Deadline: 30-Sep-22
The ACC Liverpool Group Foundation is accepting applications for its Grant Program to encourage local community groups and voluntary organisations to apply for grants for projects aimed at supporting and targeting key community groups and diverse communities including LGBTQ+, BAME and hard to reach groups.
The ACC Liverpool Group Foundation has been established from donations raised as a result of the tremendous fundraising of ACC Liverpool Group employees. The fund is administered by the Community Foundation for Merseyside and aims to support local community groups and voluntary organisations.
Funding Information
- The total budget available is £10,000 and the Foundation is looking to fund projects of up to £2,000 that clearly meet the criteria and can have a significant impact on the community.
Eligibility Criteria
- Which areas are covered: Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral
- The following cannot be supported via the fund:
- National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
- Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
- CICs limited by shares (unless the governing document expressly states no dividends or bonuses are issued to shareholders).
- Organisations with less than three unrelated trustees/directors/management committee members
- Commercial ventures
- Purchase/maintenance of vehicles
- Activities that will have already taken place before they offer you a grant
- Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
- Projects for personal profit
- Organisations that are set up for the benefit of animals or plants: environmental groups that work with animals or the environment (such as city farms) are acceptable
- Debts and other liabilities
- Reclaimable VAT
- Travel outside UK
For more information, visit https://cfmerseyside.org.uk/funds/the-acc-liverpool-group-foundation