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The Scout Association provide lots of useful help and information for members at: scouts.org.uk/grants

County Grants Board

The County Grants Board provides access to funds and legacies that support Scouting in Essex. This can allow you to apply for a grant for individual financial support, building projects, major equipment, setting up new sections, County Activity Teams, training of County Activity Assessors, special needs projects and air activities.

The County Support Fund has been established to provide financial assistance to those Districts, Groups, Units and Individuals (both young people and adult volunteers) where support is required as a result of the increasing cost of living pressures.

All of these grants are administered through the County Grants Board.  The grants are accessible by completing the appropriate application form and sending it to the Grants Secretary in time for one of the three board meetings held during the year (see the County Calendar for dates).  The only exception to this is are applications for starting a new Section, which are fast tracked.

The only grant that currently has a fixed value is the Start-Up Grant. All other grants are decided by the Board, up to a limit set by the County Executive.

Most grant applications require Groups/Districts to be signed up to Gift Aid.

Please Note: Most of the forms are editable versions and you will see grey boxes on them where you enter you information, you should download the form to you computer and edit them in suitable word processing software because the editing feature doesn’t work if you view the in your web browser.

For more information please read the County Grants Overview document (linked below). For specific advice, contact the County Grants Board Secretary via grantsboard@essexscouts.org.uk

Document Links

Please click on the item below to download the relevant document

An overview of County Grants

County Support Fund – Overview

County Support Fund – Grant Application Form

Start-up Grant – Application Form

Activity Assessors Training Grant – Application Form

Building Grant – Application Form

Air Activities Grant – Application Form

County Active Support Team Grant – Application Form

Equipment Grant – Application Form

Special Needs Grant – Application Form