Grant giving

Eligibility to apply

To be eligible to apply for a Frome Community Lottery grant your organisation must be registered in one of the towns/villages/ parishes identified here.

All Frome Community Lottery grants are for capital expenditure only, and must be for the benefit of communities in the eligible towns/ villages/ parishes identified here.

Please contact us if you would like to know more about what constitutes as capital expenditure.

The full grant criteria is set out below:

• The grant is to be spent to benefit all or part of the community in the designated geographical area of Frome and surrounds.
• The funding is for a specific purpose which improves an existing or develops a new community facility.
• The funding is for capital expenditure only (this does not include general running costs, wages, consumables, maintenance).
• The funding is not for the exclusive benefit of an individual person, family or household.
• The project funded is not divisive or controversial in the local community.
• The funding does not take the place of government or other statutory funding.

Locations eligible to apply for a grant