Summer 2017 - Holiday Club Fund

2 - Community Groups with Learning

Grants of up to £1000 are available to help community groups providing ‘Holiday Clubs’ in the Falkirk area during summer 2017 (3rd July – 18th August)

For this fund, Holiday Clubs are defined as:

“Projects that provide families with meals and opportunities to engage in the community during the school holidays.”

Community Learning is defined as

“Supporting people to empower themselves, individually and collectively, to make positive changes in their lives and in their communities, through learning.”

To apply for a grant, groups must have a:

  • Signed constitution
  • Bank account in the name of the group with two signatories on all payments
  • Child protection policy
  • Risk assessment for the club
  • Relevant staff/volunteers as members of Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme

Funding decisions will be made by a panel from the Fairer Falkirk Partnership, part of Community Planning Falkirk.

Preference will be given to holiday clubs that:

  • Focus on low income families
  • Provide good, nourishing food every day
  • Coach food prep and cooking skills
  • Provide learning programmes
  • Promote half an hour of moderate/vigorous exercise every day

What won’t be funded?

  • Activities promoting religious or political beliefs
  • Private companies or individuals
  • Running costs for organisations

How much money can be applied for?

There are limited funds available so an upper limit of £1000 is set. Funding will be spread amongst many groups across the council area so please be realistic about what you need.

As this is public money, assurances will be needed for areas such as banking and insurance etc.

Timescale

The deadline for applications is 30th June 2017however funding decisions may be made before this.

The panel will meet regularly over the coming weeks soplease submit applications as soon as possible.

Evaluation

If your application is successful, the Fairer Falkirk Partnership will work with you to gather information on the benefits on the benefits the holiday club delivered.

APPLICATION

Contact Details

  1. Name of group/organisation
  1. Names of Committee Members
  1. Name of contact person
  1. Email address
  1. Telephone number
  1. Bank Account Name
  1. Bank Name and Address
  1. Sort Code
  1. Account Number

Your Holiday Club

  1. Where is your holiday club (building/address)?
  1. What is the name of your holiday club?
  1. What activitiesdoes/will your holiday club provide?
  1. How many people do you expect will come to your holiday club each day?
  1. How will you advertise/promote your holiday club?
  1. What is the maximum number of people you could have at your holiday club each day?
  1. Will unaccompanied children be permitted to stay at the holiday club?
  1. What dates will yourholiday clubrun between?
  1. What days and times will your holiday club be open?
  1. How many staff/volunteers will help at your holiday club?
  1. Are all staff/volunteers members of the Protection of Vulnerable Groups (PVG) scheme?
  1. Will you be working with any partners?If so, who?

Funding Proposal

  1. How much do you wish to apply for from the Holiday Club fund?

£

  1. Please provide a breakdown of how you plan to spend the amount applied for. Please ensure you check the costing and availability of your chosen venue, resources etc (if applicable), before submitting your application.

Project Breakdown / Cost
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  1. Are you getting any funding from elsewhere to deliver the holiday club?
  1. Will your holiday club still go ahead if you don’t get any funding from this process?
  1. What will be the benefit to the community after the money is spent?

The deadline for applications is 5.00pm 30 June 2017.

Decisions to grant funding can be made before the deadline.

Please submit applications as soon as possibleto

or

Funding

Corporate & Housing Services

Falkirk Council

Municipal Buildings

Falkirk

FK1 5RS

If you would like to discuss the application form, please contact

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