Each year the Council runs grants programmes to support voluntary and community led projects and for environmental projects. The next round of grants will be open in summer 2025. Please see this page for details when they are published.

This year we had funds available to give to local projects, voluntary sector support and environmental grants, including measures which help address the cost of living pressures on local residents and measures which improve mental health and wellbeing

The following grants were approved:

Brambleside School (working with Natural-Ise)
Gardening and sustainability project and creating new wildlife habitat on school site
£631

Ronald Tree Nursery
New wildlife habitat on school site
£2,500

Grange Resource Centre
Developing their allotment to improve what is grown and to support a campaign to encourage healthy eating habits for local people
£1,800

Natural-Ise
Creating ponds along the Ise valley to trap floodwater and create new habitats- - will also help alleviate flooding
£2,000

Kettering Civic Society
Creating artwork along the pedestrian bridge at the railway station
£3,000

Kettering Boxing School
New equipment
£1,490

St Andrews Art Centre
Promoting arts with a Battle of the Bands project and Youth Cinema
£2,500

Big Bubble Theatre Company
Anti-bulling workshops in seven primary schools in Kettering
£2,500

Kettering and District Samaritans
Funding to put towards their operating costs
£2,500

Shine Arts
Wellbeing outreach programme for the neurodivergent and SEN adult community in Kettering
£2,500

Kettering Amateur Boxing Club
New ring canvas, mats and equipment
£3,000

Click on the page below to see the community grants awarded in 2023/24.

Kettering Town Council's Love Wildlife competition offered funding for projects which help boost wildlife in Kettering.

The Council had a budget of £2,000 from funds raised from the Kettering Community Lottery to give to projects which support mental health and wellbeing, up to a value of £1,000 each.

All councillors have £500 to spend each year on projects which benefit people living in their ward.

Grants for the 2022/23 financial year were awarded to a range of local groups. You can see the full list by clicking on the document below.