On the above map you can see the successful projects from the Community Grant Scheme 2025. You can click on the map or use the menu on the right to find out more about these projects and their progress.

Background

In the 80th anniversary year of VE and VJ day, Stratford-on-Avon District Council launched the 'Community Grant Scheme 2025', to allow Town and Parish Councils, charities and community groups to apply for a share of £350,000 to support their valuable community assets in memory of the generation who sacrificed so much during the Second World War, and to celebrate the power of community in the 21st Century.

Community facilities and the kind of services that are delivered from them are at the heart of so many of our towns and villages and often their contribution to the social fabric of south Warwickshire is overlooked. The Community Grant Scheme 2025 was made available for capital projects enabling eligible organisations to submit applications to improve community buildings and other assets that provide so much to local people.

There were two funds to apply for - The Small Grant Scheme, providing £50,000 for projects between £5,000-£20,000 and the Large Grant Scheme, providing £300,000 for projects between £20,001-£100,000.

Small Grants

In April 2026, the successful Small Grant applicants were awarded and are listed below:

• 1st Shottery Scouts - £10,606 for new electrics and insulation at the Scout Hut
• Brailes Village Hall - £20,000 for a new kitchen
• Southam Town Council - £15,425.29 to improve acoustics at the Flying Fields Community Centre.

Large Grants

The details of the successful Large Grant applicants are being finalised and these will be updated here very soon.