Deadline: 15-Apr-22
The Mid Ulster District Council is seeking applications for Community Venue Grant that aims to support local communities to make available their premises and community centres for the use of the wider community. Venues applying to the grant must be used for a minimum 80% community development activities.
Funding Information
Amount: Threshold £3,000
Grant Eligibility Conditions
These conditions are applicable to applications made in all grant categories.
- Groups applying for a grant must be a not for profit constituted community or voluntary organisation with an annual AGM, individuals can apply to the sports representative grant only.
- Funding cannot be allocated for a project or venue where an existing SLA exists with Council for a project, building or facility.
- Groups will only be able to apply for a grant as per the categories, this is to maximise the funding allocation to as many groups as possible.
- The same project cannot be split across different grant categories.
- Statutory and ‘for profit’ organisations, activities and recipients (including activities that receive statutory core provision are not eligible for grant).
- Regional groups/organisations are not eligible to apply.
- Applications that are not completed accurately and in full will not be considered.
- Religious or political activity cannot be funded under any grant.
- All applicants must present a project that will take place within the Mid Ulster District Council area (except Sports Representative Grant as detailed within this section).
- Applicants must present a project that will be delivered between 1 April – 31 March each year.
- Evidence of good governance; including annual AGM, Group bank account, financial management practice, insurances, etc. will be required.
- Successful applicants will draw down grants retrospectively based on vouched expenditure, with procurement adhered to. Advance payments will be 50% up to £1500 and 25% up to £10,000 with final verification of all expenditure.
- Group recipients should not have a membership charge for its users accessing its community provision greater than £250.
- Group recipients should have no element of profit gain to any member or individual of its Committee.
- Local Community Festivals should be free for people to participate.
Ineligible
The following items are not eligible for funding:
- Hospitality greater than 20% of the grant threshold
- Activities, equipment or events that duplicate what already exist or that are covered by other funding
- Celebrity appearances
- Bad debt, loans, bank charges, deficits or arrears in payments of any organisation
- Salaries are available for strategic sports grants only (up to 50% of grant award)
- Sports kits
- Flags or bunting
- Alcohol
- Retrospective funding applications
- Gifts or donations
- Groups or activities that discriminate against any section of the community
- Residential courses or training greater than 20% of funding sought
- Reclaimable VAT or other costs
Criteria
- Beneficiaries (number of beneficiaries and groups)
- Level of community usage per week
- Level of community provision – number of rooms and size etc
- Shared space usage
- Value for money – contribution of grant to overall costs
The venue must be open greater than 10 hours per week and the grant can be used for community development projects at 20% of the funding allocation.
For more information, visit https://www.midulstercouncil.org/resident/grants/rolling-grants/community-venue-grant