• Creating or refurbishing facilities available to the community as a whole, or adapting them to ensure equal access to disabled people as required under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995.
• Actions to improve the built or natural environment for local people
• Improving the well-being of the community by encouraging active and healthy life styles. Also, by encouraging people to share responsibility for maintaining good health and well-being by making some simple and inexpensive changes to their lifestyle.
• Providing facilities or activities which reduce poverty, inequality, discrimination and social disadvantage.
• Encouraging training for local people, in particular, training that targets vulnerable or excluded people, and assists with the promotion of job opportunities and increased incomes
• Stimulating community business and social enterprise.
• Projects that involve people of all ages and abilities and address the needs of socially excluded groups.
• Strengthening the cultural and linguistic identity of the community.

There is no maximum limit for applications but grants will usually be in the range of £1,000 - £10,000. Grants for more than £10,000 will be considered only where the facility will be used by several community groups or a very high number of individuals.

Applications for capital work on buildings or land will require evidence of ownership or security of tenure for a lengthy period.

* “Capital” means all physical works (including related professional fees to the physical works) and/or purchase of equipment which is expected to be used for a period of at least one year.

This grant scheme is open only to organisations with an unrestricted income of £150,000 or less.

Full Criteria, Guidelines and Application Pro-forma can be downloaded from resources on the right.

Closing date for the final panel in current year is Friday 10th February 2012.

If there any questions about SDF please contact:

Alyx Baharie at SCVS, 7 Walter Road, Swansea SA1 5NF

Telephone: 01792 544005 Email: sdf@scvs.org.uk

SDF capital grants are funded by:

Welsh Government - Community Facilities and Activities Programme