Deadline: 14-Jan-22
The Nottingham Women’s Centre is inviting small, grassroots organisations (with a turnover of less than £10,000) to apply for the Gender and Sexual Orientation Partnership Small Grant Fund.
This Small Grant Programme is part of the three year Nottingham City Council Communities of Identity funding stream to Nottingham Women’s Centre and partner organisations. This is focused on Gender and Sexual Orientation and will help people to get the right support, advice and development to become active citizens.
Areas
The money granted should then be used to complete short projects or activities that address at least one of the following areas:
- Addressing Isolation in the LGBT+ community in Nottingham: Including supporting existing work to promote healthy relationships.
- Providing Safe Physical and Virtual Spaces for Women: Support communities through providing physical and/or online space, particularly women who face increased social isolation or multiple barriers to inclusion.
- Empowering Women: To offer support around crisis, hardship and poverty – this means financial difficulties, or support and advice around practical day to day needs. To help women to be heard within mainstream services, partners and organisations, in particular about their needs and issues.
- Support for Women’s Voices: Enabling women to challenge cultural stereotypes, championing Nottingham as a zero tolerance city for misogyny and female genital mutilation.
- Mental Health Support: Support that complements statutory provision to meet the specific mental health and wellbeing needs of the communities.
- Digital Inclusion: Activity that helps to reduce digital exclusion for the communities, support them to access support, services and activities online.
Funding Information
- Grants are usually available for between £500-£750.
What will the funds support?
The fund will support costs like the examples. In all cases the costs must relate directly to the activity, event or pilot project you are providing and can only cover costs dated after the grant is awarded.
- Rent: The cost of using premises specifically to deliver your project or event venue hire
- Equipment: Purchase or hire of equipment and materials to deliver your project / event
- Publicity: Production of a leaflet or newsletter to advertise the activities you are undertaking
- Training: Courses that volunteers or staff need to attend to be able to deliver the project
- Admin costs: Insurance and membership costs, general stationery for running the activity
- Support: Additional specific support that may be needed (e.g. translation costs)
- For any costs over £250 two quotes must be included with your application
What do groups need in order to apply for this funding?
- You will need a bank account. If you do not have a bank account then you can ask an established Charity in the region to hold the grant money on your behalf and pay it out to providers and suppliers on production of receipts.
- You will need governing documents (such as a constitution) if you are awarded a grant. Support and advice is available on writing these if needed. You will need at least two unrelated trustees/ management committee members – to be outlined in your constitution).
- You must also have the following in place:
- An Equality and Diversity policy or statement.
- A Safeguarding policy if working with children, young people and/or vulnerable adults.
- GDPR policy – to cover how you will keep the information about your service users confidential.
- Relevant insurance covering the activity the funding will cover. The cost of this can be included in your application.
Eligibility Criteria
- This funding is aimed at small voluntary and community groups with a turnover of less than £10,000. Organisations currently receiving funding through the Communities of Identity 2019-22 are not eligible to apply.
- Women’s community organisations and LGBTQ+ community organisations based in Nottingham City can apply.
Please note – Small Grants are allocated by an independent panel of organisations and NOT by Nottingham Women’s Centre. Presume the reader knows nothing about your group and give as much information as possible when filling out the form.
For more information, visit https://www.nottinghamwomenscentre.com/smallgrants