Community groups in Nantwich are being urged to bid for almost £40,000 of funding to help develop and expand their work.
Latest figures show the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund has £39,592 of non-allocated funds for Cheshire East alone.
The fund has helped allocate £126,898 to social action projects in Cheshire in the last two years, and almost £218,000 is still available for the county.
Nearly 21,000 volunteering hours have also been contributed to date in Cheshire as projects “match” their Government money.
Now community groups are being invited to apply for a share of the £16 million funding still available from the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund by visiting www.cdf.org.uk/neighbourhoodmatchedfund and finding details of their local community panel.
Minister for Civil Society Nick Hurd said: “We want to support people who are passionate and have the drive to make their communities better places to live.
“That’s why we are making small amounts of money available across the country through the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund so that many more people have the means to make their ideas come to life and improve where they live.”
The Government launched the Community First Neighbourhood Matched Fund in 2011.
There are 600 ward panels across the country who decide on local priorities and how to best allocate funding in their area.
Residents apply to their local panel with a community focused proposal. If approved, funds are awarded directly to the project by the Community Development Foundation.
Alison Seabrooke, chief executive of the Community Development Foundation, said: “Across the country we see people coming together to decide local priorities, they’re volunteering in their communities and they are being supported in this with much needed funding.
“This shows small sums of money can have a huge impact and act as a catalyst for change.”
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