Deadline: 30-Nov-21
The Birmingham City Council is offering Celebrating Communities Small Grants Fund to help people and community groups make the most of this huge event.
The Council is pleased to be working alongside Locality and Birmingham City Council’s Neighbourhood Develop Support Unit (NDSU) to support Birmingham community and voluntary groups who wish to apply for a grant.
Themes
Celebrating Communities grants are available for projects under one of three themes:
- Getting Active – encouraging communities to get out and get active by participating in sports and recreational activities. The overriding aim should be to encourage residents, of all abilities and ages, to engage in physical activity and improve their health and wellbeing.
- Ready, Steady, Fun – delivering community projects to ensure a local area is Games ready (e.g. by improving communal space, and hosting community celebrations to develop active citizenship and reduce loneliness and social isolation).
- Celebrating Culture – developing community-led cultural events and initiatives that encourage intergenerational activities. Proposed schemes must harness the power of culture to bring people together, celebrate their identities, and the culture, heritage and stories of their communities.
Funding Information
Grants are available for projects
- Between £100 and £1,000
- Between £1,001 and £5,000
- Between £5,001 and £10,000.
Celebrating Communities grant can fund
- Core costs/essential running costs
- Ongoing activity costs
- One-off initiatives
- Capital costs – such as equipment.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your Birmingham organisation can apply for a Celebrating Communities grant if it is a:
- Voluntary-led organisation with charitable aims
- Registered charity or charitable incorporated organisation
- Social enterprise
- Community interest group / company
- Company limited by guarantee that has charitable aims
- School.
- To be eligible your organisation should have:
- A management committee (the people who are responsible and make decisions) 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).
For more information, visit https://birminghamcommunitymatters.org.uk/cc/