	£150,000.00
September 2023	Safety Net (UK)	Staffing costs 2023 - 2026	£119,704.00
September 2023	Egremont Youth Partnership	Staffing Costs 2024-2027	£104,583.00
September 2023	Time to Share Bereavement Services CIC	Staffing costs 2023 - 2026	£69,272.00
September 2023	Cumberland Council	Social Prescribing Staff Costs 23-24 (V1)	£58,900.20

2023-24 Local Communities Small Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
July 2023	Always Another Way CIC	Staffing costs 2023 - 2024	£25,000.00
July 2023	Howgill Family Centre	Return former Kells Library to create new Children's Centre	£22,837.00
September 2023	Farmlife West Cumbria	Set up Costs - Capital	£11,795.62

2023-24 Enabling Grants

Date Awarded	Organisation	Project Name	Grant Awarded
April 2023	Copeland Amateur Swimming Club	Level 2 Training	£910.80
June 2023	West Cumbria Search & Rescue	Water Rescue Training	£4,583.33
June 2023	Howgill Family Centre	Time to be me	£3,203.60
August 2023	Growing Well Ltd	Feasibility Study (approved 2022)	£1,365.00
September 2023	Millom RUFC	Feasibility Study UKSPF Match) 2022	£1,702.50