Deadline: 22-Oct-21
The Newham London is inviting applications for Aspers Good Causes Fund to support community projects which help residents to build confidence and skills and improve community life in Newham.
The fund opened in 2012/13 to any organisation working in the fields of education, art, dance, music, sport and the environment.
Objectives
- The Aspers Good Causes Fund grants programme is open to any not-forprofit voluntary organisation working in Newham that helps residents participate in projects to improve their skills and confidence.
- Their Good Causes Fund grants are available to help you deliver a huge range of benefits from education, conservation and environmental activities to music, sport or cultural activities, like theatre, dance, arts or science.
Funding Information
- The 2021 programme is now open for applications, for small grants up to £1,000 or larger grants up to £7,500.
- £8,000 of the budget will be ring-fenced initially for smaller scale projects seeking funding for lower-level grants not exceeding £1,000. This will enable the funders to support at least eight organisations with lower-cost ideas and funding requirements.
Eligible Projects
- Organisations should be based or working in Newham, and projects proposed must benefit borough residents. If your application is successful, you could receive up to £7,500 as long as you can demonstrate that your project:
- offers value for money
- is inclusive and open to all
- helps residents and communities become more active and involved
- contributes to the quality of life of Newham residents
Examples of appropriate project objectives:
- Support people through coaching, tutoring or access to new opportunities in one of the eligible fields of activity.
- Provide exceptional life building experiences working with a project or activity in these fields.
- Enable people to develop new skills and/or practice and improve skills, building their confidence and knowledge.
- Allow people to participate in projects where there may otherwise be financial barriers to their involvement, by keeping charges at reasonable levels.
- Provide positive and engaging activities which build confidence and enable people to widen their experience and interests.
- Support residents to organise their own activities and encourage others to get involved in their local community.
- Provide activities that can become sustainable and led by residents in the longer term.
- Engage residents who have not previously been involved in these activities.
Eligibility Criteria
- The agreement states organisations that can benefit must be ‘an individual charity, local association or other body established for charitable purposes’ and must primarily benefit the residents of Newham.
- The ‘purposes’ listed in the Aspers schedule are ‘supporting or promoting education, music, cultural activities, sports, race relations, the arts or science, conservation or environmental awareness or any charitable objects’.
- Statutory bodies, including schools, are not eligible to apply to this grant programme.
- Projects should be inclusive and open to all. They should promote community cohesion through providing opportunities for people from different backgrounds to get involved together in local activities.
- Projects will need to demonstrate value for money in terms of how residents will benefit, providing a detailed breakdown of costs and demonstrating how their costs are competitive. In addition, though not a requirement, it would help if applications could demonstrate some kind of added value either match funding or a volunteer element.
Note: Organisations that have received a grant in previous years are eligible to apply again this year but will NOT be funded for the same project or purpose as before.
For more information, visit https://www.newham.gov.uk/community-parks-leisure/funding-community-projects-1/3
