Deadline: 31-Aug-22
Applicants are invited to submit their applications for its Marshes Community Benefit Fund.
The Frodsham Windfarm Ltd is voluntarily committed to providing an annual Community Benefit Fund of up to £120,000 to be used for community projects that benefit the local villages in the Marshes Community Benefit Fund (MCBF) area.
Purpose
The MCBF is intended to be open to any community project which is for the benefit of local community residents. Some examples of projects that the CBF could support are given:
- Projects to improve public amenities (e.g. community sports halls)
- Footpath improvements, cycle paths
- Environmental and wildlife projects (e.g. public park improvements)
- Energy efficiency or sustainability projects such as additional insulation/generation/storage
- Activities / events to engage the local community
This list is not meant to be exhaustive and is there to foster ideas only.
Priorities
For applications seeking grants in excess of [£2,000], priority will be given to organisations that can demonstrate that they will also be making a contribution towards the project. This contribution might be money from the group itself, a grant from another fund that has been secured or another pending grant application. It may also be a benefit-in-kind of labour and / or materials.
Funding Information
- The Fund receives an annual grant from Frodsham Windfarm Limited of up to £120,000.
- The fund will invest up to a total of £3m over 25 years. Two tranches of grants will be made per year to local projects of up to £60,000 per tranche.
Eligibility Criteria
- The sorts of organisations that may apply include:
- Voluntary and community groups
- Parish and Town Councils
- Cheshire West and Chester Council (if it is applying on behalf of an existing community organisation and is delivering a project that has originated directly from the community – evidence of this will be required)
- Charities that are delivering local services / support
- Schools and educational establishments (delivering projects outside of the LEA requirements)
- Social enterprises (e.g. co-operatives, development trusts) that operate on a not-for-profit basis
- All applicants will be required to have a written constitution, a set of rules, or a governing document and will have to have a bank or building society account with a minimum of two signatories in place before applying for a grant from the MCBF.
- Successful applicants are not able to re-apply for another grant within any 12-month period unless as part of a ‘large’ project for which multi-year funding has been agreed by the Panel.
For more information, visit https://www.marshescbf.uk/about/