Deadline: 3-Nov-22
Voluntary, community and charitable groups can now apply for a Community Grant worth up to £5,000 to help support their work over the next financial year.
Their Community Grant scheme exists to help voluntary organisations and groups which provide projects, services or activities that benefit people living, working or volunteering in the Sevenoaks District, focusing on those in greatest need.
In particular, they want to support projects, services or activities that are delivered with the help of volunteers and that support the priorities of “Their Communities” within the Sevenoaks District Community Plan.
Scheme’s Priorities
- Address and reduce anti-social behaviour within the community, focusing particularly on the most vulnerable.
- Projects, services and activities that encourage participation and empower young people in local community.
- Promote, support and improve access to volunteering opportunities as part of a project, service or activity.
- Encourage participation and improve opportunities for excluded or vulnerable groups.
- Improve the wellbeing of residents.
- Projects, services and activities that support and empower carers.
- Help address and deliver digital inclusion.
- Support communities to live happily together and provide information, advice, advocacy or counselling to those in need.
- Projects, services and activities that work in partnership to achieve the priorities.
Funding Information
- The minimum you can apply for is £100.
- You can apply either for a grant of up to and including £1,000 OR up to and including £5,000. There are two different application forms. Please make sure you use the correct one.
- The grant can be spent on project, service or activity costs such as support for volunteers, equipment or premises hire. In addition, you can apply for core running costs that are commensurate with the project, service or activity applied for.
Eligibility Criteria
- You can apply if you deliver services to those that live, work or volunteer in the Sevenoaks District. Applications for grants over £1,000 must provide services or benefit residents in two or more parishes and applicants must be one of the following:
- “Not for profit”registered charity
- Youth organisation
- Voluntary organisation
- Community InterestCompany. Applications for grants £1,000 or under must provide services or benefit residents in at least one parish and applicants must be either one of the organisations or a community group with a constitution or set of rules.
For more information, visit https://www.sevenoaks.gov.uk/info/20026/community/43/community_funding