Deadline: 17-Apr-23
Applications are now open for the Westway Trust Celebrations & Events Grant 2023/24 to support community celebrations and events, particularly those that give local talent a chance to be showcased.
This fund is designed to receive applications for events and projects where this is either central to the activity or where there is a significant element of public engagement. They are pleased for this to be across any art form or theme important to the North Kensington communities.
Funding Information
The maximum grant awarded is £2,500 for any one event regardless of collaborations or partnerships between organisations.
What they fund ?
- The aim of this programme is to provide assistance to many and therefore they are focusing on small amounts of funding for one off projects that can deliver meaningful benefits. These could be in economic, social or environmental terms for the area in and around North Kensington.
- Applicants can apply for any amount between £100-£2500. Applicants who apply for a larger amount may be asked to demonstrate a higher level of impact in their application. Depending on demand, it is possible that those applying for larger amounts will receive an offer lower than their request. For this reason, they ask applicants to demonstrate alternative sources of income to larger projects.
- Because these are small grants, please focus your ideas and be realistic about what you can achieve. Their monitoring and reporting will be proportionate. They will focus on making investments into the six key priority areas for the Trust, which were identified over the past year by social researchers Hatch Regeneris.
- These are:
- Reducing isolation
- Safe places for young people
- Encouraging economic participation
- The creative economy, arts and culture
- Place and environment
- Exercise and recreation
- They are keen to encourage local groups to work collaboratively and because they want to extend their reach, they are particularly keen to receive applications from those who may not have been supported by them recently.
Eligibility Criteria
- To be eligible, your organisation must:
- Be a community organisation, registered charity, registered Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO), or registered Community Interest Company (CIC), or a community group with a written constitution or governing document (i.e. articles of association).
- Operate within RBKC. Preference will be given to organisations who can demonstrate impact to communities in at least one of the five wards of North Kensington (Dalgarno, Colville, Notting Dale, St Helen’s, Golborne)
- Physical events should take place in one of the five wards
- They can not fund political or animal welfare organisations.
- Funding decisions will be based solely on the merits of the funding request and not dependent on the nature of any existing relationships with Westway Trust. All successful applicants will be required to provide an expenditure and impact report within six months of receipt of funding. Failure to provide these reports may result in being asked to return funds, and/or ineligibility for future funding from Westway Trust.
For more information, visit Westway Trust.