Did you know that your Parish Council can award grants and donations to local community groups and organisations?
Who is eligible to apply?
To be eligible for an award an organisation should;
- Be established for charitable, benevolent, social, cultural, recreational, or philanthropic purposes.
- Have a constitution, or set of rules, which define its aims, objectives, and operational procedures.
- Have a bank account, with 2 unrelated signatories.
- Be able to provide a copy of its latest annual accounts and/or most recent Bank Statement. Accounts are to be checked and signed by a person independent of the Group. Other information, such as a safeguarding policy, may be asked for.
However applications do not have to be from groups that already exist. Help will be given to new or informal groups who have come together to undertake new projects. Priority will be given to those whose aim is to add value to the community, rather than applications for running costs.
What can be funded?
The project or facility/service the group provides should be something that makes the local community a better place in which to live, work or visit, or enhances the environment.
- It should benefit people who live in the Parish and be commensurate with the expenditure.
- Each group may only make one application per financial year.
Any Ruskington Parish Council support should be acknowledged as appropriate on all publicity and promotional material including posters, advertisements, press releases and leaflets. Financial support can only be used for the purpose for which the grant is given.
Preference will be given to local groups.
The following are not eligible:
- Support for individuals or private business projects.
- Projects that improve or benefit privately owned land or property.
- Projects that have already been completed or will have been by the time the grant is issued.
For more information and an application form click here.