Footwork: People and Place 2025

The deadline for applications is Monday 9 September 2024.

Footwork works collaboratively with people who want to help shape the places where they live in order to build resilient communities. Its People and Place programme supports community innovators. Helping them to turn their ideas into projects that deliver long-term change for their neighbourhoods.

The programme is for small groups or individuals whose experience of an issue in their neighbourhood has motivated them to take action and address it.

The aim is to provide support so that:

• Facilities, land and buildings are used and/or owned by local people.
• Local people have a say or can act in how their neighbourhood is being transformed.
• Local people can gain access to resources such as greener energy, materials or finance so they can live more sustainably and affordably.

People and Place 2025 will provide successful applicants with one-to-one mentoring support. It also provides networking including field trips to pioneering community-led projects around the country. Also unrestricted grants of £5,000.

You will need to be able to commit 12 days in total to the People and Place 2025 programme, spread out over 12 months. The programme will start in January 2025.

Click here for more information and to apply.