The FCC Community Action Fund is a program that provides grants for amenity projects under Object D and Object DA of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF), within 10 miles of an eligible FCC Environment waste facility.
Grants ranging from £2,000 to £100,000 are available for projects with a maximum total cost of £500,000 (including VAT if relevant). This funding assists not-for-profit organisations in enhancing amenity sites that are open and accessible to the public. The grants aim to improve local facilities such as parks, community centres, and sports facilities, supporting community-beneficial projects and enhancing the local environment.
The program will accept applications for the provision, maintenance or improvement of the following types of public amenity:
- Village Halls and Community Centres
- Public Play Areas
- Publicly available Multi use games areas, skate parks and BMX tracks
- Sport and recreation grounds including pavilions and clubhouses with full public access
- Churches – community spaces only
- Nature Reserves
- Public gardens, parks, country parks and woodlands with at least dawn to dusk access
- Museums
The project site should be somewhere the general public can go, join or use without any limit or restrictions of use (or with reasonable access costs) being in place.
Examples of projects eligible for funding include:
- Replacement doors and windows in village hall or community centre.
- Provision of children’s play equipment in public open space.
- Construction of footpaths and cycleways in a public park.
- Providing all weather play surface for MUGA (multi use games area).
- Dipping platform and all weather paths at a local nature reserves.
- Provision of Skate Park.
Application Rounds
The scheduled funding rounds are as follows:
- 2024-2 Round opens 20 March 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 5 June 2024
- 2024-3 Round opens 19 June 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 4 Sept 2024
- 2024-4 Round opens 18 Sept 2024 and closes at 5.00pm on 4 Dec 2024.
For more detailed information visit their website here.
You can also download the Guide for Applicants click here.
