Your Councillor Community Fund update
The deadline for this fund was 31st January 2025, the fund has now closed and we are no longer accepting applications. Please keep an eye on our webpages for an update about YCCF funding for next year. Questions and Answers regarding this can be found on the Your Fund ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ homepage.
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Introduction
Each County Councillor has £5,000 of funding per year to support residents and community organisations to deliver activities that benefit local people in their neighbourhoods. This funding is known as Your Councillor Community Fund (YCCF).
YCCF funding is flexibly designed to support a huge variety of projects including:
- purchasing sports equipment for local clubs.
- the creation of websites to reach more residents.
- transport costs for community outings.
- environmental testing of local rivers.
- skills training for vulnerable groups.
Select your local area to see what projects your County Councillors are supporting:
- Elmbridge
- Epsom and Ewell
- Guildford
- Mole Valley
- Reigate and Banstead
- Runnymede
- Spelthorne
- ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ Heath
- Tandridge
- Waverley
- Woking
Our funding criteria
For your application to be considered, your project must support the residents within the County Councillor's division. The project must also demonstrate how it helps us to meet one or more of our four priority objectives, within our guiding principle: No one left behind. Organisation Strategy 2023 to 2028 - ÄûÃʵ¼°¹.
Our priority objectives
- Growing a sustainable economy so everyone can benefit - create the conditions for sustainable economic growth within ÄûÃʵ¼°¹, to maintain the county's position as the strongest economy outside of London and ensure all residents can benefit as a result
- Tackling health inequality - helping residents to stay safe, healthy and well to improve residents' quality of life and tackle inequality of life expectancy
- Enabling a greener future – build on behaviour change to address environmental challenges, improve air quality, and focus on green energy that will keep ÄûÃʵ¼°¹ a clean, safe and green place
- Empowering communities - more residents participating, engaging and having a role and say in how things are done on matters that impact them and where they live
What we cannot fund
There are some legal and other organisational considerations that limit how YCCF funding can be used.
If your project involves the following, then funding cannot be awarded:
- funding political organisations and/or political activities
- teaching national curriculum subjects and/or learning-related activities contained in the annual School and Early Years Finance Regulations
- supporting contentious planning matters or disputes
- activities causing reputational damage and conflicts of interest for the council, including campaigns against the council or its statutory partners
- ongoing staffing costs
- projects that contravene any of ÄûÃʵ¼°¹'s agreed policies or priorities, including ÄûÃʵ¼°¹'s net zero ambitions. For example, we won't fund any non-electric vehicles or any fossil fuel based energy solutions
How to apply
If you are interested in applying for YCCF funding, it's very simple - here's how to do it:
- Make sure that your project fits within one or more of our four priority objectives
- Contact your to discuss your project and if it is something that they would like to support. Remember that councillors often get requests that exceed the amount they have available to allocate but they may be able to advise about other funding sources that could help you
- Your local County Councillor will then send you a link to the online application form with instructions on how to complete it
- If you need support during your application, our team can help. Just email us at yccf@surreycc.gov.uk
- Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an email confirming receipt. You will be given a unique reference number during the application process which you should note down and quote whenever you contact us about your application
- Please remember to submit supporting documentation such as quotes, permissions and bank details so that the application can be assessed as quickly as possible
- Once the team has assessed your application, you will receive an email informing you whether or not it has been successful
Please note, we require all successful organisations to provide us with evidence that the project has been completed within 6 months. This helps us to account for how we have used our funding. It also provides images and information that we can use on our website and in our social media activities to share the benefit and impact of your project with the community.
Good luck with your application.