Deadline: 02-Aug-21
Applications are now open for the Community Environmental Development Fund to support communities and make a real difference to the quality of life of people living in Thurrock.
The fund provides capital grants to support projects that either:
- renew, improve or create a community asset
- transform a community asset so it supports the longer-term sustainability of a local organisation or initiative
- can show a direct benefit to local communities, specifically improving the lives of children, young people, older people and vulnerable communities through community-led activities
Funding Information
- Only 95% of grant funding will be released to projects receiving a grant over £20,000.
- The remaining 5% will be released once a project evaluation form and supporting information have been received, so you should make arrangements to meet this condition.
Eligibility Criteria
- Grants will be awarded for projects and activities where there is evidence that they:
- meet a community need
- improve the lives of children, young people, older people and vulnerable communities
- are value for money
- are well planned, consider potential risks and will be well managed
- have long-term benefits
- can keep going without further funding from the council
- have expenditure that can be accounted, with evidence through receipts
- can get at least 10% of capital funds from another source
- follow government guidelines for the effective control of coronavirus (COVID-19)
- They will not award grants for ineligible programmes such as:
- fundraising or campaign activities
- administrative costs or recoverable VAT
- projects or activities that have already taken place
- feasibility studies
- organisations that failed to meet the terms and conditions of funding in previous years
- on-going maintenance costs of projects supported by the CEDF
- projects with no long-term sustainability
- projects relating to the purchase or installation of Christmas lights
- projects that don’t adhere to government guidelines for controlling coronavirus (COVID-19)
- You can apply for the CEDF if you are either:
- a community group with a constitution or set of rules that clearly define your group’s aims, objectives and procedures, and with a bank or building society account in the name of your organisation that requires at least 2 signatures on each cheque or withdrawal
- an individual with a constituted community group that is able to take receipt of the grant, with a bank or building society account in the name of the group that requires at least 2 signatures on each cheque or withdrawal
For more information, visit https://www.thurrock.gov.uk/community-grants-and-funding/community-environmental-development-fund