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Midlothian Council: Small Grant Fund in the UK

Deadline: 14-Oct-22

The Midlothian Council Grants programme is now open for applications for small grants for projects delivered in 2023/24.

Priorities

  • All applications should demonstrate how they meet the priorities of the Single Midlothian Plan:

    • Individuals and communities have improved health outcomes
    • Individuals and communities have improved learning outcomes
    • No child or household living in poverty
    • Significant progress is made towards net zero carbon emissions by 2030
  • Grant funding can be used for things like:

    • Volunteer expenses
    • Running costs
    • Start-up costs for new projects
    • Staff costs
    • Buying equipment
    • Feasibility studies

Funding Information

  • Maximum annual award: £3,000.
  • Grants will be allocated: Annually.

Activities

  • There are some activities that are not eligible for grant funding:

    • Repair of buildings
    • Capital projects
    • Pay for religious services or religious materials
    • Be spent exclusively on consultancy fees
    • Pay for material that is designed to support political activity or a political party

Criteria

  • Individuals and communities have improved learning outcomes

    • Projects which support people and communities to:

      • Improve qualification levels and participation in local learning opportunities for all ages e.g.

        • individuals are supported to progress into employment and into better employment
      • individuals are supported to participate in lifelong learning opportunities including arts and cultural activities
      • people are supported into volunteering opportunities
    • Support the capacity of groups e.g.

      • to offer lifelong learning opportunities for citizens of all ages
      • to strengthen skills of individuals and groups to develop the work of their organisation/community group, including governance arrangements
  • Individuals and communities have improved health outcomes

    • Projects which support people to:

      • Protect and improve their mental wellbeing e.g.

        • supporting them to build personal resilience
        • supporting access to help
        • reducing stigma
        • increasing social connectedness
    • Stay as well as they can, this could be through preventing ill health or preventing a condition from getting worse e.g.

      • increasing movement and exercise
      • increasing healthy eating
      • reducing smoking, drinking and drug taking
      • increasing access to services
    • Address barriers to health that are caused by poverty e.g.

      • increasing digital inclusion
      • improving living conditions
      • improving the ways people access help
      • increasing affordable/free opportunities for those living in poverty
  • No child or household living in poverty

    • Projects which support people to:

      • Increase income from employment e.g.

        • access to lifelong learning and volunteering opportunities to increase skills and qualifications
        • access to digital devices, wifi and digital skills
        • access to support to gain employment or develop career paths
    • Reduce the cost of living e.g.

      • households are supported to manage debt and fuel costs
      • individuals on low incomes are supported with transport costs to access employment, training, learning
      • individuals and families increase access to leisure, sports and arts experiences through reducing costs and other barriers to participation
      • increasing access to affordable, healthy food
    • Increase uptake of social security and benefits in kind e.g.

      • providing support to individuals to maximise their household income
  • Progress is made towards net zero carbon emissions by 2030

    • Projects which support communities to contribute to initiatives to improve carbon reduction e.g.

      • promote local food growing
      • reducing, reusing and recycling waste
      • promote engagement around climate change issues
      • develop managed open spaces in communities including community woodlands
      • promote 20 minute neighbourhoods where people are less reliant on commuting to access work and services
      • promote/facilitate active travel (walk, cycle, bus)
      • develop employment in green technologies
      • conserve green spaces and the natural environment in line with Midlothian Local Development Plan
      • community driven citizen science projects

For more information, visit Small Grant Fund.

For more information, visit https://www.midlothian.gov.uk/funding