Worcestershire County Council

STRONGER COMMUNITIES GRANT SUPPORTING INFORMATION

The Grants programme is intended to assist voluntary and community groups in the Redditch area who help the community to enjoy a better quality of life. Stronger Communities Grants are designed to support one-off activity or 12 months of activity.

Before completing this application form, please read the guidance notes through carefully, as these will help you to fill in the form. If you are filling it in by hand and there is insufficient space in any of the boxes to answer the question fully, please continue on a separate sheet marked with your organisation’s name and the relevant question number. You can expand the boxes if you are filling it in electronically on your computer.

To qualify for a grant under the Stronger Communities programme, proposed projects must:

address a community issue(s);
support and encourage community involvement;
seek outcomes which strengthen local communities; and
ideally be innovative in its approach.

Identified Outcome/s can be defined as: The changes, benefits, learning or other effects that are experienced by an individual as a result of taking part in the planned activities.

Grant Fund Available / Theme/priority / Example projects
Stronger Communities Grant
Maximum bid of £500.00 per project submitted / For delivery of projects that have a clearly identified need within the community. Working in partnership with community groups, Redditch Borough Council can support this grassroots sector.
Organisations and groups will not need to be formally constituted but will be required to have a recognised role within the community they represent. / Community groups invited to bid for up to £500 to deliver community projects at each round.
Projects/events that encourage and initiate participation of all sections of the local community are particularly welcome.

Redditch Borough Council

Stronger Communities Grant Application Form

SECTION ONE – DETAILS OF YOUR ORGANISATION

1. Name of group or organisation
Address and postcode
Telephone
Email address
Website
2. Contact Name
Position in group/organisation
Daytime telephone if different from above
Email address if different from above
3. What sort of group/organisation is yours? (tick all that apply)
Registered Charity / Charity number
Charitable Incorporated Organisations / Company number
Company limited by guarantee
Community or self-help group
Constituted voluntary organisation
Another type of not-for-profit organisation or group (please explain)
Are you a branch of, or affiliated to, a larger organisation or federation? Please explain

SECTION TWO – PROJECT PROPOSAL

4. What is the aim(s) of your proposed project/activity?
5. How much money are you applying for?
£ / Project name:
6. When do you hope your project will start and how long will it last for?
Start…………………..Finish ……………………….
7. What evidence do you have to show there is need or demand for your project?
8. Please tell us how your project fits into one or more of the Council’s Strategic Purposes?

Help me to find somewhere to live in my locality.
Provide good things for me to do, see and visit.
Keep my place safe and looking good.
Help me run a successful business.
Help me to be financially independent.
Help me to live my life independently.

9. In the table below, please indicate: a) the key elements of your project/activity; and b) the anticipated outputs and outcomes from the activity.
Task/activity/equipment / Outputs and Outcomes
Example: provision of a weekly gardening/allotment club for people aged 55+ for 12 weeks in Abbeydale (rear of Dolphin Road). Each session will last two hours with tutorials from experienced gardeners each week about growing fruit/plants/vegetables.
Gardner to lead tutorials
Gardening Tools
Refreshments
Transport for project users
Bulbs/seeds / Reduction in social isolation in older people living in Abbeydale.
Increase in knowledge of healthy eating and how to grow own fruits and vegetables to incorporate in diet.
Increase in mild to moderate exercise levels in older people living in Abbeydale.
10. Who is your target audience or the intended beneficiaries of your service/project?Please provide an approximate number of beneficiaries you intend to reach with your project.
11. Where in Redditch will the service/project be delivered?
12. Sustainability
What will happen to the project or service at the end of this grant? If it is a one off project what is the legacy it will leave?

SECTION THREE –ORGANISATIONAL MANAGEMENT

13. Does your project/activity involve work with children, young people or vulnerable adults?
Yes: No:
If so, are your staff and volunteers DBS checked? (Disclosure & Barring Service).
Yes: No: Not applicable:
If no or not applicable please explain:
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks (previously CRB checks) -
If you are an organisation that works with children, young people or vulnerable adults, do you have safeguarding policy and procedures?
Yes: No:
14. Does your group/organisation have a management committee or board of trustees? If it has, how many people are on it, and how often does it meet? If not then how does your group formally reach agreement on actions?
15. To receive a grant from Redditch Borough Council your organisation must have its own bank or building society account in the name of the organisation. Cheques and other withdrawals must be signed by at least two people who are not related to each other.
Does your organisation have its own bank or building society account?
Yes

No If no, please contact the Grants Team for further advice.
16. Please state if your organisation is newly set up with no financial information available.
(go to question 17 if yes) / Yes / No
What was your group's total gross income, as stated in your most recent accounts? / £
What was its total expenditure in the same year? / £
What surplus/deficit was there that year? / £
Which financial year was this? E.g. 2014/15 / Year:
What are your current reserves and/or savings? / £
17. If you have more than 12 months worth of expenditure in reserves or savings, we are unlikely to fund your bid. If you have this level of reserves, please explain what these reserves are being held for.
18. Please provide information on other income for the project/activities for which you are seeking grant funding – state source below eg County Council, Big Lottery, Cash4Clubs, Awards for All; etc. / 2017-18
(applied for) / Additional funding confirmed / Comments
Grant requested from the Borough Council on this form… / £
£
£
£
TOTAL / £
19. / Please complete the following financial breakdown for the project or activity that is being funded by the Council:
Expenditure for lifetime of project / £
Project Equipment
Project Materials
Venue Hire
Transport Hire
Salaries of Staff
General running expenses
Training for staff and volunteers
Other (please detail)
Total

In line with usualRedditch Borough Councilpractice that successful grant applications will be published on Redditch Borough Council’s website.

Please return this form by:1st Round deadline - 4p.m.Friday11th February 2017

We cannot accept incomplete, late or faxed applications, hand-deliver your application to Main Reception at The Town Hall, or post it by recorded delivery in advance of the deadline to the address shown below:

Please address your application to:

Grant Application

Grants Team

Leisure, Environment and Community Services

Redditch Borough Council

Town Hall

Walter Stranz Square

Redditch, B98 8AH

Alternatively you can email your completed application to

**If emailing please remember to scan the declaration page with signature.

If you hand deliver your application, please ask the Reception staff to date and time stamp your envelope.

Please return this form and the budget spreadsheet by: 2nd Round deadline - 4p.m.Friday 9thJune 2017

Please address your application to: