Deadline: 19-Jun-25
Submissions are now open for the Blackridge Community Fund supports community projects benefiting those living in the Blackridge community council area.
Purpose
- The fund provides grants to support charitable activities that:
- Enhance the quality of life for local residents.
- Contribute to vibrant, healthy, successful and sustainable communities.
- Promote community spirit and encourage community activity.
Funding Information
- Grant size typically available: £500 – £5,000
- Applicants may request support for recurring costs over three years. In these circumstances, the maximum award level is £10,000.
Who can apply?
- Groups and organisations working to benefit people in Blackridge can apply. You don’t need to be a registered charity to apply, but your group/organisation must meet the standard eligibility criteria. This usually includes the need for a Safeguarding Policy.
- Management Committee
- There must be a minimum of three unrelated persons on the management committee or Board. This is to ensure that the group has a range of perspectives and experiences and is not dominated by the interests of a single family or similarly connected individuals.
- For the same reasons, the majority of your management committee or Board members must be unrelated.
- Governing Documents
- Your organisation has charitable purposes, and these are described in your governing document.
- Your governing document includes suitable restrictions on the disposal of assets under the organisation’s control (a charitable ‘asset lock’) and its management committee or board members’ remuneration.
- Accounts & Financial Procedures
- You must be able to supply your latest set of approved accounts, unless your organisation is less than 18 months old, in which case no accounts are required.
- For all constituted groups these will need to have been approved by your management committee or Board.
- For registered charities, accounts must be prepared and scrutinised in accordance with the requirements of Office Scottish Charity Regulator (OSCR).
- If your group does not meet the eligibility criteria, but your project could provide benefit in Ballantrae, please contact Foundation Scotland to discuss this.
- Safeguarding
- If your organisation’s core work (as stated in your governing document), or the project you are applying to us for, includes work with children and/or vulnerable adults, it must have an appropriate Safeguarding Policy and Procedures setting out how the policy is implemented in place before application. This must, as a minimum, cover the following:
- Recruitment and selection of employees and volunteers
- Employee and volunteer induction and training in safeguarding
- Safe arrangements for all work involving vulnerable adults/children and young people, including procedures for responding to and reporting abuse or suspected abuse
- Contact details, including at least one nominated Safeguarding representative.
- Management Committee
- Applications from groups/organisations located out of the fund area will be considered on a case-by-case basis and must demonstrate a clear benefit for residents within Blackridge.
- Foundation Scotland and the panel recognise that some community activity is organised by more informal groups (i.e. without formal governance arrangements such as a constitution in place). We can help such groups see if they can work in partnership with other local groups to make an application.
For more information, visit Foundation Scotland.