Deadline: 8-Oct-21
The Northampton Community Foundation is pleased to launch the Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund to provide grants to projects which benefit residents in the parishes of Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon and Guilsborough.
The fund will support a range of charitable, educational, environmental and general community amenity projects to benefit residents in the local community around the wind farm site. It will be available for the lifetime of the Winwick Wind Farm Community Benefit Fund and Northamptonshire Community Foundation is the fund’s independent administrator.
Funding Information
The Foundation will offer grants of up to £5,000.
Eligibility Criteria
- Your project must be based in and benefit residents of Winwick, Cold Ashby, West Haddon or Guilsborough
- Your project can be for new project activity, start up costs for a new group or service, or can build upon the good work you already do.
- Revenue and Capital projects are eligible.
- Your group must be a small, locally managed, voluntary, community or self-help group.
- They wish to fund a range of community projects. Larger awards may be considered.
- You should have people volunteering to help with your activity, who are not part of your management committee.
- You must have a set of written rules or constitution that your group adheres to. They can help advise you on how to do this especially if you are a new group.
- You must take care to ensure that young people or vulnerable people taking part in your activity do not come to any harm whilst in your care. To this end, you must have written procedures for keeping young people and/or vulnerable people safe otherwise known as a Child Protection or Vulnerable people’s policy.
For more information, visit http://www.ncf.uk.com/grants/grant-finder/winwick-wind-farm-community-benefit-fund