Deadline: 26-Aug-20
Clarion Housing Group is currently seeking applications for its 2020 Clarion Futures Digital Grants Programme – Round 5.
The Fund is designed to support Clarion residents of all ages to get and stay online and to use the internet as an everyday tool, safely and confidently.
Focus Areas
They are looking to fund projects and activities that focus on:
- Supporting residents to discover the full scope of how the internet can assist them in their everyday lives, and to provide them with the skills and confidence to do so;
- Support residents to access the tools that meet their individual needs and circumstances;
- Encourage residents to use the internet securely and with confidence;
- Support residents of all ages, regardless of whether they go online regularly, to use it safely, and avoid risky and/or illegal behaviour.
Funding Information
- Grants of between £1,000 and £5,000 are available to organisations seeking to deliver innovative, well designed projects that support Clarion residents and the wider community to address digital exclusion.
To fund projects and activities that reach:
- Residents who have never used the internet before;
- Residents who may have previously used some online facilities but who may not be aware of the full potential to use the internet in their everyday lives;
- Residents with limited internet skills Residents of all ages.
What cannot be Funded?
They cannot consider funding for the following:
- Statutory organisations such as local authorities and schools
- Any party political activity
- Purely commercial ventures (for profit)
- Spending that has already taken place (retrospective funding)
- Individuals or projects run by individuals as opposed to an organization
- Activities promoting religious beliefs
- Activities where individuals are excluded on religious grounds, ethnicity, gender, sexuality
- If you have received a grant through the Clarion Futures Digital Fund, you are unable to apply for another grant from the fund for another 12 months
- Organisations with overdue or incomplete monitoring on a previous grant from Clarion, Affinity Sutton or Circle via any of their funding streams. If you or a member of your organisation management committee has an outstanding monitoring on a previous grant, please contact Clarion Futures to resolve this.
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organisations including constituted community groups, registered charities, companies limited by guarantee, social enterprises or Community Interest Companies (CICs) are eligible to apply to the Clarion Futures Digital Grants Programme.
- Organisations must meet the following eligibility criteria before submitting an application:
- Delivering a project primarily aimed at supporting Clarion residents
- Have at least three (3) unrelated management committee members
- Have a governing document
- Have an organisational bank account in the name of the constituted group with at least two (2) unrelated signatories
- Have a record of income and expenditure or set of accounts If you are a new group you will need a bank statement and an income and expenditure forecast
- Have a safeguarding policy if working with young people under the age of 18, or vulnerable adults
- Have the relevant insurance in place, including public liability where required, before delivering activities
- Have an online safety policy in place covering participants, tu
- tors/trainers and volunteers
For more information, visit https://www.myclarionhousing.com/advice-and-support/clarion-futures-communities/grants/digital-grants/