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Grant Funding & Financial Assistance

Grant Funding & Financial Assistance

Clackmannanshire Council administers several types of grant funding. Links to these are listed below.

• School Clothing Grants
• A grant to assist parents on low incomes to purchase school clothing for their children.
• Free School Meals
  Pupils of parents on low incomes are entitled to free school meals.
• Education Maintenance Allowance
  Financial help for 16 to 19 year olds to continue learning.
• Clackmannanshire Educational Trust
  Small grants available for educational purposes to residents of Clackmannanshire.
• Clackmannan District Charitable Trust
  Small grants available for essential household items.
• Spittal Trust
  Small grants available for essential household items.
• Clackmannanshire Community Grant
• Grant of up to £500 for Clackmannanshire villages or communities to help fund one community celebration in that area each year.
• Old Age Pensioner (OAP) Associations
  Small grants to properly constituted community organisations to assist with the funding of Christmas lunch for members who are old age pensioners.
• GRANTfinder
  • Business funding - contact Clackmannanshire Works

Other types of financial assistance may be available. The telephone contact numbers/links for further information are listed below:

• Home Energy - help with heating and insulation 
• Cost of living help and support 
• Educational Grants
  Education
  Tel: 01259 450000
  e: education@clacks.gov.uk
• Sports Related Grants
  Education
  Tel: 01259 450000
  e: sportsdevelopment@clacks.gov.uk
  Clackmannanshire Sports Council
• CFSLA (Clackmannanshire, Falkirk and Stirling Local Authorities) Payroll Lottery Committee
  • CFSLA Payroll Lottery Committee consider applications from Charity, Community and Voluntary Groups for assistance.
• Forth Valley & Lomond CLLD
  • Invites applications for innovative or pilot projects seeking funding in the rural areas of Clackmannanshire, where projects are able to provide at least 50% match funding from another source.

• Clackmannanshire and Stirling Environment Trust

  • Community groups looking to implement projects that improve the environment or otherwise benefit the community may be able to get up to £15,000.
  • The Trust manages landfill community fund credits raised through the land-filling of municipal waste from both Stirling and Clackmannanshire Councils and in the past successful projects have included improvements to play areas, community halls, historic and religious buildings and local woodlands. Projects aimed at conserving or improving native biodiversity have also received support.
  • Further deadlines dates for 2025 to be confirmed.
  • For more information, application pack or advice, contact the trust at e: morrisona@stirling.gov.uk.