Deadline: 2-Nov-20
The South Yorkshire Community Foundation has announced flood relief fund grants for community groups.
The Flood Disaster Recovery Programme is supported by generous local donations to our Flood Disaster Appeal. These grants are intended to fund community groups and organizations supporting the recovery and resilience of communities.
They aim to fund organizations supporting people in the specific geographic areas affected by the 2019 South Yorkshire Floods.
Priority Areas
- Advice and guidance around insurance
- Debt advice
- Counseling
- Mental health services
- Activity to build community cohesion
Funding Information
- Up to £15,000 over 3 years (i.e. up to £5,000 per year).
Who can apply?
Flood Disaster Recovery Grants are for not-for-profit community organizations in the areas of South Yorkshire affected by the 2019 floods. This includes charities, community groups, clubs and social enterprises. To be eligible for a grant you must:
- Have a governing document (e.g. a constitution or memorandum of association)
- Have a board or management committee of at least three unrelated people
- Have a bank account in the name of the group requiring at least two unrelated signatories, and
- Have beneficiaries who live in the areas of South Yorkshire affected by the 2019 floods, and be locally led and run.
Priority will be given to local, grass-roots organizations, and to volunteer-led organizations.
Ineligible
Flood Relief Fund Grants for Community Groups cannot be awarded to fund:
- For-profit organisations, statutory organisations (e.g. schools and hospitals) or overseas organisations
- Payments to trustees or directorsRetrospective funding (activity and costs that have already taken place or repayment of money which has already been spent)
- Overseas trips or expeditionsGrant-making to other organisations and/or individualsOrganisations or activities primarily for the benefit of animals rather than people
- Activity that promotes a particular political or religious point of view
- They can fund religious organisations (like a church, mosque or gurdwara) delivering activity which benefits the community (like running a food bank), but they cannot fund religious services or activity intended to promote a particular religion.
If activity is intended to target a particular group of people (ethnicity, gender, religion, etc.) there should be a good reason for this, for example is this is the best way to redress an existing inequality or to ensure services reach a group which would otherwise be underserved or marginalised.
Decision making
- Your application will be assessed against the criteria, aims and priorities above they may contact you to ask some additional questions, or to arrange an assessment visit to your group their panel of independent volunteer decision makers will make their decisions. The panel’s decision is final.
For more information, visit https://www.sycf.org.uk/sycf-flood-relief-fund-grants-for-community-groups/