Deadline: 1-Jul-24
The Two Ridings Community Foundation is currently accepting applications for the Bettys and Taylors Group Community Fund.
The Bettys and Taylors Group Community Fund has been developed as part of the Bettys & Taylors Group force for good framework of community support activity and is a follow up to the Bettys and Taylors Group Coronavirus Community Fund and the Bettys and Taylors Group Cost of Living Fund.
In line with the Bettys & Taylors Group pillars for community activity, in 2024, the Community Fund is intended to support organisations in North Yorkshire, with a preference for organisations in or close to Harrogate, Ilkley, Northallerton and York, whose work is focused on enabling social mobility and employability. Projects should be supporting:
- Life skills development focusing on skills and transferable skills that help people on the pathway to employability (e.g. cookery, communication, time management, problem solving)
- Enhancing employability through formal skills, training, and education.
Funding Information
- Grants can be between £5,000 – £10,000 for small voluntary and community groups, small charities and other types of not-for-profit organisations.
- £100,000 per annum will be distributed between two rounds.
Examples of the type of activity that could be supported:
- Direct project costs
- Staff training
- Trustee training
- Volunteer training and management
- Enabling work placements
- Life skills training, such as cookery, literacy, communication, IT
- Travel costs to enable training attendance as part of this funded project
- Overheads (for full cost recovery and overheads relating to direct delivery only. They do not accept applications for overheads alone)
- Rental costs
- Heating, lighting, water rates
- Insurance
- Core staff costs
- Stationery, small capital items, internet
- Volunteer costs
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants must be based and working in North Yorkshire, and can be any of the following:
- constituted voluntary and community groups
- registered charities
- co-operatives
- social enterprises
- community interest companies (CIC’s and CBS’s will be subject to additional scrutiny as outlined in the grant making policy)
- schools – to support vocational training projects only
- Priority will be given to groups that:
- Demonstrate a clear understanding of the needs they are addressing.
- Are based within a radius of approximately 15 miles of Bettys Café Tea Rooms and the Bettys and Taylors head office. These are located in York, Harrogate, Northallerton and Ilkley.
- Have an annual income of under £500k based on the most recent annual accounts (if your income is over this amount, they recommend that you speak to them before making an application)
- Are based in an area of deprivation or work with a community disadvantaged for another reason.
Ineligible
- Capital costs except where small equipment purchases form part of an application, for example a laptop or computer to assist with administration.
- Events that do not clearly demonstrate employability skills development or a legacy
- Applications that are predominantly or entirely for overheads or core costs
For more information, visit Two Ridings Community Foundation.