Morecambe Town Council gives grants to support local organisations and projects for the benefit of Morecambe and its residents.

The scheme is open to any organisation to ensure that public funds are used in ways that benefit groups of residents and protect the interests of residents in the future.

Each application will be considered on its own merit, however the benefit to the Morecambe Town Council area or inhabitants must be comensurate with the expenditure.

Grants can be applied for projects, events, sponsorship, and festivals. If you require any assistance in completing your application, or require large format print, please contact events@morecambe.gov.uk

Please download the grant criteria and application form below and return to events@morecambe.gov.uk

Please note the Committee meet every two months and it may take up to 12 weeks for applicants to receive a decision.

Click HERE to download Grant Criteria.

Click HERE to download Grant Application Form

Click HERE to download Festivals, Sponsorships and Events Criteria

Click HERE to download Festivals, Sponsorships and Events Application Form

Grants Awarded 2024-2025

Organisation Organisation’s Registration Number Approval Reference and Date Purpose / Time Period Grant Status 
 

Grants Awarded 2023-2024

Organisation Organisation’s Registration Number Approval Reference and Date Purpose / Time Period Grant Status 
More Music Registered Charity No: 1097929  Minute 2023/24 – 081 Full Council 18.01.24    Sigh of the Sea Community Grant Application 2023/24 – 007 More Music. Approved £1000.00 £1,000.00 Paid. 
More Music Registered Charity No: 1097929  Minute 2023/24 – 063 Full Council – 19.10.23   Festival Grant Application: More Music (West End Winter Lantern): Council awarded grant of £3,000.00  £3,000.00 Paid. 
Promenade Concert Orchestra N/A Minute 2023/24 – 041 20.07.23   Minute 2023/24-041 – Festival Grant Application – Morecambe Promenade Orchestra The Council resolved to award a grant of £2,000.00 to the Promenade Concert Orchestra for its programme of upcoming events.  £2,000.00 Paid. 
Promenade Concert Orchestra N/A Minute FSE2223-11 Festivals and Events Committee Meeting – 10.5.22   Minute FSE2223-11 Festival Grant Application 9 The Committee resolved to award a grant of £2,590 to Promenade Concert Orchestra and suggested the organisation should consider increasing it ticket price to become more self sufficient in the future should the Council be unable to fund it in the future. £2,590.00 Paid. 
A Splendid Day Out N/A Minute 2023/24 – 081 Full Council Meeting – 18.01.24  Grant Application: Festival Grant Application 2023/24 – 014: Council approved grant of £6500.00 to A Splendid Day out Festival.  £6,500.00 Paid. 
1940s Revival N/A Minute 2023/24 – 081 Full Council Meeting – 18.01.24  Grant Application: Festival Grant Application 2023/24 – 013: Council approved grant to 1940’s Revival Festival, £3500.00  £3,500.00 Paid. 
West End Community Traders N/A Minute GC2324-011 Grant Committee Meeting – 14.03.24  Grant of £1500 approved for West End Traders to support the installation of Christmas trees on Regent Street. £1,500.00 Paid. 
Stanleys Registered Charity Number: 1183140 Minute 2023/24 – 064 Full Council Meeting – 19.10.23   ‘Our application will fund from September 2023 to end of March 2024, 26 weeks in total as we shut for 4 weeks. This will give us a weekly budget to plan and provide three nutritious meals each day.’ £9,957.00 Paid. 
West End Impact Registered Charity Number: 1153736 Minute GC2223-022 Grant Committe Meeting – 14.03.22  ‘The grant is for the re-store and re-storation on Yorkshire Street, Morecambe.‘ £5,000.00 Paid. 
SAFE Registered Charity Number: 1203674 Minute 2023/24 – 093 Full Council Meeting – 19.10.23  Prop Up Community Hub Sessions£4,930.00 Paid. 
Bay Film Festival N/A Minute Minute 2023/24-050 Full Council Meeting – 21.09.23    The Council resolved to earmark a sum of £3,000.00 for the Bay Film Festival which would be paid to underwrite any audited losses (if they arise). £3,000.00 Paid. 
1940s Revival Festival N/A Minute 2023/24 – 031 Full Council Meeting – 11.07.23  The Council resolved to award a grant of £5,372 to the 1940s Revival Festival, on the understanding this would be reduced to £3,372 if the festival does not require the road closures estimated to cost £2,000.00. £3,372.00 Paid. 
LGBT Out in the Bay Registered Charity No: 1153064 Minute 2023/24 – 031 Full Council Meeting – 11.07.23   The Council resolved to award a grant of £9,000.00 to Morecambe Pride. £9,000.00 Paid. 
Vintage by the Sea N/A Minute 2023/24 – 031 Full Council Meeting – 11.07.23   Vintage by the Sea 2023 – The Council resolved to award a grant of £10,000.00 to Vintage by the Sea Festival. £10,000.00 Paid. 
West End Players N/A Minute 2023/24 – 031 Full Council Meeting – 11.07.23   The Council resolved to award a grant of £4,000.00 to the West End Players for upcoming performances. £4,000.00 Paid. 
Lancaster Military Heritage Group N/A Minute 2023/24-013 – Full Council Meeting – 25.5.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Armed Forces Day 2023 £3,500.00 Paid. 
Sleazy 
Festivals 
N/A Minute 2023/24-014 – Full Council Meeting – 25.5.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Nice n Sleazy Festival 2023 £11,500.00 Offered. Applicant. Not yet accepted. 
Bare Community Association N/A Minute 2023/24-015 – Full Council Meeting – 25.5.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Bare Fest, Christmas on the Crescent, Bare Village Music Festival, and Bare 
Remembers 2023. 
£2,500.00 Paid. 
More Music Registered Charity No: 1097929 Minute 2023/24-016 – Full Council Meeting – 25.5.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Catch the Wind Kite Festival 2023 £4,000.00 Paid. 
More Music Registered Charity No: 1097929 Minute 2023/24-017 – Full Council Meeting – 25.5.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Keep On: a VR project for the West End £2,000.00 Paid. 
No Dots Non-profit company. Festivals and Events Committee Meeting – 18.2.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Morecambe Film Festival £2,000.00 Paid. 
SLCC Education Trust Minute 20459 – Full Council Meeting – 3.11.22 
 
