Grassroots Grants is a Government funded initiative and will be supporting communities in Kirklees with grants until December 2010. Grants of up to £5,000 are available; the minimum you can apply for is £250.
The maximum amount that can be awarded to any community or voluntary group over the life of the programme is £5,000. You could receive more than one grant from the programme as long as the total received does not exceed £5,000.
Who can apply?
- Voluntary and community groups
- Your group would need a constitution but need not be registered as a charity.
- Your group needs to have been established and active in your local community for not less than 12 months prior to 31 December 2007.
- Volunteer led groups
- Your group would need to be run mainly by volunteers.
- Community and voluntary groups with an income of less than £20,000
- Your income would need to be less than £20,000 per year taken as an average of the previous three years (or since your group was established if its less than three years old).
- Groups meeting local need
- Your group would need to show how it is meeting the needs of local people.
Who can’t apply?
- Statutory organisations, such as local authorities, schools, hospitals
- Regional or local offices of national organisations
- Arms length public sector organisations or any group controlled wholly or in part by a statutory organisation
- Party political activities
- Commercial ventures
- Projects primarily supporting animals and plants
- Projects supporting asylum seekers that are inconsistent with immigration laws and/or Home Office policy.
Application forms and guidelines are available from www.cffc.co.uk or please call Sam Lofts at Voluntary Action Kirklees on 01484 518457. 15 Lord Street, Huddersfield HD1 1QB or email sam.lofts@voluntaryactionkirklees.co.uk .
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