What is the Rochford Community Fund?
The Rochford Community Fund has been set up to give Rochford’s Communities the opportunity to promote local initiatives to improve the quality of life for local people living in the district. With the support of Find Your Active Rochford and Castlepoint and Rochford Health and Wellbeing Board, grants of up to £2,000 are available for applicants.
The Rochford Community Fund will open for applications on Tuesday 1st April 2025 and will close on Friday 1 August 2025.
Bids will be assessed and reported to the relevant committee in September 2025, when a decision on the allocation of funding will be made. Applicants should continue to check this page to ascertain when a date for this committee has been set.
Projects will only be funded if they are firmly and directly aligned with the Council’s Corporate Plan (Corporate Plan 2024-28 | Rochford Council) and the Castlepoint and Rochford Health and wellbeing Strategy (Castle Point & Rochford Health and Wellbeing Strategy 2025-28 | Rochford Council) in particular, we are looking at schemes which will deliver wider community benefits, rather than benefits to individual clubs or organisations and that will also deliver on the following priorities, actions and outcomes:
Please read the Information and Guidance Notes for more information before applying for funding.