Autumn round of Crowdfund Lancashire opens in May 2025
13 May 2025 by Michelle
If you have an idea for a project to improve the culture or sport offer in your local community, then you could get up to £15,000 towards your target from the Lancashire Culture and Sport Fund. Applications are open from 20th May until 1st July 2025.
The Autumn 2025 funding round will open with a launch event webinar on Tuesday 20 May 1pm.
Anyone can attend this session and can sign up to the webinar here. Please do sign up for the workshop even if you can’t attend, you will be sent the recording of the webinar afterwards.
Appilcations for Crowdfund Lancashire close on Tuesday 1st July.
Decisions on pledges from the Lancashire Culture & Sport Fund will be communicated w/c 28th July. All crowdfunding campaigns are expected to finish before 30th Novembe
Ahead of the workshop and before applying to Crowdfund Lancashire, please take a look at the Lancashire Culture & Sport Fund eligibility criteria
As well as the criteria, the Crowdfund Lancashire team have created guidance notes to support the creation of your project page and pitching to the Lancashire Culture & Sport Fund.
Guidance notes (community groups and town/parish councils)
The Crowdfund Lancashire team will be running drop in sessions across the county in May and June and anyone can attend to have a chat about the programme or a project idea.
Full day drop in sessions
- Thursday 22 May 10am-4.30pm - Garstang Library
- Tuesday 27 May 10am-4.30pm – Chorley Library
- Tuesday 3 June 10am-4.30pm – Haslingden Library
- Wednesday 4 June 10am-4.30pm – Colne Library
- Monday 9 June 10am-4.30pm - Skelmersdale Library
- Thursday 12 June 10am-4.30pm – Clitheroe Library
- Thursday 12 June 10am-4.30pm - Lytham Library
- Monday 16 June 10am-4.30pm – Lancaster Library
- Wednesday 18 June 10am-4.30pm – Accrington Library
- Wednesday 18 June 10am-4.30pm - Leyland Library
- Thursday 19 June 10am-4.30pm – Burnley Library
Twilight drop in sessions
- Thursday 29 May 5-6.30pm - Fleetwood Library
- Wednesday 11 June 5-6.30pm - Nelson Library
- Thursday 19 June 5-6.30pm - Ormskirk Library
If you would like to discuss your project idea at any time, please contact lcsf@lancashire.gov.uk and the team will get back to you.