Deadline: 5-Aug-22
The Northamptonshire Community Foundation is seeking applications for its Margaret Giffen Community Fund to tackle disadvantage and poverty across Corby, Kettering and Northamptonshire.
Funding Information
A grant can be up to £3,000.
Duration: The grants are for a maximum of one year
Eligible Projects
Example projects might include:
- Projects tackling child poverty, food poverty or fuel poverty
- Projects providing free or low cost access to education and training activities
- Free or low cost access to arts, sports and recreational activities for families on a low income
- Advice, advocacy and support services for vulnerable residents.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible for this program your activity must be focused on tackling poverty and disadvantage in the North of Northamptonshire – covering Corby, Kettering and also North Northamptonshire.
- Your project can be a new project activity, start up costs for a new group or service or building on the good work you already do.
- Revenue and Capital Funding is eligible.
- Your group must be a small, locally managed, voluntary, community or self-help group.
- They wish to fund small projects – They will offer grants of up to £3,000. Your total budget for the project you are applying for cannot be more than £20,000
- You must have people volunteering to help with your activity, who are not part of your management committee.
- You must have a set of written rules or constitution that your group adheres to, that contains a dissolution policy. They can help advise you on how to do this especially if you are a new group.
- You must take care to ensure that young people or vulnerable people taking part in your activity do not come to any harm whilst in your care. To this end, you must have written procedures for keeping young people and/or vulnerable people safe otherwise known as a Child Protection or Vulnerable people’s policy. This will be needed as a condition of funding. If you do not have such a policy, they can help you develop a policy through a low-cost training event, advice and guidance.
- You must ensure that you have an Equality and Diversity policy.
- You must have a suitable group bank account that meets the Grant Fraud policy requirements.
For more information, visit https://www.ncf.uk.com/grants/grant-finder/margaret-giffen-community-fund
