Announcing the new Croydon Loves You 2025 Grant Programme!
Posted Thursday 30 January 2025
Croydon Loves You 2025 (CLY 2025) is a new grants programme supporting individuals, community groups, arts and cultural organisations to deliver creative arts-based projects that benefit the health and wellbeing of Croydon residents.
The previous Croydon Loves You Grant programme in summer 2024 funded 29 projects engaging nearly 3,000 participants in activities that supported their health and wellbeing, with activities ranging from steel pan to sewing. Building on this success, Croydon Loves You 2025 has been developed by the new Creative Health team in Croydon Council with funding from Public Health to demonstrate how effective engagement with arts and culture is for individuals and communities.
With four funding rounds scheduled across 2025, a total grant pot of £185,000 is available for projects that engage residents at risk of health inequalities with creative activities to support specific health or wellbeing goals, such as reducing social isolation, improving mood, or supporting people with weight management.
Read the Application Guidelines below for a full list of the types of activities, target participants and outcomes eligible for support through this programme, as well as links to helpful documents you’ll need to make your application.
We will be hosting 2x online Q&A events on Tuesday 11 February 2025, 5.30pm – 6.30pm and Friday 14 February 2025, 12pm – 1pm to share more information about the grant scheme, application process, and answer any questions about your application. Register here.
We will also be hosting an in-person session exploring the Creative Health Quality Framework which will be used to assess grant applications on Wednesday 26 February, 5.30pm – 7.30pm at Braithwaite Hall. Register here.
The Creative Health team are happy to offer support at any stage of the application, from thinking of an idea to linking up with potential partners, to how to answer specific application questions. Please email the team on creativehealth@croydon.gov.uk if you would like to schedule a 30 minute conversation.
Important Documents / Links:
- Application Guidelines – download below
- PDF example questions – download below
- Timeline Template – download below
- Budget Template – download below
- Link to Creative Health Quality Framework for Creative Practitioners
- Link to online application form: will open on 17 February. Check back to access the link and upload responses and documents for submission.