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Ideas that Change Lives: Kickstart and Development Grants (UK)

Deadline: 5-Jun-23

The Leeds Community Foundation is seeking applications to help organisations to develop socially enterprising ideas which support people in Leeds with care and support needs to improve their health, wellbeing and remain independent.

Ideas that Change Lives is a partnership between Leeds City Council and Leeds Community Foundation.

Examples of Activity That Can Be Funded

  • Alternatives to traditional day care and support services
  • Brokerage, supporting people with care needs to manage their personal budget and/or access the services which meet their needs
  • Health and wellbeing promoting activities
  • Employment related opportunities
  • Feasibility studies, carrying out research or pilot projects (Kickstart grants only)
  • Any other activities that enable people in Leeds with care and support needs to remain independent
  • Sustainable trading services (Development grants only)
Funding Information
  • Kickstart Grants: £500 to £4,000
  • Development Grants: £4,001 to £12,000
  • Duration: 12 months

Location: Leeds

Eligibility Criteria
  • Not-for-profit incorporated Community Organisations from the third sector such as CIO, CIC or a charitable company. You will be registered with the Charity Commission, Companies House or Mutual Public Register (FCA).               
  • Charities that are registered with the Charity Commission but are not an incorporated structure. These organisations cannot use grant funds to employ PAYE staff, but funds can be used to hire freelance workers.    
  • Small unincorporated and unregistered Community Organisations can only apply if your annual income is less than £10,000, and if securing the grant would not take you this threshold for current financial year.     
  • For-profit organisations, statutory organisations or activity (e.g. schools and hospitals) and overseas organisations cannot be funded.
  • All organisations, regardless of size and structure, must have:

    • At least three Trustees/Directors/Committee Members (whichever is applicable, depending on your organisation’s legal structure) who are independent and unrelated. For registered charitable companies (limited companies by guarantee without share capital, CICs and similar) they require a minimum of three unrelated directors, and none should be registered as Persons with Significant Control
    • A governing document g. constitution or memorandum and articles of association that shows how your group is managed and includes a dissolution clause
    • A bank or building society account in the name of your organisation with a minimum of two unrelated authorised signatories on the mandate and transactions requiring authorisation by at least two of those authorised signatories
    • Accounts or a record of income and expenditure for your organisation (if you are a new organisation, you will need to provide a bank statement and a project budget)
    • A relevant safeguarding policy, if your organisation works with children or vulnerable adults (you can find information and advice on writing a safeguarding children policy here, and a safeguarding adults policy here)

What can’t be funded?

  • Activity and costs that have already taken place
  • Activity targeted at a particular group (ethnic, gender, religious etc.) without a good justification for this
  • Activity that promotes a particular political or religious point of view
  • Activity primarily for the benefit of animals
  • Capital appeals for building projects
  • Grant-making to other organisations and/or individuals
  • Applications from individuals
  • Expeditions or overseas travel

For more information, visit Leeds Community Foundation.