Annual Community Grant Guidance Notes

The projects considered by the Grants Board are often varied and diverse but must show how your application for funding makes a positive contribution to one or more of Welwyn Hatfield Borough Council’s priorities, which are listed below.

Maintain a safe and health community:

• Promoting inclusive and safe communities
• Improving public health and well-being
• Supporting local sport and leisure
• Promoting local art and culture

Protect and enhance the environment:

• Keeping our streets clean
• Reducing waste and improving recycling
• Enhancing our green spaces
• Managing the borough's parking

Meet the borough’s housing needs:

• Planning for current and future housing need
• Providing more affordable homes
• Being a high quality landlord
• Improving housing quality in the borough

Help build a strong local economy:

• Promoting investment and regeneration
• Revitalising our neighbourhoods and town centres
• Supporting sustainable economic growth
• Being business friendly

Engage with our communities and provide value for money:

• Achieving value for money
• Putting our customers first
• Promoting equality and fairness
• Being an employer of choice