Deadline: Ongoing Opportunity
The Sussex Community Foundation’s Chagossian Fund is particularly aimed at voluntary sector organisations, grassroots community groups and established local charities supporting Chagossian people living in Crawley and other parts of Sussex.
Focus Areas
- Funding is offered to support one or more of the following Fund criteria:
- Education
- Health
- Employment
- Social care
- Culture
Funding Information
- There is no limit to how little or how much funding organisations can apply for, but funding decisions will be based on the capabilities of the organisation applying and their experience of managing funds. Organisations with limited experience in managing grants should apply for a small grant initially.
- Small grants
- Awards of between £1,000 to £10,000
- Small grants may be awarded to both established organisations and new organisations with limited experience of managing grant funding.
- Large grants
- Awards of above £10,000
- Large grants will usually only be made to established organisations where there is clear evidence of their ability to manage grant funding.
- Small grants
Who can apply?
- Applications are accepted from not-for-profit organisations such as charities, community organisations and social enterprises.
- They define ‘not for profit’ organisations as those:
- Whose governing body (board or management committee) is entirely voluntary, although out-of-pocket expenses may be paid, and has a minimum of three unrelated people (if some are related there must be at least three who are not).
- Whose members do not receive any financial benefit.
- Whose income and assets are used for exclusively charitable purposes (and any remaining assets are transferred to a charitable organisation).
- That does not pay any dividend or distribute any surplus to shareholders or members.
- Organisations applying for funding do not need to be charities, but do need to have:
- Their own bank account, with at least two cheque signatories (who are not related to each other).
- A constitution or set of governing rules, with a minimum of three trustees/committee members, as above.
- Accounts or records of expenditure.
- Relevant policies (such as equal opportunities, child protection, vulnerable adults, health and safety etc).
- They can also accept applications from Community Interest Companies and Companies Limited by Guarantee carrying out charitable activities. However, these organisations must have:
- Demonstrable public benefit and clear protection against private benefit.
- A minimum of three unrelated directors, the majority of whom are not paid either as directors or for delivering the activities of the organisation (if some are related there must be at least three who are not) and none should be registered as Persons with Significant Control.
- A majority of non-executive directors approving the salaries and benefits of any paid directors, which should be reasonable and proportionate to the work they do and the financial position of the organisation.
Who can’t apply?
- They can’t fund:
- organisations or activities which don’t benefit Chagossians living in Sussex
- organisations that discriminate unlawfully under the provisions set out by the Equalities Act 2010
- organisations where the service provided is used as a vehicle or means to promote religious beliefs
- political activities
- small contributions to major capital appeals or campaigns
- grants which will be used to make awards to a third party
- projects which only benefit animals
- organisations that have not returned monitoring reports from previous grant awards, or those of a poor standard
- retrospective funding for activities or projects that have already taken place
Application Requirement
- All applicants should provide:
- a signed copy of their latest annual accounts or record of expenditure
- a copy of a bank statement from the last three months
- evidence of appropriate insurance for any funded events and/or activities
- if applying for a grant to purchase equipment, please send copies of written estimates or catalogue pages.
For more information, visit Sussex Community Foundation.
