Important Closing Dates
Thursday 27th May 2010
Download a Grassroots
Grants application form and conditions and Grassroots
Grants Guidelines here or contact Hannah Bland
at CVS on 01524 555900 (ext. 26).
Grassroots
Grants
Community Foundation for Lancashire are pleased to announce
a new three-year grants programme for small, grass-roots
community and voluntary groups in Lancashire (excluding
Blackburn with Darwen).
Grassroots Grants of up to £5,000 over three years*
can be used for anything that increases or develops the
capacity of small voluntary and community groups, enabling
them to continue or expand their work including advocacy,
community voice and service provision for local people.
Projects should aim to meet local priorities, in particular
those that have been agreed on a ward basis by local residents
at ‘Your Community Matters’ events.
Examples of what can be funded are:
• The purchase of equipment
• The costs of putting on a local event or workshop
• Staff costs to enable the employment of sessional
workers
• Training for volunteers
• Activities that meet an identified need in the local
community
• Contribution to rent costs related to activities/service
delivery
This grants programme is aimed at sustaining and developing
small, grass-roots organisations.
In order to be eligible for a Grassroots Grant, groups must:
• be a not-for-profit voluntary or community group,
active in their local community for not less than 12 months
prior to 31 December 2007
• have an evidenced income of less than £20,000
per annum, taken as an average turnover for the last three
financial years (or over the life of the group if it is
less than three years old), and net of any grants received
through the Grassroots Grants programme
• be volunteer led (i.e. with largely volunteer based
output)
• be connected with and/or meeting the needs of the
local community
• have a governing document that has as a minimum
the name, aim/purpose, objects, a dissolution clause for
the organisation, a list of Trustees/Committee members,
and Trustees’/Committee members’ signatures
Lancaster District CVS and your Grassroots Grants
Application
It is part of our role to support groups applying for Grassroots
funding and we encourage you to send us your application
to read through before you send it off. We have a good idea
about the kind of questions the panel will be asking and
can make sure you’ve covered these in your application.
Handy Hints
1. Allow plenty of time to get the application checked through
by us
2. Make sure you’ve answered all the questions
3. Please ensure you include the following documents with
your application:
• A signed copy of the groups rules or constitution
• A signed copy of the groups latest annual accounts
or income/expenditure document
• A signed copy of the groups current Child Protection
Policy (if the project includes one to one working with
young people under 19)
• A signed copy of the terms and conditions
Also, in part 16 of the form you must consider whether
your project aims complement the Local Area Agreement, which
focus on the following areas.
• Children and young people
• Healthier communities and older people
• Employment, learning and skills, education or training
• Urban renewal, safer stronger communities or environment
You can find further information on these themes by following
the link below
http://www.lancashirepartnership.co.uk/content.asp?siteid=3813&pageid=18264&e=e
For further details about eligibility please refer to the
full guidelines that accompany the application form.
