Deadline: 31-Oct-23
Applications are invited for the We Love Lichfield Community Fund that aims to enhance the provision of service, provide new services or to help make organisations more efficient or to improve the scope of their provision.
These grants will be awarded to organisations who provide facilities or services for local people.
Grants from We Love Lichfield can be used for either capital or revenue projects, and can last for up to a year. It would be unusual for the fund to make an award to the same organisation for the same project two years running, unless you can demonstrate that their have been significant developments or increased demand for your project.
The We Love Lichfield Fund meets the UN’s first, third & tenth SDG. This includes: No Poverty, Good Health and Well-being & Reduced Inequalities. The fund is dedicated to supporting communities across the district of Lichfield.
Project Aims
- Your project must meet one of the following criteria;
- Provide a service for the local area, or for local residents
- Improve the lives of local people
- Be providing a service or facility that would otherwise not be available
Funding Information
- You can apply for a grant of up to £1,000.
Eligible Costs
- Core costs
- Equipment costs
- Capital costs
- Training costs
- One off event costs
- Project costs
Types of Organisation they Will fund
- They will support the following types of organisation;
- Constituted community groups
- Constituted voluntary groups
- Registered Charities
- Social Enterprises
Beneficiaries they Can Support
- In order to qualify for a grant from this scheme your project must be supporting the following types of beneficiary;
Types of Organisation they Cannot Fund
- This fund will not offer funding to the following organisations;
- Non-constituted community groups
- Non-constituted voluntary groups
- Statutory agencies
- Organisations that have been established less than 12 months
- Organisations whose annual income is more than £1m per annum
- Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery
- Limited companies, sole traders or partnerships without charitable aims
For more information, visit We Love Lichfield Community Fund.