Guidance Contents
Reading the Guidance in a format that suits you.
You can read the guidance in full on this website or alternatively you can download the guidance document and print it off.
Overview
- What is Lewisham Council’s Main Grants Programme?
- What's new?
- How much funding is available? - information about funding for each main grants strand
- Who can apply - am I eligible? including what we cannot fund
Fund criteria
- Neighbourhood Infrastructure and capacity building Main Grants criteria
- Borough-wide Infrastructure and capacity building Main Grants criteria
- Transition Main Grants criteria
- Definitions - What do we mean by capacity building and infrastructure support?
How do I make an application?
- Information on how to make an application including a checklist of things to think about before starting your application and technical details about your application form link and contact email for technical issues.
- Application Timeline
- Get support with your application - workshops and 1-2-1 sessions
The Application form questions and how to answer them
- Overview and eligibility questions - all application forms
- Neighbourhood grant questions - neighbourhood grant application forms only
- Borough-wide questions - borough-wide grant application forms only
- Transition grant questions - transitional grant application forms only
- Project specific questions - all application forms
- Equality and accessibility questions - all application forms
- Financial questions - all application forms
- Expectation and values questions - all application forms
- Organisation specific questions - all application forms
Evidencing your answers
Evidence your responses through links, source documents and testimonials.
Deciding which projects to fund
All applications will go through an extensive and robust multi-layered assessment process
- October – November - Applications which pass due diligence are internally assessed against the grant criteria
- December 2025 - Recommended projects will be notified of proposals subject to decision at Mayor & Cabinet
- January 2026 - Projects recommended by the final panel will be submitted for final approval to Mayor & Cabinet
- April 2026 - All applicants will be notified of a confirmed offer
- May to June 2026 - Successful applicants will then attend a mobilisation event to discuss grant timelines, delivery and monitoring expectations. Grant agreements will be signed following this event
- May to June 2026 - Projects will be designated a Monitoring Officer. This will be your main contact for support and project monitoring.