BACKGROUND:
Each year the Town Council extends the opportunity to local community groups, charities or voluntary organisations to apply for a financial grant from the Town Council’s grants pool to aid them in providing facilities and services for the people of Seaford, details of previous award schemes can be found below.
2026 GRANTS SCHEME:
Seaford Town Council is pleased to announce that its Annual Grants Scheme is open from 1st May 2026!
Each year the Town Council extends the opportunity to local community groups, charities or voluntary organisations to apply for a financial grant from the Council’s grants pool to aid them in providing facilities and services for the people of Seaford, details of which can be found below.
In the 2025/26 scheme the Council supported local organisations with grants totalling £20,528.
You can view the 2025-2026 Community Grant Awardee Insights here
There are certain criteria that must be met to be eligible for a community grant, these are set out in the Council’s Grants Policy which is available to download from this page.
There are two grant streams available:
• small grants up to £500
• large grants over £500, up to a maximum of £3,000
Terms and conditions apply.
Application forms are now available to download from this page (below).
Completed application forms and supporting documents should be returned by email to admin@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk for the attention of Cat Croft, Funding and Contracts Officer no later than midnight on Sunday 7 June 2026 when the application process closes.
If you require any further information, then please email Cat Croft at catheryn.croft@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
Please click here to download the Grants Policy
Please click here to download the Grants Submission Notice
Please click here to download a Small Grants Application Form
Please click here to download a Large Grants Application Form
PREVIOUS GRANTS SCHEMES:
2025 – 2026, £20,528 awarded, 13 awardees (Grants 2025-2026)
2024 – 2025, £22,718 awarded, 19 awardees (Grants 2024-2025)
2023 – 2024, £25,000 awarded, 13 awardees (Grants 2023-2024)
2022 – 2023, £20,000 awarded, 12 awardees (Grants 2022-2023)
2021 – 2022, £14,914 awarded, 13 awardees (Grants 2021-2022)
2020 – 2021, £20,474 awarded, 11 awardees (Grants 2020-2021)
For details on earlier years’ schemes, please submit your request to admin@seafordtowncouncil.gov.uk
OTHER LOCAL GRANTS SCHEMES:
Separate to the above, we are pleased to advise that Seaford and Martello Rotary Clubs are currently holding their own grant process and we have pleasure in sharing further details of their scheme here.
*This page was last updated April 2026*
