Find out about grants that your community group or organisation may be eligible for in Erewash.

Now open

Erewash Borough Council has allocated funding towards community grants schemes running from 1 April 2026 until 31 March 2028* in recognition of the amazing work they do in Erewash.  

The total funding allocated to each Community Grant Scheme is:

• £40,000 per financial year (for 2026/27 and 2027/28) for Fast Funding Grants 
• £25,000 per financial year (for 2026/27 and 2027/28) for Member Grants 
• £300,000 over 2026/27 and 2027/28 for VCS Sustainability & Activation Grants.

* Any changes to these schemes will be published on the council’s website.

All of these schemes are now open for local community and voluntary groups to apply for

Many groups in Erewash have benefitted from Community Grants provided by the council over previous years, including sports groups, arts groups, wellbeing groups and lots of others. 

Your group could be eligible to apply for a grant. Further information on each scheme is available below.  Please read this before applying.

Please note: The application form cannot be saved once started.  

The Application Form (Word version) is available to download from the Supporting Information section via the EBC link below.  By doing this, you are able to view and answer the questions before starting the form.  You can ‘copy and paste’ from the Word document into the online application form to make this easy. 

If you would like a hard copy of the application form sent to you, please email: fastfunding@erewash.gov.uk or contact the team on 0115 907 2244.

For more information, visit: www.erewash.gov.uk/community-support/community-grants-2026-27