Deadline: 17-Jun-24
The Two Ridings Community Foundation is inviting applications for the Heart of Yorkshire Fund for the Selby District.
The Heart of Yorkshire Fund for the Selby District, was established by a £2million donation from Selby District Council, invested as an endowment fund with Two Ridings Community Foundation. The annual interest from this endowment will be awarded in grants to support local people to deliver activities in their community, year on year, forever.
Since the fund was established, Selby District Council has become part of North Yorkshire Council. This fund provides the local community with a lasting legacy: supporting local charitable activity in the former Selby District in a way that meets the identified needs in the area.
Priorities
- The Heart of Yorkshire Fund for the Selby District supports charitable activity for the wellbeing of people in the Selby areas. Applicants should clearly demonstrate how they are working to address the following priorities which have been identified by Two Ridings from local data and community insights.
- They will prioritise projects that address the following:
- Health and wellbeing
- support older and vulnerable people to live dignified, productive and healthy lifestyles
- support children and young people to access and enjoy healthy lifestyles (this could be physical activity, access to the outdoors, improving their mental wellbeing)
- improve mental health and wellbeing.
- Education and Training
- develop employability skills.
- provide volunteering opportunities.
- Environment
- increased biodiversity
- support environmental improvements
- Community Sector Resilience
- community spaces providing significant community value requiring funding to stay open.
- Health and wellbeing
- They are also particularly interested in applications where people with lived experience (experts by experience) of the issues being addressed are involved with the design of the project and/or the running of the organisation/delivering the project.
Funding Information
- Grants between £2,000 and £10,000 can be applied.
Eligible Activities
- The list below is not exhaustive but gives an idea of the types of project that the fund may support:
- Befriending schemes
- Activities to bring people together
- Information, advice and guidance
- Sporting activity
- Transition work for children going from primary school to secondary school
- Counselling
- Peer support groups
- Volunteer training
- In Bloom groups
Eligibility Criteria
- The focus is to support small, grassroots organisations. As a general rule they will only consider an application from an organisation with a total annual income of under £500k per annum (this includes all income regardless of the source or purpose).
- However, where it is possible within the rules of a particular grant scheme they may choose to consider an application from a larger organisation. Please contact them if you intend to make an application and your income is over £500k.
- Your organisation or group does not have to be a charity registered with the Charity Commission but all groups applying to Two Ridings CF for funding do need to:
- Work primarily for the benefit of people in North and East Yorkshire
- Be ‘not for profit’
- Have a governing document (also known as a constitution, rules, memorandum, or articles of association) outlining charitable objectives and with a charitable dissolution clause
- Have a bank account in your group/organisation’s name with at least two signatories, who are not related to one another
- Be locally led and run (including locally constituted and managed branches of national charities)
- Have at least three unrelated trustees, directors or management committee members.
Ineligible
- Under normal circumstances (except where a particular scheme allows and there is sufficient wider public benefit), they cannot support:
- Private Businesses
- General appeals or sponsorship
- National organisations (note this does not include locally constituted and managed branches of national or large charities)
- Statutory agencies, including parish councils and schools, in the discharge of their statutory obligations (they may however be able to provide funding for extracurricular activities or work which is outside the usual remit of the school/parish council if a particular scheme allows for this)
- Organisations that have substantial unrestricted funds
- Previous grant recipients who have outstanding monitoring information
- Organisations that mainly give funds to other organisations or individuals
- In addition, they cannot generally support (except where a particular scheme specifically allows):
- Work normally funded from statutory sources
- Work for the advancement of religion (faith groups can apply but must be able to demonstrate a wider community benefit)
- Activities solely for the benefit of animals
- Overseas holidays or trips
- Political Campaigning
- Medical research, medical equipment or medical treatment
For more information, visit Two Ridings Community Foundation.