Grant-making to the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. - Find a freedom of information request

Information about your grant-making to the voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) sector. In 2023, DSC produced unique research on local authority grant-making, which provides analysis and recommendations for public sector commissioners. The information requested below will inform our second edition, which will provide an up-to-date picture of grant-making practice and enable local authorities to benchmark their funding practice. We hope this context helps. Please provide the following information:

1. Listing separately for each year, in the years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 what was the Total annual financial value of grants given to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector by your authority?

2. Total number of grants given to the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector by your authority? Listing separately for each year, in the years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 of the above grants (question 1)

What total number were awarded through

Competitive/open application processes?

Grants in aid?

Unknown?

3. Listing separately for each year, in the years 2021/22, 2022/23 and 2023/24 what was/were the:

Total number of formal challenges you received around your grant processes and decisions on the basis of alleged non-compliance with:

State Aid

Subsidy Control

Public Procurement regulations

And of these what number of these challenged resulted in legal proceedings?

I can confirm that the information requested is held by Lincolnshire County Council. I have detailed below the information that is being released to you. 

1.

2.

a) All grants were awarded via an open application process.

3. a) No formal challenges

b) n/a