To support new and improved community infrastructure, providing essential community services and assets for local people to benefit the local economy. Successful applicants must use any grant funding on capital projects that create long lasting community assets, such as a building or equipment for community benefit. The intention is to strengthen the social fabric of communities, building pride in place by improving local community infrastructure, creating opportunities for social connections to develop and thrive. Projects must be in a rural area e.g. towns, villages and hamlets with populations below 10,000, or market or ‘hub towns’ with populations of up to 30,000 that serve their surrounding rural areas as centres of employment and in providing services.
This Fund builds upon an initial donation from the County’s current High Sheriff, Richard Lake, whose ambition is to inspire and support young people at risk of committing anti-social behaviour to encourage them to make good life choices and exercise better judgment. Recognising the importance of this issue, Members and Officers at the South East Lincolnshire Partnership have provided funding, matched by the High Sheriff and Lincolnshire Community Foundation to enable voluntary and community organisations based in the heart of their community to deliver diversionary youth services
