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The Rural Community Needs Fund will look to support rural communities across Northamptonshire to tackle urgent needs such as poverty and access to services, supporting local organisations to make a difference.

Grants awards will be up to £5,000, this can be used for service delivery or for capital projects, examples include:

• Developing community networks – e.g. supporting local clubs, creating community hubs, providing community transport schemes
• Improving the health and wellbeing of socially isolated people – e.g. opportunities for older people to become more physically active, providing mental health wellbeing activities, community first responders 
• Refurbishing community assets to improve community use – e.g. updating village hall kitchen facilities, developing local playgrounds
• Improving digital connectivity – e.g. installation of mobile signal boosters, run digital hubs to help develop skills and inclusion
• Building community resilience – e.g. community larders 

If you are unsure about any of the above text or have any other queries then please contact the grants team on 01604 230033.