Deadline: 31-Oct-2024
The Rushmoor Borough Council is seeking submissions for the Supporting Communities Grant to provide flexible funding for your project that will make a difference to local people’s lives.
They are awarding grants for not-for-profit organisations, that work with communities or groups of people within Aldershot and Farnborough.
It is open to a wide variety of organisations that are active in the Rushmoor community.
Themes
- The focus for this scheme links to Rushmoor’s Supporting Communities Strategy, and it therefore aims to support small, local projects that address at least one of these themes:
- Connecting communities
- Improving physical and mental health
- Providing aspirations for young people and increasing their resilience
- Helping with economic hardship
- Easing cost of living pressures
Funding Information
- There is £20,000 in total available for grants. Organisations can apply for between £100 to £1,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Any not-for-profit organisation that represents or works with a specific community or group of people within Rushmoor can apply. It will need its own bank account in the organisation’s name and be able to demonstrate that it is an organised group with stated objectives that are for the benefit of the community and has an agreed way of working. This could be demonstrated by a constitution, statement of purpose or an annual report. This document should be recent (or recently reviewed).
- This includes:
- Voluntary or community groups that represent a specific location or group of people
- Not-for-profit organisations such as registered charities, Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Community Interest Companies, uniformed youth groups and sports clubs
- Schools may apply if clear and sufficient benefit to the wider community is demonstrated. The wider community relates to those other than the students, parents/guardians, governors and staff. Funding cannot be used to supplement the curriculum or other statutory duties or to improve school facilities or provide equipment that will primarily be for the use of the school and not the wider community
- Churches and faith groups, providing there is a clear benefit to the wider community other than the usual congregation
- You cannot apply for these grants if you are an individual, for-profit-organisation, political party or organisation formed to campaign on a single issue.
For more information, visit Rushmoor Borough Council.
