Deadline: 6-May-23
The Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council is seeking applications for the King Charles III Coronation Grant Programme to provide funding to community and voluntary organisations for small scale community events and activities to mark the occasion of King Charles III Coronation.
Objectives
- Celebrate the Coronation of King Charles III in a spirit of inclusion and respect
- Encourage, promote and celebrate community connections
Themes
- Celebration of community, encouraging people to get together and make connections through music, food, arts.
- Intergenerational projects that encourage sharing of stories and activities and getting to know a different generation and an understanding of the past.
- Any aspect of royalty, from the modern royal family, through to historic kingdoms, royal sites of local significance and the kings and queens celebrated in the folklore and mythology.
Funding Information
- Maximum Grant Amount: Up to £300
What can be funded?
- Eligible items of expenditure may include:
- Facilitators/tutors/ speaker fees
- Venue hire
- Performance fees
- Equipment hire
- Arts & crafts materials
- Advertising, marketing and media costs
- Event insurance
- Hospitality
- Administration (stationery, postage etc) related to the project.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications can be made by non-profit taking community and voluntary organisations that are based in the Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council area or have their main activities based in the Causeway Coast and Glens Council area.
- Events developed by public bodies or private sector companies cannot apply.
- To be eligible for grant-aid, you will have to show that your organisation is a bona fide organisation that is well run and that it has a properly adopted “Governing Document” such as a constitution or memorandum and articles of association which clearly show that it is non-profit making and taking. Evidence that a constitution has been formally adopted must be supplied.
- Only groups which meet these criteria can apply.
- If an organisation is satisfied that it is an eligible formally constituted organisation as outlined, it MUST be in a position to meet the following criteria:
- Be committed to Equal Opportunities in terms of organisational policies and the delivery of services to those being served or represented.
- Be non-party political and open to the full range of local opinion.
- Have a constitution / governing document that has been adopted at a public meeting showing clearly defined purposes that are for the public benefit in line with the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008.
- Be able to demonstrate a fair and equitable ethos through established aims and objectives in accordance with Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998).
- Be able without prejudice to the obligations of Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act (1998), to demonstrate regard to the desirability of promoting Good Relations between persons of different religious belief, political belief, political opinion or racial group.
- Be accountable to local people through an established constitution, open membership, committee elections, accounting procedures and Annual General Meetings. The Office Bearing positions of Chairman, Secretary and Treasurer should be held as a minimum.
- Have appropriate and adequate insurance cover for all activities and all actions proceeding such as costs, claims, demands and liabilities whatsoever, arising from all or any of the group activities. To also ensure that any individuals or organisations worked with are properly insured.
- Ensure that all group activities abide by the law and that the necessary permissions are obtained for activities from the appropriate body/authority.
- Ensure that Child Protection Policy / Vulnerable Adults Policy and Procedures are in place and adhered to as and where appropriate.
- Have a bank/building society account and keep a proper record of group accounts.
- Be able to produce an annual statement of independently audited or certified accounts or be able to present a bank statement in the case of newly established groups.
- Have arrangements in place for dispersing the group’s funds if they dissolve/ end.
- Agree to Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council’s promotion, monitoring, evaluation, and training procedures as required.
For more information, visit Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council.