Your Station Your Community improvement fund (YSYC) / GTR / Deadline 18 Dec 2024
Your Station Your Community improvement fund (YSYC)
GTR is glad to announce the 3rd round of Your Station Your Community improvement fund (YSYC) grant funding. – which opens for applications from 1st November 2024
The fund will support local groups, charities, customers, and the communities on their line of route.
The causes they support are those that are of key importance to local communities on their network and to them.
Building lasting social value; under the following themes: mental health; education and employability skills amongst marginalised groups; diversity and inclusion; Railway 200 and environmental sustainability.
Please make sure you read the guidance notes for the updated information for the bidding for 2025/26.
What is available?
The grant fund offers accepts bids of:
- Up to £10,000 – open applications
- £10,000 – £50,000 – please contact them to discuss your proposal before applying
Also new for 2025/26 there are two Station Partner Support Grants open for applications.
- Arts/Creative projects – £25,000
- Horticulture/Environment projects – £25,000
Previous applicants and grant recipients may also apply to the fund.
The Station Partner Support Grants will support Community Rail and Station Partners volunteering at stations on the GTR network and also develop at least three new projects in partnership with new groups or as an individual practitioner, with a focus on the additional activity during 2025 for Railway 200.
They welcome applications from registered charities, individuals (for the Station Partner Support Grants), Community of Interest Companies (CICs), Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs); community groups and other not-for-profit organisations such as community rail partnerships, schools & colleges, Business Improvement Districts, town councils and parish councils.
Find out more and apply:
Thameslink – Your station Your community Improvement Fund
If you have any questions about the guidance or the suitability of your project, please do get in touch – they will attempt to get back to you as soon as possible.
Email: rob.whitehead@gtrailway.com
Deadline: 18th December 2024.
