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Who can make an Estate Development Budget bid and what we can fund
Find out what we fund through the Estate Development Budget and how to make a bid.
Who can make an Estate Development Budget bid
You can make an Estate Development Budget (EDB) bid if you are either:
- a council tenant or resident association
- an informal group of council tenants who are not part of an association
What we can fund from the Estate Development Budget
The EDB could provide money for a project that will improve the local community and quality of life of tenants
The EDB could provide money for a community project that result in one of the following:
- an improvement to a council housing owned building or community facility
- an improvement to council housing owned land or local environment
All projects must benefit the quality of life of council tenants and leaseholders.
Criteria for projects
Your project must:
involve as many of your neighbours as possible and be supported by them
be able to be completed in the same financial year
not cost more than £10,000 for main bids and £1,000 for quick bids
not be something that could be done as a repair or as part of a larger maintenance programme
If your project is for fencing, we’ll only fund communal fencing. We can’t fund fencing for individual properties.
Examples of successful bids
- community gardens and growing projects
- cycle storage
- patio areas
- new footpaths
- refurbished handrails