Deadline: 15-Jan-25
The Lyme Regis Town Council provide grants to local groups and organisations for community-based projects and venues.
Funding Information
- The total amount available annually, i.e. £100,000, will remain the same in each of the years outlined above and will not be increased for inflation.
- For the financial years 2025-26, 2026-27, 2027-28, 2028-29 and 2029-30, the council has set aside £140,000 each year to support local organisations, subject to budgetary constraints.
- This sum will not be adjusted for inflation.
- Funding duration will not exceed five years. A new application must be made if a project seeks further funding after five years.
- Organisations are invited to submit proposals for funding between £1,000 and £20,000pa for up to five years (ending in 2029-30).
Costs Covered
- Awards of term grants will be subject to the following restrictions:
- The organisation must provide services to Lyme Regis and its community.
- The organisation must be non-profit making.
- The organisation must not normally provide grants or donate monies to others – applications from these organisations will only be considered in exceptional circumstancesfunding must be used for the purpose and objectives agreed.
- Funding will not be used for retrospective expenditure, to pay off debts incurred, or costs that have already been funded elsewhere, i.e. no ‘double funding’.
- Any organisation in receipt of a term grant cannot apply for a community grant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applications will only be considered from non-profit making organisations who do not normally provide grants or donate monies to others, and funding cannot be used for retrospective expenditure.
- The town council does not have specific criteria that organisations have to meet to be eligible for a term grant; the benefits an organisation can bring to the town, its residents and visitors differ widely.
Selection Criteria
- In addition, ridged qualification criteria often disadvantage smaller communitybased organisations and promote applications from those well versed in seeking external funding.
- However, any organisation applying for a term grant from the town council must clearly demonstrate in its application:
- What the main activities of the organisation are
- What the funding is for and what it seeks to achieve
- The length of time funding is required for
- How the funding will benefit the town, its residents and/or visitors
- How these objectives and benefits will be measured
- A business plan that includes a clear understanding of organisation’s operating environment, risk exposure, and projected income and expenditure
- Bank references
- Audited accounts for the previous financial year
- Registration documentation
- Details of other grant applications and/or fund-raising activities; the council will look favourably on organisations that show evidence of selfhelp, either by fundraising or obtaining funds from other sources
- How it will inform others that they have received funding from the council.
For more information, visit Lyme Regis Town Council.
