Deadline: 10-Nov-24
The Adur District and Worthing Borough Councils is inviting applications for its Warm Welcome Spaces Grants to do more to help their communities to address cost of living impacts.
They are asking groups and organisations to support us in delivering spaces across Adur and Worthing that are open, welcoming for all, accessible, safe and free to the communities to come inside and warm up. They want to ensure that anyone who is cold knows where they can go to get warm, stay warm and enjoy a bit of company.
The Warm Welcome Grant aims to give groups and organisations some financial support to open their venues up as warm welcome spaces, in addition to their normal activity.
They are particularly keen to support the community centers & hubs within Adur and Worthing to open their doors to the community, as well as those who can offer evening and weekend provision. They will be prioritizing areas where there has been an identified gap in existing provision or where there is local need.
Funding Information
- A grant of up to £600 per warm, welcome space is available.
Eligible Expenses
- The fund will cover the following expenses:
- purchase or hire of resources – eg kettles, craft materials
- staff/volunteer time/expenses
- energy costs
- anything else that enables the space to be open, welcoming and sustained
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will be awarded to not-for-profit organisations, working for the benefit of Adur and/or Worthing communities.
- Your group does not have to be a registered charity to apply, but you do need:
- A constitution or set of governing rules
- Accounts or records of expenditure
- A bank account; or a partner organisation willing to hold the money for you
- To have suitable and relevant policies (such as safeguarding or insurance) to run your project as appropriate
- To own or have a lease on the building in which the warm space will be operating in
- To be ready! You’ll need to start spending the money within a month of receiving the grant
- To be prepared to sign up to the Warm Welcome Spaces Charter
Ineligibility Criteria
- The grants will not be available to groups that:
- Deliver projects that don’t benefit the residents or communities of Adur and/or Worthing
- Discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, disability, age, or sexual orientation
- Want to make retrospective payments for activities that have already taken place
- Deliver projects which only benefit animals
- Carry out political activities
- Want funds to carry out capital improvements or maintenance to the building the warm space will be held in
- Are close to a local library hub, where there is existing warm space provision
For more information, visit Adur & Worthing Councils.