Funding -
Sowing SEEDS has a revised budget of £1.944 million to spend before December 2013. The money must be used to support projects that deliver the Sowing SEEDS Objectives in individual communities or across the whole area. To be eligible for funding your project idea must be innovative and community led, benefit people in the area and fit the Objectives of the Programme by:
- Supporting rural businesses involving local products, services or skills,
- Providing increased opportunities for socio-
economic growth through the conservation and enhancement of the area’s natural and built environment; or - Developing opportunities from local culture and heritage to engender a sense of shared identity, leading to the development of innovative community based enterprise for sustainable economic growth
We are particularly looking for projects that Empower Young People or Sustain Local Communities. For all the detail on our Objectives please download them from our downloads section
There is no minimum or maximum grant rate – it may sound simple but just ask for
what you need, no more and no less! Our grants tend to be between 40% and 75%, and
the rate will depend on what type of activity you are proposing. In exceptional
circumstances we will consider granting a larger % rate. We can take all sorts of
match funding including in-
For details on the Application Process click here