Lower Thames Crossing Community Fund

The Community Fund provides grants to projects that strengthen communities, improve wellbeing, protect the environment and create skills and employment in areas near the Lower Thames Crossing. The fund is designed to help organisations deliver projects that improve everyday life for communities close to the Lower Thames Crossing route. Projects must benefit residents living in eligible wards close to the Lower Thames Crossing, in Gravesham, Medway, Thurrock, Havering or Brentwood. £1.89 million will be available during construction, spread across seven annual funding rounds. Supported projects should align with themes including mental health and wellbeing, local skills and employment, connecting communities, and environment and green spaces.