Deadline: 16-Jun-21
The Sirius Minerals Foundation has launched the applications for Local Charities to fund projects and activities that are focused on helping people in their communities to regain their confidence and restart their lives, as the country begins to come out of lockdown.
The Sirius Minerals Foundation, the charitable body supported by Anglo American’s Woodsmith Project being built near Whitby and on Teesside, has launched the second part of its Covid 19 recovery fund, worth a total of £400,000.
This round of grants is aimed at small, local organisations that have not previously been supported by the Foundation, and those organisations who may not have experience in applying for grants and may need help to do so. Such groups are encouraged to contact the Foundation to have an informal chat about the grants on offer and the application process.
The aim of this grant round is to fund projects and activities that are focused on helping people in our communities to regain their confidence and restart their lives, as the country begins to come out of lockdown.
Groups can apply for funding to continue to deliver their existing activities, or to change and adapt to respond to new and future challenges; the Foundation knows that some groups are having to work differently because of the impact of the pandemic.
They are keen to support small, local organisations who may not previously have been funded by the Foundation and fit the eligibility criteria. The Foundation is particularly keen to reach groups who may not have experience in applying for grants and may need help to do so.
Objectives
The charitable objectives of the Foundation are to:
- Advance education, including supporting projects and training that benefit people by enhancing their skills;
- Promote the general health of the community;
- Advance environmental protection and improvement including the enhancing of the local landscape;
- Provide and improve facilities in the interests of social welfare and leisure time with the aim to improve residents’ well-being;
- Help gain skills to those in need, because of financial hardship by being out-of-work, particularly the long-term unemployed.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £500 and £5000 are being made available for small voluntary and community organisations in Scarborough Borough, the North York Moors National Park and Redcar and Cleveland to support more local people to get out and about, reconnect with old friends or make new friends, and rebuild their confidence after the huge impacts of the pandemic on their lives.
- This grant round will see the Foundation spend up to £400,000 across Scarborough Borough, the North York Moors National Park and Redcar and Cleveland. Grants of between £500 and £5000 are available.
Examples of activity that could be funded;
- Supporting people who have been shielding and/or have lost confidence to go shopping or visit friends.
- Supporting people affected by the pandemic to improve their physical or mental health, such as enabling them to take part in a sports or physical activity class or a social group that reduces their isolation.
- Helping people who are out of work as a result of the pandemic to gain new skills, through volunteering or helping them with their CV.
Geographical area of benefit
The organisation and the activity funded must be based in the Foundation’s area of benefit, which is the Borough of Scarborough, the Borough of Redcar and Cleveland, and the North York Moors National Park.
Types and size of organisation
They will support the following types of organisation;
- Small, local, voluntary groups that are constituted (that means you have a brief, written set of rules explaining how you will run your organisation)
- Registered charities (registered with the Charity Commission)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisations
- Social enterprises, such as Community Interest Companies and not-for-profit organisations.
For more information, visit https://www.siriusmineralsfoundation.co.uk/news-stories/polyhalite-mines-foundation-launches-more-funding-for-local-charities/
