Funding and Grants
We offer and can signpost to a wide range of grant schemes that help to support Mole Valley’s residents, businesses and voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations.
Community Grants
The funding round for applications for the year 2025/26 is now open.
To be considered for this funding round, please submit an Expression of Interest by Friday 13th September 2024. The deadline for submission of a full application is Monday 30th September 2024.
Funding is available for capital projects, such as:
- community building improvements
- new playground equipment
- sports facilities
Applications for funding up to £20,000 are recommended.
For more information, please visit our Community Funding and Grants page.
The Neighbourhood Fund, formerly known as the Neighbourhood Community Infrastructure Levy, consists of money made up of a levy developers pay us whenever new homes or retail space is built in in Mole Valley. The Neighbourhood Fund is available to be spent on projects (usually referred to as ‘infrastructure’) that help address the demands additional development can bring on local areas and communities. A little over £1 million is available.
Anyone can come up with a suggestion for spending on new or existing infrastructure. Be that an individual person or a community group. There is no limit on how much funding can be bid for on an individual project, although the amount bid for will need to be appropriate for the type and scale of course.
Examples include:
- Improve cricket facilities at Chrystie Recreation Ground, Bookham – £25,000 (subject to conditions)
- Replace the existing solar powered Vehicle Sign (VAS) with an electric VAS in Westcott – £7,500 (subject to conditions)
Visit the page here for application information.
In early 2024 voluntary groups in Mole Valley had the opportunity to express interest in applying for funding for community gardens through the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The window for expressions of interest has now closed.
The Mole Valley Community Lottery is managed by us and all the good causes involved are non-profit organisations that benefit Mole Valley and its residents.
Each lottery ticket costs £1, with 50p going to a good cause of the player’s choice and 10p to a fund run by us which benefits climate change initiatives, the Environment Fund, in Mole Valley. Players can also select this as their main good cause. The draw is held weekly on a Saturday evening.
Clubs, groups, voluntary organisations, community interest groups and charities who provide community activities or services within Mole Valley can apply. There is no set-up cost, and you’ll never have to pay anything, making it a simple and easy way to raise much needed funds. Once signed up, you will have your own website as well as marketing materials, regular offers and non-cash prizes to help you promote your cause to your supporters – at no cost to you!
Ashtead Rotary was delighted to feature as a good cause right from the start:
“The materials provided for marketing the lottery to potential supporters are so easy to use and the ad-hoc gift vouchers that are added as extra prizes, give us a good excuse to keep asking people to donate their money to us!
“We are on track to raise more than £1,000 in our first year and this will enable us to kickstart one of our new projects: to provide a regular Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Ashtead Youth Club for young people who may not otherwise have the opportunity to take part in this life-changing initiative.”
To determine eligibility see our Terms and Conditions and apply on the Mole Valley Community Lottery website.
For more information email support@molevalleylottery.co.uk.
The Thomas Flack Trust Fund offers funding support for projects benefiting the residents of Leatherhead, Ashtead, Bookham and Fetcham. The fund is currently closed.
For more information, please visit our Community Funding and Grants page.
Community and village halls in Mole Valley can apply for capital grant funding to help reduce energy requirements, and therefore costs, associated with that building.
The funding window is now open to online applications until 5pm on Wednesday 15 May 2024.
Interested parties can apply for a share of the £120,000 grant total, available via the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Please visit our page via the button below to read the policy and apply.
Residents Grants
This is a funding opportunity external to those managed by us. Please direct any queries regarding a prospective application and subsequent progress to Action Surrey.
If you or someone living in your property is disabled, you may qualify for a Disabled Facilities Grant (DFG).
This grant goes towards the cost of providing adaptations and/or facilities to meet necessary basic housing needs for someone with a disability.
Government funded DFGs take time to process. However from the moment we receive a full, formal application with correct quotes from the surveyor, it must then be approved within six months.
An applicant must either be:
- the owner of his/her home (this includes a mobile home)
- a private or housing association tenant
- a landlord with a disabled tenant
All grant applications are means tested, unless the applicant is a disabled child.
The test will calculate what contribution, if any, an applicant might have to make towards the cost of any proposed works.
There is a maximum grant aid limit of £30,000 towards proposed work. To request an assessment, contact Surrey County Council on 0300 200 1005 and ask to speak to the duty Occupational Therapist.
If eligible, they will consider your family and carer and what adaptations are necessary.
Environmental and Sustainability Grants
This is an external funding opportunity. Please direct any queries regarding a prospective application and subsequent progress to Action Surrey.
Community and village halls in Mole Valley can apply for capital grant funding to help reduce energy requirements, and therefore costs, associated with that building.
The funding window is now open to online applications until 5pm on Wednesday 15 May 2024.
Interested parties can apply for a share of the £120,000 grant total, available via the government’s UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Please visit our page via the button below to read the policy and apply.
The Mole Valley Community Lottery is managed by us and all the good causes involved are non-profit organisations that benefit Mole Valley and its residents.
Each lottery ticket costs £1, with 50p going to a good cause of the player’s choice and 10p to a fund run by us which benefits climate change initiatives, the Environment Fund, in Mole Valley. Players can also select this as their main good cause. The draw is held weekly on a Saturday evening.
Clubs, groups, voluntary organisations, community interest groups and charities who provide community activities or services within Mole Valley can apply. There is no set-up cost, and you’ll never have to pay anything, making it a simple and easy way to raise much needed funds. Once signed up, you will have your own website as well as marketing materials, regular offers and non-cash prizes to help you promote your cause to your supporters – at no cost to you!
Ashtead Rotary was delighted to feature as a good cause right from the start:
“The materials provided for marketing the lottery to potential supporters are so easy to use and the ad-hoc gift vouchers that are added as extra prizes, give us a good excuse to keep asking people to donate their money to us!
“We are on track to raise more than £1,000 in our first year and this will enable us to kickstart one of our new projects: to provide a regular Duke of Edinburgh Award scheme at Ashtead Youth Club for young people who may not otherwise have the opportunity to take part in this life-changing initiative.”
To determine eligibility see our Terms and Conditions and apply on the Mole Valley Community Lottery website.
For more information email support@molevalleylottery.co.uk.