Overview

Enabling a coordinated ward funding approach, to bolster local decision making and putting people at the heart of everything we do

Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games enabled local communities to come together and celebrate the arrival of the Games in their way, through the delivery of a range of activities across Birmingham.

A new city-wide fund has been made available to people and communities in all 69 wards across Birmingham, building on the success of the Celebrating Communities initiative, which was part of the Birmingham 2022 Community Fund.

To mark one year from the Games, Beyond Birmingham 2022 – Celebrating Communities Fund round 1 summer 2023 will connect local communities to the Birmingham Commonwealth Games Legacy Festival taking place in the summer.

The fund is open to applications from 1 June 2023 to 30 June 2023.

Grants of up to £10,000 are now available to run initiatives which deliver against one of the following three themes:

Getting active:

Encouraging communities to get out and get active by participating in sports and recreational activities.

The overriding aim should be to encourage residents, of all abilities and ages, to engage in physical activity and improve their health and wellbeing.

Ready, steady, fun - Connecting communities:

Delivering community projects such as improving communal space, and hosting community celebrations to develop active citizenship and reduce loneliness and social isolation.

Celebrating culture - Supporting communities:

To showcase the culture of their local area. – developing community-led cultural events and initiatives that encourage intergenerational activities.

Proposed schemes must harness the power of culture to bring people together, celebrate their identities, and the culture, heritage, and stories of their communities.

Page last updated: 16 June 2023