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Cheshire West Crowd launches a new funding round

Cheshire West and Chester Council is looking to support local projects through the Community Innovation Fund on the Cheshire West Crowd, helping create a stronger future where we all play our part in thriving, caring and sustainable communities.
The deadline to create your project, pitch for funding, submit for verification and launch your crowdfunding campaign is Wednesday 5 June.

Gold standard projects could receive up to a maximum of £20,000, or 75 per cent of their funding target, should they demonstrate community support from 50 or more backers and align with the majority of the six coproduced missions for the borough.

• Starting well
• Tackling hardship and poverty
• Resilient people living their best lives
• Opportunity in a fair local economy
• Neighbourhood pride
• Greener communities

Funding available from the Council

There are two Council funding pots during this latest funding round.

• Community Innovation Fund – worth £166,902
• Climate Change Emergency Fund – worth £50,000

Potential project creators should note that most eligible projects receive 50 per cent of their funding target – in the region of £5,000 to £10,000 – from the Council.

How you can get involved

Plenty of support is available from Spacehive and the Council's Communities team. Express your interest now by completing this short project idea form or emailing: chesterlocality@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk to unlock help.

Project creators pitching for Climate Change funding are encouraged to access free professional advice before submitting your project on the platform. Please email your draft project idea as soon as possible to: george.ablett@cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk to improve the likelihood of receiving the Council's support through this fund.

An online workshop is being held on Wednesday 8 May from 1.30pm to 2.30pm so you can hear more about the Cheshire West Crowd and how projects can benefit from using this innovative funding opportunity. Register for the launch event.

The deadline to create your project, pitch for funding, submit for verification and launch your crowdfunding campaign is Wednesday 5 June.