Deadline: 11-Nov-22
The Better Community Business Network (BCBN) is accepting applications for its Grant Program.
Launched in September 2014, BCBN’s Grant Initiative aims to provide small third-sector grant awards to empower charities and local community projects.
Focus Areas
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Some of the causes they support:
- Education (e.g. schools, extra-curricular clubs)
- Health (e.g. hospitals, cancer research, healthy eating)
- Ex-Offenders (e.g. mentoring, rehabilitation)
- Homeless/Poverty (e.g. shelter projects, food banks)
- Arts & Culture (e.g. sport activities, library funds)
- Environment (e.g. natural disasters, regeneration projects)
- Elderly (e.g. befriending, social clubs)
- Disability (e.g. help lines, inclusion)
- Social Cohesion (e.g. committee programmes)
Funding Information
- This initiative will distribute a one-off grant award of up to £3,000 per charity or to small but credible community projects, which are able to demonstrate their positive impact on the communities they aim to serve.
Eligibility Criteria
- Be UK based
- Address a community issue or support a local community initiative
- Provide benefits to the local community
- Must be able to demonstrate that the money will be used for project-specifics
Note: Applicants are welcomed from groups including: local community, self-help or voluntary groups and charities (including local branches of national charities) or individuals acting for the benefit of the local community.
Exclusions
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The following list sets out the types of activities excluded by the BCBN Grant Initiative :
- Any projects supported must benefit a local community within the UK
- Overseas Activities – BCBN Grant Initiative does not support projects outside of the UK
- Party political activity – Applications to support fundraising, campaigning or any other activity associated with any political party will not be accepted
- Individual sponsorship – Applications to support individuals will not be accepted
- Travel and accommodation – Requests to assist with travel and accommodation costs are excluded
- Multiple applications – For successful grant applicants only one per person/organisation may be supported in a year (from time awarded); for unsuccessful applicants, you may re-apply for the new quarterly term
- Application for grants that exceed £3,000 may be turned down
- Part-funding of projects
- Running costs and expenses (venue hire, staff cost and salary, bills, printing)
- Professional associations, or training for professionals.
- Organisations that do not have charitable aims (such as companies limited by shares and commercial companies)
- Endowments, loans, deficits, general appeals
- Grant-giving charities
- Building projects
- Non-essential items
For more information, visit BCBN.
For more information, visit http://bcbn.org.uk/grant-initiative/