Medway Together Fund (MTF)

Apply for the MTF Medway Impact Fund

The Medway Impact Fund is open to applicants looking to develop and implement projects that can have a lasting positive impact on our local communities and residents. This fund aims to support our social enterprise sector and enable our organisations to deliver transformation in alignment with the goals and objectives of Medway 2041.

We welcome bids from organisations looking to fund a range of projects that align with the following key interventions:

  • Intervention 1: Improving our communities’ physical infrastructure
  • Intervention 2: Increasing service provision to our local communities and residents
  • Intervention 3: Increasing the health and wellbeing of residents
  • Intervention 4: Encouraging people to visit or explore Medway
  • Intervention 6: Supporting local business.

All projects must meet at least one of these priority interventions.

Grants of up to £10,000 are available per application, with grants of up to £15,000 available in exceptional circumstances. This would include offering significant value for money and achieving a high level of outputs and outcomes.

We expect the fund to be competitive.

If you have any specific questions about exceptional circumstances, please contact the team at medwaytogetherfund@medway.gov.uk.

Who can apply

The Medway Impact Fund is open to:

  • the council
  • public sector organisations (if the intervention is relevant to their area of work)
  • higher and further education institutions
  • private sector companies
  • voluntary organisations
  • charities.

What you’ll need

All applicants must:

  • be appropriately legally constituted
  • have a bank account in the name of the organisation
  • agree that their application has been assigned to a Senior Responsible Officer (SRO) within their organisation (all MTF projects must be assigned to an SRO, who is the CEO or managing director of the organisation applying for funding)
  • get their application signed off by the declared SRO before submission
  • agree to provide regular reporting against outcomes and outputs proposed for delivery as part of their project
  • be willing to share financial information (your most recent financial accounts) or justify why they have not included that information as part of their application
  • be willing to provide a case study, showing how their organisation has delivered a similar project, or justify why they have not included that information as part of their application.

Applicants must also declare that:

  • their organisation agrees to follow Medway Council’s Procurement guidelines for any procurement activities they intend to enter
  • as an organisation, they're willing to comply with relevant guidance and legislation in respect to subsidy control
  • their organisation has the appropriate minimum insurance levels we demand for the activities planned as part of their project:
    • Public Liability Insurance - £5,000,000
    • Employer’s (Compulsory) Liability Insurance - £10,000,000 (not required for sole traders)
    • Professional Indemnity Insurance - £1,000,000 (if applicable).

For some projects, these insurance levels may not be needed. Talks will be held with successful applicants on a case-by-case basis.

Application support sessions

If you need help with your application, you can book a one-to-one support session with the Medway Together Fund project team.

More about application support sessions.

Apply

To apply for the Medway Impact Fund, you'll need to complete an application form.

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Completed applications and supporting evidence can be submitted to us online.

Submit a Medway Impact Fund application form online

Alternatively, email your completed application form and supporting evidence to medwaytogetherfund@medway.gov.uk.

Applications for the Medway Impact Fund close at 11.59pm on Friday 22 May 2026.

What happens after

We may contact you if you do not provide enough information in your application.

Eligibility assessment

Financial due diligence checks will be completed as appropriate at our discretion.

Applicants must be legally constituted and if approved, the organisation will enter into a legally binding funding agreement and therefore will carry the liability for ensuring that the terms and conditions of the funding agreement are met.

We reserve the right to say a project is ineligible if the application is incomplete, has insufficient justification or is not signed.

Key criteria assessment

Following eligibility assessments, the key criteria applications will be assessed on will include:

  • how the intervention addresses local challenges and opportunities
  • delivery of Medway Together Fund outputs and outcomes
  • alignment with Medway 2041 priorities
  • value for money and availability of match-funding
  • deliverability, both financial and technical.

Application timeframe

The Medway Impact Fund application process closes at 11.59pm on Friday 22 May 2026.

Applicants will know if they have been successful by the end of summer 2026. Please be aware application assessment time depends on the number of applications received.