The latest round of the Community Choices programme is now live and open for project idea submissions.
Community Choices is Falkirk Council and Falkirk Health and Social Care Partnership’s participatory budgeting programme. It gives local people a way to apply for public money to improve their local area and vote to decide how public money is spent.
Two grants are available:
- Small Grant: up to £5,000 for projects that will make a real difference to the lives of people living in each Falkirk Council ward
- Place-based Capital Grant: supporting proposals which need a capital investment of more than £5,000 to build something new, improve an asset or purchase equipment
Since its launch in 2021, 103 community projects have benefitted from £1.9 million of Community Choices funds.
Projects must aim to make communities in Falkirk fairer, healthier, more connected, or more inclusive.
Projects that meet the grant criteria applied for will be put to a public vote in January 2023 and must secure at least 10% of the total eligible votes cast in that ward to secure Community Choices funds.
The closing date for project submissions is 5pm on Friday 2nd December.
For further information, including all eligibility criteria, and how to submit a project idea, please visit the dedicated Community Choices page.
Alternatively, for further information, view the Falkirk Council news article.
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