Christmas and New Year
Find out how your bin collection days and our opening hours are different over Christmas and New Year.
Grants and funding
Grants and funding available from Westmorland and Furness Council.
We manage a variety of grants and funds to invest in our communities and area to bring about positive change.
If you have an idea for a project and are looking for funding but can’t see anything relevant you can get in touch with your local community development team.
If you need support to complete an application form please get in touch with the contact person listed with the full details of that grant.
You can search for funding using our online funding portal this applies to both:
Grants available now
Active Cumbria
Active Cumbria have published a list of some funding sources available to businesses, charities and other organisations in Cumbria.
They also offer a Reconditioning Fund and a Travel Actively Fund.
Reconditioning Fund
The Reconditioning Fund supports Active Cumbria's 'Live Longer Better in Cumbria' programme, which programme supports older adults (particularly those with long-term health conditions) to be more active.
Travel Actively Fund (TAF)
TAF supports, encourages and enables people in specific target groups to be more active by cycling, walking and wheeling for everyday journeys in Barrow and Carlisle.
Home upgrade grant (HUG2), Westmorland and Furness Council
The HUG2 grant aims to provide energy efficiency upgrades and low-carbon heating solutions for low-income households living in the least energy efficient homes.
Community fund
Our Community Funds team welcome applications from locally based voluntary and not for profit groups involved in community projects or initiatives.
Housing grants
Housing grants help to improve your quality of life in your own home.
School transport
Our School transport team offer bursaries and grants for home to school transport.
Warm spots
Warm Spots funding for charitable organisations to help them stay open for longer this winter.
Business Investment
Business support
Our economic development and regeneration team can offer support for local businesses and those looking to invest in our area, and signpost to advice, finance and grants.
Enterprising Cumbria,
Enterprising Cumbria Grants of up to £500 are available for new start-up businesses from the Westmorland and Furness Accelerator programme.
UK Shared Prosperity Fund, Cumbria Social Enterprise Partnership
Capital grants for social enterprises are available as part of a wraparound programme of support from the UK Shared Prosperity Fund and Rural England Prosperity Fund.