VCS applications open for Main Grants pot

Voluntary and community groups are invited to bid for up to £10k of the council’s £100K pot of grant funding for 2026.

Anyone interested in applying can bid for funding from £500 up to £10K, to help with core costs and salaries, or to support them to deliver great community events, projects and activities. 

The applications have been broken down into two categories, between £500 and £2,000 and then £2,001 and £10,000.

The council are running the scheme earlier than usual (normally opens in January), as the larger applications are now to be considered by a Panel of Councillors.

This was agreed at an Executive Committee meeting in September and brings additional transparency to the process.

The application process opens from 9.00am on Saturday 1^st November 2025, until 4.00pm on Friday 21^st November 2025.

Leader of Redditch Borough Council, Cllr Sharon Harvey, said: “As a council we are committed to supporting voluntary community sector organisations to deliver events, projects, and activities that have a positive and beneficial impact on Redditch and its residents.”

There is set criteria in place that anyone wishing to apply must meet. Each proposed project must be needed in the area, well planned, outcome focussed and aligned to the council’s Strategic Purposes.

For further details about the programme and how to apply, please visit our website Voluntary and Community Sector Grants Scheme 2026/27.