Community groups in the district have been given a summer boost - as a total of around £50k is awarded to 72 different groups as part of Dover District Council’s Community Grants Scheme.
The popular Community Grants Scheme has returned and has allocated funding to help local community groups deliver vital projects for the area. This will be followed by another round of funding in the winter months, when a further £50k will be available for local groups under the continuing Cost of Living Community Impact Fund.
The grant pot of £100k includes funding of £45k from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
Community groups that benefit the local area were invited to apply for grants of between £100-£5,000. The scheme encourages and supports community-led activities that result in a direct community benefit for Dover District residents.
Successful applicants benefitting from this latest round of funding include: Royal British Legion, Dover White Cliffs branch; Deal Speaking Up Group; the Jubilee Centre in Sandwich; the Alkham Valley Community Project; and Home Start in Dover District.
The grant recipients were recommended by the Community Grants Scheme Appraisal Panel and agreed by the Cabinet Member for Community.
Cllr Lynne Wright, DDC Cabinet Member for Community said: “We are delighted to be able to provide these grants to the successful applicants. Local groups and charities carry out essential work in our communities, and we are very pleased to help support vital local projects with the return of our Community Grants Scheme.”
For more details on the funding decision, please see the DDC website, or for more information on DDC community funding, please see the community pages.
Notes –
Successful applicants to the DDC Community Grants Scheme summer round 2025 are:
1. Deal Speaking Up Group - £299.00
2. Shepherdswell and Coldred History Society - £500.00
3. RBL Dover White Cliffs - £800.00
4. Northbourne RSPB Youth Group / RSPB Northbourne Wildlife Explorers - £260.00
5. The Wingham Recreation Ground - £324.00
6. Dover Road Runners - £559.00
7. The Academy CIC (Fightin'fit ABC Dover) - £810.00
8. The Sage Network CIC Community Garden - £473.37
9. Wingham Football Club - £492.00
10. The Jubilee Centre - £1,089.45
11. Ash Wildfire Friendly Village - £366.60
12. Betteshanger Bowls Club - £343.20
13. Deal Gymnastics Club - £500.00
14. Home-Start Dover District - £735.90
15. Prospect Corner Community Allotment - £376.75
16. 354 (Dover) Squadron, Air Training Corps, RAF Air Cadets - £1,060.00
17. Dover Activity Parks CIC - £896.40
18. Dover Youth Theatre - £643.50
19. Dover Rangers - £1,082.20
20. Shepherdswell Preschool - £479.70
21. 8th Deal Wingham Scout Group - £385.00
22. Deal Maritime and Local History Museum - £577.50
23. Dover Bowling Club - £825.00
24. Tower Hamlets Forum - £318.36
25. Captain's Garden CIC - £1,070.68
26. Pegasus Playscheme - £3,000.00
27. The Alkham Valley Community Project - £1,080.00
28. Ash Rugby Football Club - £794.88
29. Dover Gymnastics Club - £1,100.00
30. Woodpecker Wood CIC - £1,050.00
31. Friends of Eythorne & Elvington - £759.46
32. Dover Transport Museum Society - £1,199.04
33. Help Our Town Dover CIC - £720.00
34. Legion Barbell strength and conditioning CIC - £918.00
35. St Peter's Church, Aylesham - £782.40
36. 1st Ash Next Sandwich Rangers - £412.08
37. Cinque Ports Football Club - £947.15
38. Deal Carnival Association - £960.00
39. Shepherdswell CEP School PTA - £836.00
40. Aylesham Carnival Association - £945.00
41. Wild with Wheels CIC - £529.48
42. North Deal Company CIO trading as the Golf Road Community Centre - £754.00
43. Dover Community Radio CIC - £750.00
44. Sutton Parish Community Centre - £320.00
45. The White Mill Folk Museum Trust Ltd - £360.00
46. Sandwich Amateur Boxing Club - £1,050.00
47. Wingham Village Hall - £550.00
48. Aylesham & District Community Workshop Trust (Aylesham Community Trust) ACT - £850.00
49. Bechange - £752.00
50. Leaps and Bounds Community Project - £333.75
51. Shepherdswell Green Spaces Group - £371.00
52. Goodnestone Village Hall - £550.00
53. Age Concern Dover Ltd (The Riverside Centre) - £550.00
54. Aylesham and Snowdown Social Welfare Scheme - £550.00
55. The Kent Mining Heritage Foundation - £700.00
56. Dover Cultural Centre - £684.00
57. Dover Smart Project - £268.20
58. Moving Memory Dance Theatre Company - £703.80
59. Bright Shadow - £419.64
60. Wrinkly CIC - £450.00
61. Dover Big Local CIC - £475.00
62. Dover Outreach Centre - £700.00
63. Dover Vineyard - £268.75
64. Eastry Village Hall - £762.96
65. Dover Life Guard Club - £500.00
66. Friends of Temple Ewell School - £546.20
67. Cross-Links Dover - £1,150.00
68. Oasis Domestic Abuse Service - £1047.50
69. Sandwich In Bloom - £353.50
70. Deal Arts Management CIC - £482.40
71. Preston Village Hall - £450.00
72. 20th Deal Aylesham Cornwallis Scout Group - £550.00
Posted on 01 August 2025