Deadline: 28-Sep-20
The Wembley Park Community Fund is led by Quintain in partnership with Wates, McLaren, John Sisk and Son, and McAleer and Rushe. The Fund aims to make a real difference to Brent residents by encouraging community engagement, participation, and place-making through funding a variety of community-led activities.
Themes
Wembley Park Community Fund’s Funding is available for projects delivered within the London Borough of Brent that help address local needs under the following themes:
- Good Health and Wellbeing – projects aimed at improving the health and wellbeing of Brent residents
- Quality Education – projects increasing educational attainment for all ages
- Gender Equality – projects empowering women and girls, and addressing gender inequalities of all kinds
- Decent Work & Economic Growth – employability and employment-focused projects
- Reduced Inequalities – projects addressing current inequalities based on income, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, race, class, ethnicity, religion, and opportunity
- Sustainable Cities & Communities – projects addressing a gap in communities such as community garden projects and bike schemes
- Climate Action – projects enabling Brent residents to live greener lifestyles
- Peace, Justice & Strong Institutions – projects addressing injustices such as employment/workplace injustice
Priority Areas
Priority for Wembley Park Community Fund will be given to projects that:-
- Provide opportunities in the arts and culture.
- Create opportunities through sports.
- Reduce anti-social behavior, the risk of harm, and re-offending.
- Reduce violent crime, including gang and knife crime.
- Offer support for vulnerable adults, enabling them to remain independent and lead active lives.
Funding Information
- Applicants for Wembley Park Community Fund may apply for grants between £5,000 and £10,000.
- The period of grant is 12 months.
Who can apply?
Applicants for Wembley Park Community Fund must:
- Be locally based in London Borough of Bent or be working in Bent residents.
- If you are a community organization, you must have a minimum of 3 unrelated trustees/ committee members.
- Have a governing document.
- Recent accounts and robust plans for managing your finances and project budget.
- A bank accounts in the name of the group, with at least 2 unrelated signatories.
- A safeguarding policy if working with young people under the age of 18, or if you are working with vulnerable adults.
- Have an annual income of under £500,000 taken from the last complete financial year or as an average over the last 3 financial years. This is with the exception of community centers or community hubs that offer a range of services/activities for the whole community applying for project funding. Priority will be given to an organization with an income of less than £ 1,00,000.
- 90% of all project beneficiaries must live in the London Borough of Bent.
For more information, visit https://londoncf.org.uk/grants/the-wembley-park-community-fund
