Deadline: 30 March 2020
Launched in September 2014, Better Community Business Network’s (BCBN) Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects.
This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve. They have in place strict vetting procedures and criteria’s for successful applications. They take a responsible attitude to the funds provided by their donors. The Initiative will run throughout the year, alongside BCBN’s more headline efforts.
Funding Information
- BCBN annually, distributes grants totalling £36,000 to 12 UK charities and community projects.
- The award of the grants and implementation of the grant making policy is carried out by the charity committee whose members make up the BCBN Board of Trustees.
- Each community project proposal may be rewarded up to £3,000 per project.
Selection Criteria
- Please read this section carefully before completing your application:
- Be UK based
- Address a community issue or support a local community initiative
- Provide benefits to the local community
- Must be able to demonstrate that the money will be used for project-specifics
- Applicants are welcomed from groups including: local community, self-help or voluntary groups and charities (including local branches of national charities) or individuals acting for the benefit of the local community. Some of the causes they support:
- Education (e.g. schools, extra-curricular clubs)
- Health (e.g. hospitals, cancer research, healthy eating)
- Ex-Offenders (e.g mentoring, rehabilitation)
- Homeless/Poverty (e.g shelter projects, food banks)
- Arts & Culture (e.g sport activities, library funds)
- Environment (e.g natural disasters, regeneration projects
- Elderly (e.g befriending, social clubs
- Disability (e.g help lines, inclusion)
- Social Cohesion (e.g. committee programs)
Exclusions
The following list sets out the types of activities excluded by the BCBN Grant Initiative:
- Any projects supported must benefit a local community within the UK
- Overseas Activities – BCBN Grant Initiative does not support projects outside of the UK
- Party political activity – Applications to support fundraising, campaigning or any other activity associated with any political party will not be accepted
- Individual sponsorship – Applications to support individuals will not be accepted
- Travel and accommodation – Requests to assist with travel and accommodation costs are excluded
- Multiple applications – For successful grant applicants only one per person/organisation may be supported in a year (from time awarded); for unsuccessful applicants, you may re-apply for the new quarterly term
- Application for grants that exceed £3,000 may be turned down
- Part-funding of projects
- Running costs and expenses (venue hire, staff cost and salary, bills, printing)
- Professional associations, or training for professionals
- Organisations that do not have charitable aims (such as companies limited by shares and commercial companies)
- Endowments, loans, deficits, general appeals
- Grant-giving charities
- Building projects
- Non-essential items
For more information, visit http://bcbn.org.uk/grant-initiative/