Renfrewshire Council

Sustainable Communities Fund

What the fund is, what it can be used for, who can apply for it, how much you can apply for, how to apply, if you get funding.

The Sustainable Communities Fund aims to support local people to develop sustainable projects that will promote or improve community collaboration, health and wellbeing, local spaces, economic development, biodiversity and the environment.

It is part-funded by the UK Government Levelling Up Fund through the Shared Prosperity Fund and replaces the previous Community Empowerment Fund and Community Climate Fund.


What the funding can be used for

What kind of projects we are looking for, what the funding can be used for, revenue and capital projects.

What the funding can be used for


Who can apply for funding

Who can apply for it, applying to fund a Community Asset Transfer.

Who can apply for funding


How much funding you can apply for

How much you should apply for, small, intermediate and large awards, applications for more than £100,000, funding subsidies.

How much funding you can apply for


How to apply for funding

What information we need, when to apply, how we will assess your application, applying for more than one grant.

How to apply for funding


If you get funding

Conditions of the grant, the Fair Work First criteria, how we will pay the grant, evaluation of your project.

If you get funding