Your Pots 2026 community grants build a regenerative economy in Lancaster District. The fourth and final round of ‘Your Pots – Your Say’ community voting day will be on Saturday 5th December at The Platform in Morecambe.

As in previous years, the Closing Loops partnership has evolved the model, bringing another exciting opportunity for the community to get involved through online voting as well as in person. £50,000 is on offer in the 2026 final round.

Register to attend the decision day event at the Platform in Morecambe on the 5th of December (registration open from mid November) at this link.

What has been achieved so far?

• £250,067 grant funding distributed
• 54 projects funded
• 77 people joined the first voting event in 2023, compared to… 1392 people voting online and in-person in 2025.

Quotes from participants:

• ‘There are some wonderful connections being forged through the project, and I am very conscious of the impact it has had for me and my business.’
• ‘It was great to be part of the conversations … with members of the community thinking creatively and positively about how we can work together to achieve greater impact for people and sustainability.’
• ‘It’s fun to vote!’

What has been the Impact?

Closing Loops have produced a detailed case study describing the community co-design process over each of the three years. You can view the case study at https://foodfutures.org.uk/case-studies/your-pots-your-say/ or download it below:

Watch the Your Pots Video

Closing Loops produced a short video of the 2024 Your Pots community voting event, which you can watch above.

Listen to the Podcast from 2025

You can also listen to a podcast we produced in 2025, where we interviewed the projects about their experience of bidding for money at the community voting event.

Find out more

Each year applicants are bidding for a Pots of Possibility ‘Your Pots’ grant of between £5,000 and £10,000. As in the previous years £50,000 of Your Pots funding was available for distributing to community led projects. The money will deliver even more projects to regenerate North Lancashire’s environment and support local communities. These grants come ultimately from the National Lottery Community Fund, but the decision is devolved to the Lancaster District community.

Along with a chance to get funding, the organisations said what a great networking opportunity it was, plus a chance to explore possible collaborations and ways to support each other.

People were also impressed with how much hard work and dedication was already happening locally and enjoyed finding out about organisations they hadn’t heard of before. And the chance to share an online voting opportunity within their own networks was really valued.

We have produced an explainer about why Your Pots is unique.

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