Deadline: 11-Jun-2024
believe housing is giving organisations an opportunity to apply for grant funding to support community investment programmes and to deliver innovative projects that put the customers on a pathway to improving their lives.
Themes
- Tackling inequalities as a result of the rising cost of living.
- Health and wellbeing: improving mental and physical health, as well as building the confidence of individuals.
- Employability and training: including volunteering and other upskilling activities.
- Increasing household income: activities including debt and benefit advice, feeding families, and employing people.
- A greener, fairer future: by reducing, reusing, and recycling.
Funding Information
- Applicants can apply for funds between £5,000 – £10,000. The total grant allocation for this open call is £60,000, the allocation will be spread equally between central, east, and west areas of County Durham where believe housing have properties.
- To be eligible for the Revenue Grant, it is expected that your project would last 6 to 12 months.
Projects must be for revenue costs only, this can include
- Setting up of classes, sessions, activities, and events for the community.
- Buying equipment for a community-based activity, that does not qualify as capital.
- On costs of the project for example, staff time, sessional workers, equipment, and resources required to deliver the project. Room hire costs are also acceptable but not exceeding 50% of the total request.
- Providing refreshments, snacks, and meals as part of an activity.
- Marketing and promotion to increase participation in activities.
- Travel costs which are integral to an activity.
- Project management costs, not exceeding 10% of the overall project value.
Criteria
- They accept applications from not-for-profit groups including Registered and exempt charities, Community groups, Schools, Social enterprises, Voluntary groups, Community Interest Companies, Town, Parish or Community Councils and Faith groups/venues.
- They are unable to accept applications from Individuals, Party political groups, Private companies, or ‘for-profit’ organisations and those whose objectives and ethos do not meet believe housing’s charitable objectives.
- All projects must be deliverable in one of the patch areas, these are central Durham, east Durham and west Durham.
For more information, visit believe housing.