Croydon Loves You 2025 Grant Programme
Croydon Loves You 2025 is a 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 engaged 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 Creative Health team with funding from Public Health to demonstrate how engagement with arts and culture can effectively contribute to healthier 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.
There are three grant levels available:
- Micro Grants: £500-£1,500
- Project Grants: £1,500-£5,000
- Step-change Grants: £5,000-£10,000
Applications will be considered in four rounds. Please submit applications by 5pm on the dates below for your application to be considered in the relevant round.
- Round 1: 28 March 2025 (for Micro, Project and Step-change Grants)
- Round 2: 6 June 2025 (for Micro, Project and Step-change Grants)
- Round 3: 19 September 2025 (for Micro, and Project Grants)
- Round 4: 12 December 2025 (for Micro, and Project Grants)
Read the Application Guidelines below for a full list of the types of activities, target participants and outcomes eligible for support through this programme. You’ll also find the application questions, timeline and budget templates, and other helpful documents you’ll need to make your application.
Documents / Links:
- CLY 2025 Application Guidelines
- CLY 2025 PDF Application Questions
- Timeline Template
- Budget Template
- Risk Assessment Template
- Safeguarding Policy & Procedure Support
- Link to Creative Health Quality Framework for Creative Practitioners
- Link to online application form
The Creative Health team are happy to offer an advisory call to each applicant at any stage of the application, from developing 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.