Budget: Grants 
Training Grant for Local Young People £1,000.00 Paid. 
Escape 2 Make Registered Charity No: 1183572 Minute FSE2223-18 – Festivals and Events Committee – 1.6.22 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Cabaret Nights £5,000.00 Paid. 
Morecambe Poetry Festival N/A Minute FSE2223-48 – Festivals and Events Committee – 10.1.23 
 
Festivals and Events Budget 
Morecambe Poetry Festival Minute FSE2223-48 Festival Grant Application 15 The committee reviewed the updated application and voted in favour of supporting the festival for 2 years, offering £5,000 for year one, and £5,000 for year 2, on the condition that Morecambe Town Council are the headline sponsor and receive 10% of the ticket sales. A second proposal was approved should the applicant not accept the first. The second proposal included support to a sum of £2,000 for year one. £5,000.00 Offered and accepted. 
Total    £132,849.00  

Grants Awarded 2022-2023

OrganisationOrganisation’s Registration Number Approval Reference and Date Purpose / Time Period Grant Status
West End PlayersN/AMinute FSE2223-08 – Festival and Events Committee – 10.5.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Morecambe Fringe Festival£5,000.00 Paid.
Lancaster Military GroupN/AMinute FSE2223-09 – Festival and Events Committee – 10.5.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Armed Forces Day 2022£700.00Paid.
More MusicRegistered Charity No: 1097929Minute FSE2223-12 – Festival and Events Committee – 10.5.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Catch the Wind Kite Festival£2,000.00Paid.
LGBT Out in the BayRegistered Charity No: 1153064Minute 20426 – Full Council Meeting – 7.7.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Morecambe Pride£7,000.00Paid.
Morecambe BloomersN/AMinute GC2223-008 – Grants Committee – 1.6.22

Budget: Grants
Planting£350.00Paid.
Promenade Concert OrchestraN/AMinute FSE2223-11 – Festival and Events Committee – 10.5.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Concerts£1,060.00Paid.
Morecambe Parish ChurchN/AMinute GC2223-010 – Grants Committee – 1.6.22

Budget: Grants
Community Cafe£7,000.00Paid.
Bare Community AssociationN/AMinute FSE2223-31 – Festival and Events Committee –
11.10.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Christmas on the Crescent£1,500.00Paid.
Vintage by the SeaN/AMinute 20426 – Full Council Meeting – 7.7.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Vintage by the Sea Festival£12,000.00Paid.
West End Community TradersN/AMinute GC2223-016 – Grant Committee – 24.11.22

Budget: Grants
Christmas Lights£1,125.00Paid.
Morecambe Park RunN/AMinute FSE2223-21 – Festival and Events Committee –
1.6.22

Budget: Festivals and Events
Community Run£1,490.00Not Paid.
Total£37,735.00

Grants Awarded 2021-2022

OrganisationOrganisation’s Registration Number Approval Reference and Date Purpose / Time Period Grant Status
Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Charity No: 1113010 Minute 20254 – Grants Committee – 6.4.21 Celebration of Morecambe’s film history over the Spring Bank Holiday weekend 2021. £2,435.36 Paid.
GIVE Unregistered.Minute 20255 – Grants Committee – 6.4.21 Community event on Langridge estate during Summer 2021. £5,900.00Paid.
West End Impact Charity No: 1153736 Minute 20229 – Grants Committee – 5.3.21Support for 150 people to attend therapy groups for mental health during 2021. £7,000.00 Paid.
Cancer CareCharity No: 1120048 Minute 20302 – Grants Committee  – 19.5.21 Funding for over 300 therapy sessions for people affected by Cancer in the Morecambe area from May 2021-May 2022. £10,000.00 Paid.
Morecambe Bay Foodbank Charity No: 1176579 Minute 20228 – Grants Committee – 5.3.21Provide food parcels to vulnerable families in the Morecambe area during Summer 2021. £5,000.00Paid.
Morecambe Winter Gardens Preservation Trust Charity No: 1113010 Minute 20301 – Grants Committee  – 19.5.21Repainting of the horseshoe walkway by end of Q2 2021 subject to Covid restrictions and completion of works being undertaken by current contractors. £650.00 Extension requested, approved, and paid in financial year 2022/23.
Armed Forces Day 2021 Unregistered. Minute 20303 – Grants Committee – 19.5.21 National Celebration of the Armed Forces on weekend of 26/27 June 2021. £3,000.00Grant not paid – event did not go ahead.
Total£30985.36