Advice and funding for community groups

Community strategy, funding opportunities, credit unions, localism act and community asset transfers.

Funding opportunities

Current and upcoming funding opportunities for not-for-profit organisations and community groups.

Credit unions

Credit unions offer convenient savings and low-interest loans to their members, who own and manage the credit unions themselves.

Localism Act

The Localism Act sets out a programme of change which the government believes will transfer power from centralised government to local people on many things which directly affect their lives. These pages describe the measures the council is putting into place to implement the programme.