Deadline: 15-Aug-22
The Shetland Charitable Trust is now open for applications from eligible organisations for grant funding.
The Shetland Charitable Trust funds several grant schemes to support the arts, development and more throughout Shetland.
Objectives
- To enhance provision of services and activities, aligned to the Trust’s ambition, and beyond the obligation of statutory services;
- To support the services and activities provided by the three large Trusts in Shetland;
- To support voluntary sector services in Shetland;
- To support, if appropriate, the core revenue costs of organisations where there is difficulty in sourcing alternative external funding to maintain or enhance the services provided.
Aims
- To improve the quality of life for all the people of Shetland;
- To achieve a positive impact against the Trust Strategic Objectives through its disbursement decisions;
- To promote inclusion and reduce inequalities in Shetland;
- To demonstrate the impact and outcomes of Trust funding.
Funding Strands
The Trust will consider funding for the following strands of activity:
- Arts and Culture
- Sport and Recreation
- Heritage and the Environment
- Social Care and Welfare
What can they fund?
They will consider funding projects, services or activities that:
- meet the strategic ambition and charitable objectives of the Trust;
- meets one or more of the Trust’s funding strands;
- will promote inclusion and reduce inequality issues in Shetland;
- demonstrate effective delivery across Shetland;
- demonstrate evidence of need and the gap in provision;
- demonstrate the benefit and impact the Trust funding will make through the Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time based (SMART) objectives set out by the applicant.
Eligibility Criteria
- Under this scheme they accept applications from organisations undertaking charitable activities that meet the Trust’s charitable objects.
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Applications will be considered from:
- Charities
- Trusts
- Charitable incorporated organisations
- Not-for-profit community and voluntary groups
- Public sector organisations undertaking charitable activities
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They will not consider applications from:
- Community Councils or Development Companies
- Public Halls or Clubs
- Community Museums or Heritage Centres
- Churches or organisations promoting a religion
- Private sector companies or commercial entities
- Applications will normally only be considered for organisations whose average annual turnover is over £50,000 in the last three years. New organisations will have to demonstrate their financial capacity including evidence of existing secured funding.
- Applications will only be considered for organisations who have less than 12 months free reserves or can demonstrate financial need. We appreciate that your organisation may have good reason to hold more than 12 months free reserves, e.g. you may be planning a large capital investment. It is important that you let us know this at the time of application to allow us to consider these factors.
- We encourage you to work with other organisations to develop and carry out your project / service / activity. If you plan to work with another organisation to carry out a significant proportion of your project / service / activity, we advise you to formalise your relationship with a partnership agreement.
- If you are making a joint application, you will need to decide which organisation will be the lead applicant. The lead applicant will fill in the application form, and if you are successful, receive the grant and report on progress.
For more information, visit Shetland Charitable Trust.
For more information, visit https://www.shetlandcharitabletrust.co.uk/apply-for-funding