Deadline: 6-Mar-22
The Oxford City Council has announced the applications for the Small and Medium Grants Program.
Funding Information
- The total annual value of these two grants is £84,000 per year.
- Minimum Amount: £24,000
Types of activity they can fund
- staff costs
- development work (testing new ways of working, staff training and development, developing governance, tech or IT upgrades/purchases, sharing learning)
- transport
- utilities/running costs
- volunteer expenses
- equipment
- capital costs (they can consider funding capital costs but do not anticipate these costs will be a significant amount of the proposed budget)
Types of activity they can’t fund
- loans, endowments or interest
- paying someone else to write your application
- political activities, including lobbying
- activities where a profit will be distributed for private gain
- VAT you can reclaim
- alcohol
- retrospective costs for past activity
- items which will only benefit an individual, rather than the wider community
- religious activities (but they can fund religious organisations if their project benefits the wider community and does not include religious content)
Eligibility Criteria
- Not-for-profit organisations can apply for up to £5,000 per Medium Grant and £1,000 per Small Grant in each round. Individuals can apply for up to £1,000 per Small Grant and cannot apply for Medium Grants.
- Operate on a not-for-profit basis (or if an idividual, provide wider public benefit)
- Be financially viable
- Have a track record of delivery related to the activities they seek funding for
- Deliver the funded activity in Oxford
- They can fund the following organisations:
- Registered charity
- Community interest company (CIC)
- Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)
- Community benefit society
- Co-operative society (if it has a not-for-profit clause and is registered with the Financial Conduct Authority)
- Voluntary or community organisation (an organisation set up with a governing document – like a constitution – but is not a registered charity or company)
- Company limited by guarantee (if it has a not-for-profit clause or is a registered charity – it can be registered with Companies House)
- School or college
- Faith organisation e.g. a church, mosque, temple or synagogue – for community orientated activity
For more information, visit https://www.oxford.gov.uk/info/20044/grants/1496/oxford_community_impact_fund/