Important Notice:
The deadline to submit your online application using our current system was Friday 9 January 2026 at 5pm. We are not accepting any applications (online or in Word form) until 1 April 2026, when our new CRM system and online application portal go live. Please be aware that any online application forms not submitted by 9 January will not be progressed and the information permanently lost. If you have missed this window, you will be able to apply again from 1 April 2026 using the new portal.

Main Grants Committee
If your project takes place across the county or benefits people in the former districts of Carlisle, Eden and South Lakeland, it will be presented to our Main Grants Committee.

Closing date 09/01/2026, committee meeting 17/03/2026
Closing date 08/05/2026, committee meeting 02/06/2026
Closing date 07/08/2026, committee meeting 08/09/2026
Closing date 30/10/2026, committee meeting 01/12/2026
Closing date 05/02/2026, committee meeting 02/03/2027

West Cumbria Grants Committee
If your application benefits people in the former districts of Allerdale and Copeland, it will be presented to our West Cumbria Grants Committee.

Closing date 09/01/2026, committee meeting 11/03/2026
Closing date 10/04/2026, committee meeting 06/05/2026
Closing date 03/07/2026, committee meeting 05/08/2026
Closing date 02/10/2026, committee meeting 04/11/2026
Closing date 08/11/2026, committee meeting 03/02/2027

Furness Grants Committee
If your application benefits people in the former district of Barrow and the Furness area, it will be presented to our Furness Grants Committee.

Closing date 24/04/2026, committee meeting 13/05/2026
Closing date 05/06/2026, committee meeting 01/07/2026
Closing date 04/09/2026, committee meeting 07/10/2026
Closing date 18/12/2026, committee meeting 13/01/2027

Beck Burn Wind Farm Fund
Round 1: Opening date 01/04/26, closing date 22/04/2026, committee meeting 20/05/2026
Round 2: Closing date 30/09/26, committee meeting 18/11/2026

Broughton Moor Wind Farm Fund
Closing date 17/08/2026, committee meeting 28/09/2026

Cumbria Cultural Fund
Closing date 26/05/2026, committee meeting 07/07/2026

Fibrus Community Fund Cumbria
Reopens approximately September 2026 TBC. Check back here for updates.

Hellrigg Community Fund
Closing date 31/10/2026, committee meeting 11/01/2027

Joyce Wilkinson Trust
TBC

Tallentire Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund
Closing date 24/06/2026 , committee meeting 12/08/2026