Soup Dragon's Den

The Soup Dragon is back in November for their second round of funding for 2024.  The event will be live and in the community for all to attend.

The application form and guidance notes are now available and applications for funding can be submitted until and including Sunday 27 October.

If you are involved in a local community project, event or group, why not apply for funding from the Soup Dragon.

Applications will be shortlisted by our Community Investment Fund working party, with the Soup Dragon event due to be held from 6pm on Thursday 14 November, in Leyland or Freckleton.

The whole community is invited to attend the event and vote for the winner.

If you have any questions, or want some more information about our Soup Dragon’s Den, please contact the Customer Voice Team on 0333 320 4555 or by emailing community@progressgroup.org.uk

We have tried to keep the application process as simple as possible

To apply, applicants simply need to fill in the application form below.

Guidance notes are given below.

Community groups applying for funding through the Soup Dragon’s Den will need to meet the following criteria:

  • Progress Housing Group has properties in the project area
  • Customers of Progress Housing Group have the opportunity to benefit from the project
  • The project will have a positive effect on the community in general
  • There is a plan in place to ensure the future of the project after the Soup Dragon’s Den funding has been used.

The applicants selected to pitch at the event will be informed by Thursday, 7 November 2024. There is no need to book a seat for the event.

  1. Complete the Soup Dragon’s Den application form below, giving as much information about the project as you can. 
  2. All applications will go through a shortlisting process to select-up to 6 applicants to pitch at the Soup Dragon’s Den event.
  3. The Customer Voice Team will contact you to confirm if you have been shortlisted or not.
  4. Shortlisted applicants attend the Soup Dragon’s Den event to pitch their project.

Progress Housing Group reserves the right to publish information about donations made through the Soup Dragon’s Den in the Groups publications and local media.  This may include any photographs taken.  Any successful projects will therefore be asked to complete a consent form to give permission for photographs to be used. 

If needed The Customer Voice Team will help you through this process, so if you have any queries, please contact them at community@progressgroup.org.uk or on 03333 204 555.

Soup Dragon's Den Application

If you are applying on behalf of an organisation or charity, please complete the information below as applicable:
If you are applying on behalf of an organisation or charity, please complete the information below as applicable:
If you are applying on behalf of an organisation or charity, please complete the information below as applicable:
If you are applying on behalf of an organisation or charity, please complete the information below as applicable:
Please describe your project, telling us what you are doing, how you do it and how the funding will help. Include details of how the project will be delivered, why it is needed, and how long it will last.