Deadline: 03-Sep-2024
The Rural Development Fund supports rural communities across Staffordshire through the allocation of small grants to community groups that are committed to strengthening their community and tackling issues faced by Rural Communities.
United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)
- The Rural Development fund meets the UN’s eleventh and seventeenth SDG, sustainable cities and communities & partnerships, through it’s commitment to supporting development in rural areas of Staffordshire.
Funding Information
- The Fund awards small grants of up to £2,000 to small rural community groups across Staffordshire and Stoke, where they have a specific need.
What will not normally be funded?
- Statutory organisations, including Schools, Police, Health authorities and Local Authorities, (but Parish and Town Councils will be considered)
- Any national organisation based in Staffordshire
- Projects that upgrade premises or equipment to meet legislative requirements
- Projects that should be funded by a statutory authority
- Solely commercial ventures
- Party political activity
- Activity promoting religion or with a strong religious undertone, but religious groups running community projects will be considered
- Staff costs or costs associated with staff
- The reimbursement of costs, (for goods or services bought or ordered before the official start date of the grant)
- Any costs you incur when putting in your application
- Loans or interest payments or endowments
- Vehicles
- Food or meals
Beneficiaries they Can Support
- Small community and voluntary groups in Staffordshire and Stoke, where their income is less than £30,000 per annum.
Geographical Reach
- Geographic Reach they Will Fund
- They will support organisations based in, or working for the benefit of people in the following local authority areas;
- Groups should be based in and working in rural locations in Staffordshire or Stoke on Trent
- Geographical Reach they Cannot Fund
- This fund cannot support organisations who are based in, or working in the following local authority areas;
- Any area outside Staffordshire & Stoke-on-Trent.
- Any area which is not a rural location
Eligibility Criteria
- Priority will be given to groups with an annual income should be less than £30,000
- You should have reserves of less than 1 years income
- Your financial records should be up to date
- Groups should have a signed up to date constitution
- If awarded a grant it should make a visible difference to the project
- Groups should be working towards encouraging and developing rural community life.
- Applicants working with children or the disabled should have vetted all staff and volunteers and have a current safeguarding policy.
For more information, visit The Community Foundation for Staffordshire.