Deadline: 9-Jan-23
The Community Foundation for Surrey is seeking applications for its grant program.
The aim of the Community Foundation for Surrey is to award grants to community and voluntary groups that make a genuine difference to the lives of people in Surrey.
Themes
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Young people – supporting the range of challenges faced by young people.
- Helping young people to obtain qualifications and develop life skills which will improve their chances of gaining employment.
- Supporting young people to cope with and manage mental health issues.
- Early intervention projects to help prevent mental ill-health.
- Widening horizons – giving children and young people in disadvantaged communities access to opportunity.
- Young carers – supporting people caring for others.
- Mentoring and coaching.
- Access to sports, arts, and the environment.
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Wellbeing – advance people’s wellbeing, physical and mental health and safety.
- Mental ill-health – supporting people to cope with and manage mental health issues and enable early intervention.
- Addiction – support people with drug, alcohol, and substance abuse related issues.
- Caring responsibilities – supporting people caring for others
- Reducing loneliness – provide older people with opportunities to access and participate in their local community to prevent isolation
- Supporting recovery – supporting therapy, advice, counselling, and practical help to aid recovery and improve lives
- Supporting families and parenting
- Addressing physical ill health and disability
- Active lifestyles – promoting the benefits of healthy living and eating. Helping to counter obesity, preventable diseases, and mental ill-health.
- Domestic abuse – supporting people experiencing domestic abuse by providing advice, practical help and/or temporary accommodation.
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Equity & inclusion – reduce disadvantage and increase access to services, strengthen community cohesion and build social capacity.
- Exclusion – support projects providing opportunities for the most disadvantaged to develop their skills, confidence, and abilities to live independently and to participate in their community.
- Addressing disadvantage for specific communities.
- Improve access to services by supporting projects which remove barriers to participation.
- Homelessness and housing – projects supporting people who are homeless or insecurely housed and the causes of homelessness.
- Advice and support to help people navigate the challenges of economic disadvantage.
- Developing the basic skills which lead to employment, including IT skills, soft skills and confidence building to overcome barriers.
- Disability – supporting social inclusion for people with long-term illness or disability.
- Organisations supporting those living in deprivation through access to emergency food, home supplies, practical advice, and support.
- Supporting projects which work to prevent crime, reduce re-offending, or promote rehabilitation.
- Supporting projects which support the victims of crime.
- Promoting social cohesion.
- Supporting infrastructure and community development work to build strong communities.
Eligibility Criteria
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Priorities
- Projects which particularly support Communities in Surrey facing disadvantage
- Local and small grassroots organisations (income under £100,000) serving the Surrey community
- Medium sized local Surrey-based organisations which typically lack the capacity to attract support from national funders (turnover to £1M)
- Larger local organisations are encouraged to apply where they are providing particular capability or services for the community in Surrey
- They particularly welcome applications from organisations which can demonstrate that lived experience of their potential beneficiaries is reflected in the management and/or governance of the organisation or in the development of the planned service delivery
- They particularly welcome applications from under-represented groups in their community
Types of organisations they support;
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Organisations which are charitable in purpose and are working for the benefit of people in Surrey, including
- Registered charities
- CIO – Charitable Incorporated Organisations
- Charitable Trusts – other than educational establishments
- Voluntary and community groups
- Faith groups, where the project clearly benefits the wider community and is open to people of all faiths or none
- Educational establishments for exceptional projects that fall outside statutory support and benefit school communities facing particular disadvantage
- Organisations with a potential national reach, and who reflect local benefit and their priorities
- Community Benefit Societies with charitable status
- CASC (Community Amateur Sports Club)
- Not for profit organisations such as CICs with a clear social purpose, for their charitable activities
- Newly established organisations in any of the above categories
- Small and newly formed groups which are not constituted or cannot meet the eligibility criteria may apply under the umbrella of another group which will act as a fund holder for the grant. Grant holders could be CVS or other infrastructure groups, charities, churches or parish councils.
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To be eligible you need;
- A management committee (the people who are responsible and make decisions – Trustees or Directors) of a minimum of three unrelated people
- A signed constitution (or set of rules)
- A bank account in the name of your group which requires two signatories / dual authorisation.
- A Financial Policy (a document which lays out how you manage money and payments)
- A Safeguarding Policy – we recommend that all organisations should have a safeguarding policy and if you work with children, young people, or vulnerable adults you must have a Safeguarding Policy
- For Social Enterprise such as CIC in addition to meeting their general eligibility criteria you will need to demonstrate that;
- You have a minimum of three Directors the majority of whom are not paid employees
- There are no Persons with Significant Control
- that the salaries and benefits of any paid Directors are approved by a majority of non-executive Directors and are reasonable and proportionate to the work they do and the financial position of the organisation.
Types of organisations they do not support;
- For profit businesses
- Faith groups where the project is exclusively for the benefit of members or for proselytising
- CICs limited by Shares
- County or Borough Councils
- Other public/statutory organisations
- Housing Associations which are not registered charities
- General Practice surgeries or other NHS entities including hospital trusts
- Animal welfare charities (they can consider charities utilising animals for therapeutic support for people)
- Individuals – other than through specific programmes.
For more information, visit Community Foundation for Surrey.