Deadline: 7-Jan-22
The Leeds Community Foundation is excited to announce the Jimbo’s Fund to support organisations working for the benefit of disadvantaged people in Leeds.
Jimbo’s Fund was set up by generous local businessman, Jimi Heselden, to support people in hardship. Jimi tragically passed away in an accident in 2010, but the fund continues to support local projects across Leeds, continuing Jimi’s legacy of generosity.
Priorities
Priority will be given to projects benefiting:
- Children and young people
- People with profound and multiple learning disabilities and/or physical disabilities
- Older people
- People in need who are actively trying to help themselves in areas of significant disadvantage
Funding Information
The minimum request is £1,000. The maximum is £20,000. The grant can be used to part-fund or fully-fund a wide range of activities. Only one application per organisation can be considered.
What can the Fund support?
The type of activity that can be funded is quite broad and includes:
- Project costs
- Staff costs to enable you to employ someone
- Training for volunteers or staff
- Capital costs, including purchase of equipment, refurbishment and building work, and purchase of buildings
- Contribution to core costs as long as this is related to the delivery of activities or services you are requesting funding for
Eligibility Criteria
- Incorporated community groups such as CIOs, CICs and charitable companies from the third sector that:
- Are registered with the Charity Commission, Companies House or Mutuals Public Register (FCA)
- Have a constitution or other relevant governance document
- Have a management committee/board of directors/trustees of at least three unrelated people, none of whom have significant control
- A copy of your most recent annual accounts or financial records showing your organisation’s balance of funds, income and reserves.
- Have a bank account under the name of the group with at least two unrelated signatories
- Are based in or supporting people living in Leeds
- Have been established for at least 2 years and have a track record in the local area
- Have a Child and young Safeguarding Policy and an Equal Opportunities Policy or similar
- If organising or running public events, festivals etc, groups will be expected to have relevant insurance and comply with all required health and safety, food handling/preparation and other local and national statutory regulations for such activity
- Charities that are registered with the Charity Commission but are not an incorporated structure can also apply. However, grants cannot be used to pay staff that are directly employed by the charity.
- Small unincorporated and unregistered community and volunteer-led groups can apply for a maximum of £5,000. Unincorporated, unregistered groups can only apply if their annual income is less than £10,000, and if securing the grant does not take them above this threshold for the year.
For more information, visit https://www.leedscf.org.uk/grants/jimbos-fund/