Decision

The Good Place, Warm Place Grant aims to support community groups, enterprises, charities and hubs to continue or develop the support they offer to communities across York during the winter months 2026/27. The Funding is supplied through the Council’s Crisis and Resilience Scheme.

The criteria for eligibility for a Good Place, Warm Place grant is that the group must:

• Have a presence in and benefit the local community
• Have a focus on supporting people
• Improve health and wellbeing outcomes
• Aim to reduce social isolation
• Support local people with the cost-of-living
• Offer an indoor warm place with seating and facilities for a minimum of 2
hours per week without requiring a purchase (this can be offered alongside
current groups/activities or an additional dedicated timeslot)

The fund attracted 34 applications. Following assessment 30 applications are recommended for funding in full or part, not all elements of some of the applications fully met the criteria and related awards were reduced/modified in line with this. The total of recommended funding under this scheme is £41,920. 4 applications were not recommended for funding.