Launch of the Lyle’s Local Fund 2024

We are thrilled to launch our £50,000 Lyle’s Local Fund

Now in its 8^th Year, our Lyle’s Local Fund 2024 opens today.

Blown away by the number of applications to support incredible projects in the local community we receive each year, we have decided to double the size of the Lyle’s Local Fund to £50,000 to support more projects that make Newham such a special place to live and work.

Grants of up to £5,000 are available for local social enterprises, schools, charities, community groups and not-for-profits who support safe, prosperous and healthy community activities in Newham.

On Thursday 3 October 2024, Grantees from last year’s Lyle’s Local Fund came together to celebrate their success and launch this year’s Fund at a breakfast event at Thames Refinery. Local Councillor Charlene McLean and members of LBN’s Community Partnership team also joined the celebration. The event was a brilliant opportunity to network over pancakes and Lyle’s Golden Syrup.

Guests heard project updates from some of last year’s Lyle’s Local Fund Grantees, including the Dost Centre for Young Refugees & Migrants, whose sports club sessions offer a safe, fun and welcoming place where young people can play and make memories, Ambition Aspire Achieve who used their Lyle’s Local Fund grant to buy new tools, equipment and seeds for their Garden Rangers Club, and Newham Ability Camp who offer children and young adults with disabilities a chance in sport. The Grantees who attended the launch – schools, charities, clubs and community centres – are a snapshot of the diversity of the amazing work that is going on to make Newham a safer, healthier and more prosperous place.

We are so proud of our Newham roots and the Lyle’s Local Fund exists to support the very special organisations, projects and people who work hard to make our borough a better place to live and work.

Running since 2017, the Lyle’s Local Fund has awarded over £200,000 to 95 projects that help to make Newham a safer, healthier and more prosperous place.

Organisations who wish to apply should visit the Grants section of the Newham Council website (Lyle’s Local Fund – Funding for community projects – Newham Council) and use the forms available there. The deadline for applications is 5pm Sunday 3 November 2024.