Community Training and Enabling Grants

Community Training and Enabling (CTE) Grants are designed to support housing association residents in England become involved in their housing provision through new training and community development projects.

Housing associations and tenants' and residents' groups are eligible to apply for funding directly from the Housing Corporation. In some instances, the Corporation can pay grants to individuals. The programme is aimed primarily at housing association residents, but the Housing Corporation also considers partnership applications made with other agencies.

The total fund value is £4,000,000. There are no maximum or minimum limits on funding, but all grants over £50,000 have to be approved by the Housing Corporation centrally as well as by the local office. To apply for this amount you will need to supply comprehensive supporting information.

CTE Grants help housing associations:

• develop better ways of giving residents more control of their housing - for example, in the provision of services, in decision-making, and in trying out new ways of doing things;
  
• encourage residents to become involved more effectively in regeneration and investment projects;
  
• support initiatives for residents to be involved in strategies, community planning, and partnerships; and
  
• develop links with other sources of finance for communities such as neighbourhood management.

8 If you'd like an application form, guidance notes or further information on the programme log on to the website www.ctegrants.org.uk

The scheme opened on 1st April 2001 and will close on 31st March 2006; and there is no set timetable for applications.

( For all enquiries contact General Enquiries, The Housing Corporation, Maple House, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London W1T 7BN, telephone 020 7393 2000 or email enquiries@housingcorp.gsx.gov.uk

(from Network News, Mar/Apr 2004)