Funding Application for Inland Bathing Water Communities 2026

Funding Application for Inland Bathing Water Communities

LOCAL COMMUNITY GROUPS GRANT FUND 2026
Click here to view the Protecting Wild Waters Toolkit

Click here to view the Application Guidance
Before completing this Application Form please confirm you have done the following:

SECTION ONE: Lead applicant details

This person will be the main point of contact for funding-related communications
Name

First NameLast Name
Email
example@example.com
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: 00000 000000.
Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityCounty

Postcode

SECTION TWO: Your group's details

Information about your group or organisation
Name of group or organisation
Please share any social media or website links
Date your group formed

DayMonthYear
Estimated date is fine
Number of volunteers
Income over last 12 months (if applicable)
Objective(s) of your group

Share what your main goals are
Please select all that apply.

Other
Group's main achievements to date:
Are you a registered charity or CIC?

About your charity or CIC

Only applicable if you selected 'Yes' in the previous question
Your charity/companies house number:
If you are a registered charity or CIC, you'll need to include the supporting documents with your application.

For CICs only: we may seek references with your approval and will check your governing document for your organisation's asset lock protocol.
Please tick to confirm you've uploaded the following documents
File Upload

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Or if you aren't able to share any of the above, please let us know why so we can follow up.

SECTION THREE: About your bathing water location

Tell us about the local waterway you're campaigning for
Name of site
E.g., Fisherman's Creek
Name of waterway
E.g., River Avon
Why is this waterway important to you?
Additional information about the site
For example: is this body of water used recreationally? How often is it used, and by how many people? What habitats is it important to?
Are there any current campaigns already running to protect this waterway?
This may be your group or another group
Assumed sources of pollution ranked from highest to lowest
If you're unsure or there is no assumed pollution, let us know

SECTION FOUR: Your group's activities

Activities your group has carried out, or planned future activity
Based on the Protecting Wild Waters toolkit steps, briefly tell us what part of the application process you require funding for.

This includes ideas your group has for delivering the bathing water application requirements.

We will ask you about your budget later in the application, so you don't need to provide any financial breakdown in this section.
What activities do you plan to spend the funding on, who will you involve and when will these activities happen?
Alongside achieving bathing water designation status, what else do you hope to achieve as a result of these activities?

SECTION FIVE: Your budget

A financial breakdown of expected costs
Please select the materials and activities that you are planning to spend the funding on from the list below and what you budget will be. It is okay to give estimates.

This is just the numbers. Please use Section Four above to provide information about cost quantities, cost descriptions and details of the suppliers you plan to use.

We've provided example costs, based on previous applications, which you can use to guide you. You may want to do your own research too.

Please complete the table below, using the column on the right to share costs you've budgeted this grant for. If the cost has already been paid for, and you require compensation, please indicate this with an 'X' in left column.

Rows	Already paid for	Your budgeted cost
Create website - domain name, annual hosting, web developer £350-£450 per year
Venue hire to hold public meeting(s) £75 - £150 per day
Refreshments for meeting(s) (no alcohol) £60 per meeting
Design of flyers/posters £300
Print flyers/posters to promote bathing application / survey / consultation events / continuing campaigning £40-60 per printing activity
Print consultation survey to distribute to community £50-£150
Land Registry information £20-£40
Printing survey paperwork and copies of the designation application £20
Software (eg Word, Excel) to collate application (1-year licence maximum) £84.99
Fuel Costs - e.g. to travel to waterway to survey users, consultation event. £80 a year
Self-designation - signage £200
Other costs Please provide details of these costs below

Details of other costs
TOTAL AMOUNT REQUESTED FOR FUNDING

SECTION SIX: Your bank details
If you are a registered charity or non-profit making CIC, these bank details will be used to transfer grant funding, if successful with your application.
Name of your Bank/Building Society
Bank account name (we expect this to match the name of your organisation)
If it doesn't, let us know in the 'Anything else?' box of the form
Bank sort code
Bank account number

SECTION SEVEN: Declaration

Terms and conditions, privacy notice and sharing information about grants awarded.
It is essential that you understand and agree to sign up to the following statements as the representative for the group/organisation making the application.

i. If you can no longer fulfil your responsibilities, or someone else takes over responsibility for the grant, you must inform SAS immediately.

ii. We certify that the information contained in the application is correct and that we are authorised to make this application on the behalf of the group/organisation

iii. We understand that if successful, the final grant may not include everything requested in the application and that this decision is final.
Tick to confirm you agree to these conditions
Privacy Policy
The information in this form will be used to assess your application and will remain secure. The data submitted during the application process will only be used for application purposes. If your application is successful we will share the name of your community group, the amount of funding received and how it was used, with the funder Esmee Fairbairn for reporting purposes only.

For information on Surfers Against Sewage's Privacy Policy
Tick to confirm you accept the privacy terms
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Funding Application for Inland Bathing Water Communities

SECTION ONE: Lead applicant details

SECTION TWO: Your group's details

Objective(s) of your group

About your charity or CIC

SECTION THREE: About your bathing water location

SECTION FOUR: Your group's activities

SECTION FIVE: Your budget

SECTION SIX: Your bank details

SECTION SEVEN: Declaration

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