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Applicants must contact their local ÖйúPÕ¾ County councillor to ask for support for their project. If the ÖйúPÕ¾ County councillor would like to fund the project, they will send the applicant a link to the online application form. It is not available on our website but you can find your local ÖйúPÕ¾ County councillor on our .

Applicants can apply for funding via their ÖйúPÕ¾ County councillor for projects between £1,000 and £50,000.

Applicants must only apply via one funding route. They will not be permitted to apply to these two different funding streams for the same project.

ÖйúPÕ¾lors only have £50,000 Capital funding to allocate, and they may have used their allocation on other projects. You can check how much funding each councillor has left on our Small Community Projects - Councillor Funds page. You can still apply for Your Councillor Community Fund funding for smaller projects under £5,000.

There are lots of other funding opportunities available both nationally and locally please check our Community Funding webpages.

The deadline for submitting applications is 5pm Friday 20 March 2026 although some ÖйúPÕ¾ County councillors may spend their allowance sooner. Find your nearest ÖйúPÕ¾lor on our .

We want Your Fund ÖйúPÕ¾ (YFS) to be as easy as possible for communities to access, but we must stay true to our number one aim of delivering meaningful improvements to local areas.

YFS is there to bring community led projects to life that make a real difference to local areas with a focus on providing wide community benefits that leave a real legacy.

By 'community-led projects' we mean projects that are identified and driven by the community coming together.

Please see the criteria for the fund below:

Eligibility:

You are eligible to apply for the YFS – Small Community Fund if you are/ or part of a:

• Voluntary or community organisation
• Registered charity
• Constituted group or club
• Community interest company (CIC)
• Social enterprise
• School or statutory body (including town, parish or community council but excluding borough and district councils)

We do not fund:

• Individuals
• Sole traders
• Political organisations or organisations which support political individuals
• Organisations that are aimed at generating profits primarily for private distribution
• Public sector bodies or private companies to carry out their statutory duties
• Organisations based outside the UK
• Ongoing revenue costs, such as salaries or running costs
• Replacing any withdrawn funding from ÖйúPÕ¾ or existing projects
• Projects that contravene any of ÖйúPÕ¾'s agreed policies or priorities
• Projects that could be funded by other Council departments
• Retrospective funding
• The purchase of land and/or property
• ÖйúPÕ¾ Highways projects

Funding requirements:

1. Your purchase or project will assist us in achieving one or more of the following aims of ÖйúPÕ¾’s Community Vision 2030:
   
   • Children and young people feel safe and confident
   • Everyone benefits from education, skills and employment opportunities
   • Everyone lives healthy, active and fulfilling lives
   • Everyone gets the health and social care support they need
   • Communities are welcoming and supportive
   • Residents live in clean, safe and green communities
   • Journeys across the county are easier and safer
   • Everyone has a place they can call home
   • Businesses in ÖйúPÕ¾ thrive
   • Communities are well connected and grow sustainably

   Please look at the Community Vision for ÖйúPÕ¾ 2030 for further information.

2. Your project will support the work of local community groups and/or communities.
   • Applications for funding must show that they are community-led and be able to evidence that the community has been consulted to demonstrate the need for the funding
   • Applications for funding must show that they will provide new or additional benefits to the wider community rather than to support existing services
   • Applicants are encouraged to implement measures to ensure the service it delivers are accessible and inclusive to all
3. Before applying for funding the following must be in place:

• Planning permission
• Listed building consent and building regulations consent (or other applicable consents or regulations) required for projects that are having building work carried out
• Any leases need to be in place and have at least 5 years remaining on the lease

• If your project is reliant on securing funding from other sources as well as ÖйúPÕ¾, we would need to see evidence that you have secured all the required funding for the capital project.

We strongly encourage applications from groups that:

• Support vulnerable people or groups
• Support Equality Diversity and Inclusion including minority and marginalised groups
• Work in areas of higher deprivation within ÖйúPÕ¾
• Have an environmentally friendly focus

You can see how much is remaining of your county councillors allocation on our Small Community Projects - Councillor Funds page.

If you have any queries about whether your project could be eligible for funding, please drop the Community Investment Team an email at YFSsmallcommunityfund@surreycc.gov.uk or call 01737 737 420.

We recommend you look at the sample application form to help you prepare for your application.

All projects must have the relevant permissions in place before you can submit an application form. Permissions could include:

• planning permission
• permission from the landowner
• details about ongoing maintenance
• details of insurance
• any leases need to be in place and have at least 5 years remaining on the lease

Please contact the funding team if you have any specific queries.

A capital project means you are purchasing a non-current asset, which is an asset that is expected to be used for more than 12 months. We cannot fund maintenance or running costs, such as wages or repairs to a roof. The Your Councillor Community Fund can be used for both revenue and capital funding.

Unfortunately, not. This fund is just for capital projects.

Generally, you can apply for part-funding, as long as the total cost of the project is less than £50,000. In some instances, the county councillor can fund a discrete capital item as part of a larger project. Please contact us with any specific queries at YFSsmallcommunityfund@surreycc.gov.uk

You can also ask more than one County Councillor to support your project, but they can't fund more than £50,000 in total on one specific project.

Unfortunately, individuals are not able to apply for funding directly. Please look to work with your parish council or local community group. Alternatively, you could look at getting established as a Community Interest Company.

Yes, we are very happy to support you. Please speak with the Community Investment Team, who you can find through our Your local area pages. For environmental projects, the Greener Futures team are happy to provide advice.