Deadline: 19-Dec-2024
The Bernicia Foundation is accepting submissions for the Inclusion Grant Programme to support initiatives that encourage Economic and Social Inclusion.
Objectives
- Primary Objective – Economic inclusion:
- Removing barriers to employment, training and volunteering
- Reducing child poverty
- Tackling Fuel Poverty
- Improving financial wellbeing
- Secondary Objective – Social inclusion:
- Reducing isolation and loneliness
- Promoting independence
- Building citizenship, confidence and aspiration
Funding Information
- Grants between £5,000 and £10,000 are usually awarded although they will consider amounts outside these guidelines where they demonstrate significant community value.
Eligibility Criteria
- Registered charities, including charitable companies and
- Constituted voluntary or community organisations can apply.
- Applicants will only be considered if they:
- are based or working in Tyne and Wear, Northumberland, County Durham and Teesside
- have an annual income under £750,000
- have no more than 6 months’ running costs in reserve
- have a governing document (a constitution, rules, articles of association etc.)
- have a governing body of at least three unrelated individuals
- have their own bank account
- have a safeguarding policy in place (where working with vulnerable people or children)
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Programme will not fund:
- Community Interest Companies (CICs), Cooperatives and other social enterprises that are not charities, except in very specific circumstances
- Contributions to general appeals or circulars
- Religious and/or political activity, which is not for the wider public benefit
- Routine building or equipment repairs and maintenance
- Activities which have already taken place/retrospective funding
- Grant making by other organisations/third party funding
- Privately owned and profit-distributing companies or limited partnerships
For more information, visit The Bernicia Foundation.