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Positive Activities Capital Grants Fund for 8-13 year olds
The Positive Activities Capital Grants Fund of £50,000 will be distributed in two award rounds in October 2008 and February 2009. Voluntary and community organisations may apply for a grant between £3,000 and £10,000 for improvement works to facilities or major items of equipment.
The closing date for the 1st Round is 26th September 2008 and for the 2nd Round is 30th January 2008. Decisions will be issued within 8 weeks of the closing date. Applications may be made any time up to the closing date but you are encouraged to send in your application as soon as it is completed. You may apply for both facilities works and equipment on the same form and to the same or subsequent award rounds but no organisation will be awarded more than a total of £10,000 from the Fund.
Who can apply
You must be able to demonstrate that the grant will result in a direct benefit to 8-13 year olds and promote the take up of new or more regular activities in the fields of arts, culture, environment, play or sports. The activities do not have to be targeted exclusively at this age range but we expect at least 75% of the young people taking part to be aged between 8 and 13 years.
You must be a voluntary or community sector organisation. We are happy to consider applications made jointly with other voluntary sector organisations. If you want to apply jointly with another organisation(s) please choose one organisation to make the application and act as the grant contact. That organisation must meet all the qualifying conditions.
You must also meet the following criteria:
- Be a constituted organisation with a management committee.
- Produce independently examined or audited accounts in line with Council requirements for financial information.
- Have a track record of delivering activities for 8-13 year olds over at least the previous 3 years and be running activities for a group of at least 20 young people aged 8-13 years on a regular basis.
- Have a forward plan/ business plan for your organisation for at least the next 12 months.
- Have other sources of income in addition to the grant you are applying for that ensure some level of sustainability.
- Have all appropriate policies and procedures in place including health and safety, child protection and equal opportunities.
- Registered charities and limited companies must be in compliance with the appropriate regulatory bodies.
Financial information
Before we can deal with your application we need some information from you about your organisation's finances. You need to:
- send a copy of your organisation's most recent bank statement.
- send a copy of your most recent statement of annual accounts showing income and expenditure. These accounts must have been independently examined by a firm of accountants or a body prior approved by us.
- The statement of accounts must be signed and dated by the Independent Examiner and a senior member of your organisation's Management Committee.
Approved examiners
The Community Accountancy Service at Voluntary Action Sheffield is a prior approved body. If your Examiner is an individual accountant rather than a company you must send a photocopy of their qualifications with the accounts.
Please note that we do not fund
- Organisations with large unrestricted funds.
- Organisations not based in Sheffield.
- Other City Council departments.
- Public bodies such as Parish or Town Councils, hospitals or health bodies.
- Educational establishments including schools, universities and colleges.
- Businesses where the profit is not wholly given back to the business itself.
We do not consider applications for
- Costs that you would reasonably expect to fund yourself.
- Costs that have already been incurred.
- Loans, debts or endowments.
- Crime prevention and security measures, such as CCTV, fencing, locks etc.
- Activities/ organisations not based in Sheffield.
Contact us
Contact us to ask for an application pack or if you have any questions or are unsure about your project and want to discuss it further.
Tel: 273 4113 or email us at vslt@sheffield.gov.uk
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