Deadline: 01-Oct-21
The Lincolnshire Community Foundation is pleased to announce the Coastal Community Challenge to improve the lives and wellbeing of people living in Mablethorpe, Trusthorpe and Sutton on Sea.
Themes
- Community cohesion: Project that bring residents together to socialise, learn and develop new skills, arts, culture and heritage projects and facilities that improve wellbeing and help strengthen the community.
- Young People: Diversionary activities, provision of activities or facilities and opportunities, workshops, educational outings.
- Community Facilities: Support for meeting places (community centres, village halls, playing fields) and assistance with debt counselling; welfare advice services, nutrition and diet.
- Older People: Care at home, integration projects; projects tackling isolation, loneliness and dementia, volunteer costs, sitter and companionship.
- Arts & Heritage: Projects to raise awareness or engage the local community in local heritage or access to the arts.
Funding Information
The Foundation aims to distribute around £40,000 a year Groups can apply for up to a maximum of £5,000 in any one year and can only hold one grant at any one time (application forms are available for requests up to £500 and a more detailed form for those between £501 and £5,000) Requests to fund existing local events can be made up to a maximum of £1,000, although eligible groups can also apply for up to £500 towards capital costs (maximum of £1,000 within the lifetime of the fund). The panel will consider larger bids for new events and interested parties should contact Sue Fortune to have a chat. Informal groups can apply for a grant of up to £200.
The Foundation can Fund?
- Local projects that encourage and/or assist those living in the target area.
- Equipment, travel, venue hire, telephone, stationery, refreshments, volunteer
- training and activities that meet an identified need.
- Whatever they fund must benefit your local community
The Foundation can’t Fund
- Political or predominantly religious activities
- Statutory provision
- Businesses
- Animal welfare
- General contributions to large nationwide appeals
- Grant making bodies applying for funding to redistribute to others
Eligibility Criteria
Eligible groups are:
- Not for Profit voluntary or community organisations
- Social enterprises
- Statutory Agencies, provided the project isn’t to deliver statutory services
For more information, visit https://lincolnshirecf.co.uk/grants/