Is your community currently being affected by National Grid Electricity Transmission construction or operational activity?
The Community Grant Programme is run by the National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) business. We own and maintain the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. The programme is aimed at community organisations and charities in areas where our work is impacting local people through our operations and construction activities.
Communities impacted by the maintenance of existing infrastructure (e.g. refurbishment of overhead lines or substations resulting in road closures and other impacts) can apply for grants of up to £10,000.
Communities impacted by construction work for new infrastructure projects (e.g. the building of new underground tunnels or a new substation resulting in a significant increase in heavy goods traffic, noise and other impacts) can apply for grants of up to £20,000.
Please note that this programme does not accept applications related to:
To apply for a community grant your project must be in an area affected by our operations or activities – but your organisation may be based elsewhere.
We welcome applications from registered charities, social enterprises and non-profit organisations.
In addition, all organisations must have:
Organisations can receive a maximum of one grant each financial year. We will consider a further award in subsequent years if:
We will not provide on-going support to a project that has previously received funding or fund core running costs.
We support projects in the following areas:
June 2024
Pitsmoor Adventure Playground | £9,644 |
XLP | £20,000 |
Caenhill Countryside Centre | £10,500 |
The Weir Link | £11,645 |
Steel Valley Project | £8,100 |
Nailsea United Football Club | £20,000 |
Clean Up Devizes Squad (CUDS) | £950 |
The Mind Tree Café CIC | £10,378.99 |
Gordano Rugby Football Club | £20,000 |
Community Southwark | £19,422.01 |
Devizes Outdoor Celebratory Arts (DOCA) | £20,000 |
Grwp Cymunedol Brynrefail/ Brynrefail Community Group | £10,000 |
Frankie Howerd OBE Trust | £20,000 |
Ffrindiau Ysgol Gynradd Llanrug/ Friends of Llanrug Primary School | £20,000 |
Mark Cricket Club | £12,000 |
National Grid’s Community Grant Programme funds projects in communities affected by our operations.
Please read Who can apply and What we fund before applying for a grant. We prefer to receive applications online but if you are unable to do this please send an email to [email protected] with your contact number and they will be able to help you.
We will acknowledge your application and you may be contacted by a grants officer to provide additional details.
We accept applications on a quarterly basis (see timeline below). These are then checked against minimum requirements and passed on to be reviewed by a National Grid funding panel, where all applications received will be assessed and scored against evaluation criteria. The highest scoring applications will be awarded funding. You will be notified of the outcome once a decision has been made. If you are successful, we will give you further information and ask you to provide your bank details. Grants are normally paid directly into your organisation’s bank account. If you are unsuccessful we will let you know.
After 12 months, or once your project is complete, we will ask you to report back on progress, confirming how the grant has been used and the impact that has been achieved.
We accept applications on a quarterly basis. See timeline below.
Annual timeline
Q1 Apr – Application window opens; May – Applications reviewed against criteria; June – Panel session/ decisions
Q2 July – Application window opens; Aug - Applications reviewed against criteria; Sept - Panel session/ decisions
Q3 Oct – Application window opens; Nov - Applications reviewed against criteria; Dec - Panel session/ decisions
Q4 Jan – Application window opens; Feb - Applications reviewed against criteria; Mar - Panel session/ decisions
Our application window for the next panel is now open. You can submit an application via the button below.
Below you'll find answers to the questions we get asked the most about applying for our grant programme.
If you need help or would like to discuss your application, please get in touch.