The Social Infrastructure Fund is Norfolk County Council's capital grants scheme for voluntary and non-profit making groups.
Set up in 2020, grants of up to £250,000 are available for groups who are involved in community projects and initiatives that benefit the residents of Norfolk. Groups can use the funding to make improvements to their existing facilities, or to fund new initiatives and projects.
This grant is part of our commitment to voluntary and community organisations. It helps strengthen local communities by providing support for local buildings and facilities.
£775k of funding was available in 2022 - with £225,000 set aside for smaller projects of between £5,000 and £50,000, and the other £550,000 for larger projects between £50,000 and £250,000.
In November 2022 we fast-tracked five projects for funding. We then went on to award grants to 10 more great projects in February 2023. Read more about these developments in our news stories:
The grant is for capital projects that support the Council’s Better Together, for Norfolk strategy, and that help the county with the challenges it currently faces, such as increased living costs. For example, the money could be used to:
- Enhance a community centre or village hall by adding the latest digital technologies to creatively open up activities to a wider range of people
- Make improvements to the kitchens in your community centre so that you can provide more meals for people in need over the winter
- Build a Changing Places toilet to enable everyone to access your services
- Improve a building to make it more accessible or a more attractive place for clubs to meet
How the grant works
Funding has now closed for 2022.
We will put out at least one call for projects each year. You can only apply for a grant when we are calling for projects.
We may put out further calls in the year, depending on how much of the funding we give out in the first round. If we don’t allocate all the funds in a financial year we will roll the remaining funding over to future years.