Here are details of grants available in 2006/07.

Details are not provided of the application procedures and other details as these change on a regular basis. If the grant is described as ongoing, it is available throughout the year, months or dates indicate specifc deadlines. The named contact will be able to provide up to date details of the application processes and provide additional details of the schemes.

Kent Young People's Fund

Contact Sally Keverne, Youth Participation Coordinator - Tel: 01622 694210 or email sally.keverne@kent.gov.uk or Alan Baillie, Connexions Strategy Officer - Tel: 01622 694465 or email allan.baillie@kent.gov.uk

Member Community Grant

• County Councillor Financial Support.

Rural Revival

Contact Christine Taylor Rural Programmes Manager - Tel 01622 221978 or email christine.taylor@kent.gov.uk or Rachel Girt, Project Officer - Tel: 01622 221548 or email: rachel.girt@kent.gov.uk

Small Capital Grant Scheme for Sport

Ongoing - This scheme aims to encourage the development of sports in the county by offering grants to local sports clubs and groups to improve facilities and widen participation.

Contact Chris Metherell, Facilities Development Officer - Tel: 01622 605004 or email: chris.metherell@kent.gov.uk,

Small Community Capital Projects Fund

• Kent County Council Local Boards .

Sports Schemes on School Sites

1 March, 1 June, 1 November - grants to organisations to organise sports schemes on school sites - available to schools, councils, companies and governing bodies in Kent for new and enhanced activities.

John Wilford, School Sport Manager - Tel: 01622 605068 or email:

john.wilford@kent.gov.

Town Squares and Village Greens Funding

Pete Davis, Regeneration and Projects Manager - Tel: 01622 221961or email: peter.davis@kent.gov.uk

Village and Community Hall Grants

Forms and documentation to be returned to Borough/ District/City Councils for consideration by 30 September.

Mike Leppard, Youth & Community Project Officer - Tel: 01622 694241 or email:

mike.leppard@kent.gov.uk

Community Paths Project

Denise Roffey, Community Paths Officer - Tel: 01304 216307 or email: community.paths@kent.gov.uk

Sportsaver Scheme

Contact Chris Walker, Strategic Projects Manager - Tel: 01622 605053 or email: chris.walker@kent.gov.uk

Pfizer Fund

Contact Chris Walker, Strategic Projects Manager - Tel: 01622 605053 or email: chris.walker@kent.gov.uk

LEADER+

Generally quarterly - an EU funded programme, with further funding from SEEDA and Defra, for rural community led projects across the mid-Kent area from Sheppey to Romney Marsh.

Christine Taylor, Mid Kent Leader& Rural Programmes Manager - Email: Christine.Taylor@kent.gov.uk

Kent Rural Towns

Sue Beer, Kent Rural Towns Co-ordinator - Tel: 01622 221936 or email:

sue.beer@kent.gov.uk

Youth and Community Partnership Award

Allan Baillie, Connexions Strategy Officer - Tel: 01622 694228 or email: allan.baillie@kent.gov.uk

Kent Paralympian Fund (supported by The Denne Group)

Mike Bishop, KCC Disability Sports and Development Manager - Tel: 01732 525389 or email: mike.bishop@kent.gov.uk

The Hugh and Montague Leney Trust

31 January - available for pupils who are over the age of 16 and are attending schools in Kent, Medway, Bexley or Bromley, or have left such a school within the previous 12 months.

Lyn Edwards, Deputy Team Manager - Tel: 01622 696570 or email: lyn.edwards@kent.gov.uk

For further information on government funding, trust funding and lottery funding; check out the community support funding website for the Kent area:

• Kent 4 Community.