Deadline: 27-Mar-23
The Leeds Community Foundation, in partnership with Leeds City Council, is pleased to be offering grants to support the vital work of lunch clubs, food provision and ongoing support for older people in Leeds.
Funding is awarded as a contribution towards running costs. This can include rent, training, meal and food costs, volunteer expenses and transport costs.
The Foundation encourages face to face delivery of lunch clubs with appropriate safety measures, and can also support remote delivery to lunch club members where required.
Funding Information
- Organisations can apply for grants of £5,000 or less and also for grants of over £5,000.
- Small unincorporated and unregistered Community Organisations that has an annual income less than £10,000, cannot apply for over £5,000.
What can be funded
- Direct running costs – food, staff, volunteers, room hire, transport, insurance, training
- Funding can also be used towards activity that runs alongside your lunch club to enhance wellbeing and social connection, such as exercise, arts and crafts, etc
Key Information
- Funding can support Lunch Clubs that serve/deliver a minimum of 10 meals per week.
- Clubs should operate at least 40 weeks per year.
- Have adequate insurance.
- Have an up-to-date Safeguarding Policy for Adults.
- Staff/volunteers must have up to date Food Hygiene Training and have a written food safety management system.
- Must be registered as a Food Business at least 28 days before the club starts. Please also read the Food Safety Requirements before making your application.
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. However, grants cannot be used to pay staff that are directly employed by the charity.
- 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 above this threshold for current financial year.
- 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) the Foundation requires a minimum of three unrelated directors, and none should be registered as Persons with Significant Control.
- A governing document (E.G. constitution or memorandum and articles of association) that show how your organisation is managed
- 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.
For more information, visit Leeds Community Foundation.