Deadline: 23-Oct-2024
The Wiltshire Council is accepting submissions for the Area Board Grants Program.
Focus
- The overall focus of the Area Boards is to:
- develop a strong, well established and highly functioning network of local partners, organisations and residents
- generate an in-depth understanding of the local communities, including the demographics and the issues faced by the residents
- empower and facilitate community led action
- recognise the talents, expertise and knowledge of the communities, trusting and supporting them to co-deliver local services
- ensure decisions are taken in consultation with and close to the residents that they affect
- effectively share data and intelligence at a local level
- provide a local platform for local engagement and conversation
- deliver an opportunity for residents to gain an understanding of the way the council works
- help deliver the Wiltshire Council business plan at a local level with the involvement of communities.
Types of grants
- Area Board grants are split into 4 funding schemes:
- Community grants – capital funding to help provide facilities and equipment for projects that are important to the local community. Capital funding can be used to purchase assets or the significant refurbishment of existing assets. Capital items are expected to have a lifespan of at least 5 years.
- Youth grants – revenue funding for projects that provide positive leisure-time activities for young people aged 13-19 or up to 25 years old with special educational needs and/or disabilities. A positive activity can be any educational or recreational leisure-time activity including arts, sports, leisure and informal education and community based which helps young people achieve healthy and safe lifestyle outcomes.
- Older and Vulnerable adult grants – revenue funding to support projects that benefit and improve older and vulnerable residents’ health and wellbeing. Reducing social isolation and loneliness and supporting people to maintain independence at home for as long as possible are key drivers for this funding.
- Councillor Led initiatives- these can only be submitted by Area Board Councillors to enable Area Boards to tackle local projects which have been initiated by the community to meet local priorities. It is not used to fill gaps where there are service shortfalls or where it is possible for the matter to be resolved through use of the community funding scheme.
Funding Information
- The maximum grant that can be applied for from a single Area Board is £5,000
Eligibility Criteria
- Capital funding is available to support community projects (Community area grants). Revenue funding is available to support positive leisure activities for young people aged 13 – 19 years or up to 25 years for those with Special Educational Needs and/ or Disabilities (youth grants). Revenue funding is also available to projects that improve the quality of life for older and vulnerable adults (older and vulnerable adults grants).
- Applications are invited from voluntary and community sector organisations that can show a need for financial support.
- Town and Parish Councils are eligible to apply for revenue funding (youth grants or older and vulnerable adult grants) where they are able to show a need for financial support.
Ineligibility Criteria
- Applications must not be for:
- Political or religious activities
- The sole benefit of an individual
- Projects already receiving funding from Wiltshire Council
- Projects that address a function that is delivered or commissioned through the council
- Profit making activities
For more information, visit Wiltshire Council.