1. Community Support Funding
Feb 2019

2. Community Grants Tidy Towns Residents Association
Community Action Grants
Community Day
Festival and Events
Christmas Lights
DRCD Community Enhancement Programme
DRCD Men’s Shed

3. Tidy Towns Grants
Purpose – Assist local groups competing in national Tidy Towns Competition
Grant Range (Excl Athlone & Mullingar) - €500 to €5,000
Grant level depends on town size and marks in previous years TT competition
Grant for ongoing expenses or improvement projects.

4. Residents Association
Local group of houses (greater than 10 No)
Purpose – Assist in enhancement local environment
Grant Range - €150 to €650
Grant amount depends on number of houses and area maintained.
Grant can be used for operational expenses and improvement works.

5. Community Action Grant
All local groups other than Tidy Towns or Residents Associations
Purpose – Assist groups in their work to improving the general wellbeing and quality of life of their area.
Grants Range - €300 to €1,500
Grant may be utilised for general activities /operations of the group.

6. Community Day New initiative for 2019
Aim - encourage active citizenship
Event where local people get together and mix with their neighbors.
Event could be based around sport, history, food, culture, cup of tea, etc.
May Bank holiday weekend.
Budget of €10,000
The LCDC’s will distribute small grants of about €100 - €300 per event.

7. General Requirements Application Forms available Funding Clinics
7th March Athlone & 14th March Mullingar
Closing Date – Friday 29th March
Member of PPN
Tax Number
Bank Account
Applications evaluated and approved by MD and paid by EFT
Community Development Section of Westmeath County Council.

8. Other WCC Community Grants
Festival and Events grant
Encourage and promote local voluntary events
Budget €100,000
Grant range €250 to €8,000
Advertised in Feb and May
Town & Village Christmas Lights grant
Assist local groups with cost of maintenance and upgrading of Christmas Lights in Towns and Villages
Budget €50,000
Grant range €250 to €1,000 (Excl Athlone and Mullingar)
Advertised Sep 2019

9. DRCD Funded Grants (via WCC)
Community Enhancement Programme
Small scale capital projects
€285,000 Budget in 2018
Grants €500 to €25,000 to 130 No Groups
Men’ Shed Grants
€19,000 Budget to 13 Groups
Tidy Towns Grants
€47,000 to 31 Westmeath TT Groups
Grants €1,000 to €4,000