{"id":5129,"date":"2026-09-07T11:52:25","date_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:52:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/?post_type=tb_fund&#038;p=5129"},"modified":"2026-09-07T11:57:41","modified_gmt":"2026-09-07T10:57:41","slug":"growing-communities-fund","status":"publish","type":"tb_fund","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/fund\/growing-communities-fund\/","title":{"rendered":"Growing Communities Fund"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Devon County Council&#8217;s popular Growing Communities Fund is still open for applications from Devon communities wishing to build self-reliance, tackle hardship such as food and fuel inequality, improve mental health and wellbeing or address loneliness and isolation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Growing Communities Fund will typically provide grants of between \u00a3500 and \u00a31,000. The funding can be used for initiatives that bring communities together for meaningful activities and social interaction, offer local people a warm safe haven during winter or alleviate food poverty by producing or distributing surplus food and essentials or that offer communities the means to cook nutritious meals on a budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Applications for grant funding can be made by:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Not for profit, voluntary or community groups, registered charities or social enterprises that are providing services or activities for the benefit of people and communities in Devon (at least 75% of beneficiaries need to be in the administrative area of Devon County Council)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Parish or Town Councils, where the project or activity has a clear benefit to the local community and is not replacing statutory provision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Schools, where the project or activity has a clear benefit to the wider community over and above statutory provision<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>National charities, where there is a local branch that is managed locally and has its own bank account<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Churches or church groups, where the project or activity has a clear benefit to the wider community and is not promoting a specific religion or worship<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Community Interest Companies (CICs), limited by guarantee without share capital (further conditions apply: see website for details)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devon County Council&#8217;s popular Growing Communities Fund is still open for applications from Devon communities wishing to build self-reliance, tackle hardship such as food and fuel inequality, improve mental health and wellbeing or address loneliness and isolation. The Growing Communities Fund will typically provide grants of between \u00a3500 and \u00a31,000. The funding can be used [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"fund\/category":[3,6,17,19],"class_list":["post-5129","tb_fund","type-tb_fund","status-publish","hentry","tb_fund_cat-environment-energy-transport","tb_fund_cat-community-health-welfare","tb_fund_cat-physical-activity-sport-leisure","tb_fund_cat-devon-funds"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-09-25 19:36:41","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"tb_fund_cat","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5129","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tb_fund"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5129\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5853,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/5129\/revisions\/5853"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tb_fund_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/fundingnews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/fund\/category?post=5129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}