Deadline: 19-Sep-22
The Norfolk County Council is accepting applications for Norfolk Social Infrastructure Fund for voluntary and non-profit making groups.
The grant is for capital projects that support the Council’s Better Together, for Norfolk strategy, and that help the county with the challenges it currently faces, such as increased living costs. For example, the money could be used to:
- Enhance a community centre or village hall by adding the latest digital technologies to creatively open up activities to a wider range of people.
- Make improvements to the kitchens in your community centre so that you can provide more meals for people in need over the winter.
- Build a Changing Places toilet to enable everyone to access your services.
- Improve a building to make it more accessible or a more attractive place for clubs to meet.
Priorities
- The priorities of the strategy are:
- A vibrant and sustainable economy.
- Better opportunities for children and young people.
- Healthy, fulfilling and independent lives.
- Strong, engaged and inclusive communities.
- A greener, more resilient future.
They also want to fund projects that help Norfolk communities with the challenges they currently face, including increased living costs.
Funding Information
- £775k of funding is available this year, and this has been split into 2 pots:
- £225,000 for smaller projects of between £5,000 and £50,000.
- £550,000 for larger projects between £50,000 and £250,000.
Eligibility Criteria
This grant is for voluntary and non-profit making groups and organisations to support community initiatives that benefit Norfolk residents.
- They welcome applications from groups or organisations that are a:
- Voluntary or community organisation.
- Community interest company.
- Social enterprise.
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO).
- Community benefit society.
- Co-operative society (if it has a not-for-profit clause).
- Statutory body (including town, parish and community councils) –they ’d like them to be part of the initiative but not lead it.
- Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause).
They can fund projects from faith organisations if they can see that there will be a clear benefit for the wider community
Ineligible
- They cannot accept applications from:
- Individuals.
- Sole traders.
- Companies that are aimed at generating profits primarily for private distribution.
- Organisations based outside the UK.
- Applications made by one organisation on behalf of another.
- Schools.
- Political organisations.
- Organisations or groups that are exclusive or have a closed membership group and are not open to any member of the public.
They want to make it possible for all organisations to access available funding. Although previous successful applicants can apply for the 2022 fund, they will take previously awarded grants into consideration when awarding this year’s grants.
For more information, visit https://www.norfolk.gov.uk/business/grants-and-funding/norfolk-social-infrastructure-fund