Kirklees
Grassroots Grants for Kirklees Groups
Grassroots Grants is a Government funded initiative from the Office of the Third Sector and will be supporting communities in Kirklees with grants until December 2010.
If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact the Foundation Grants Team on: 01422 438738, or Sam Lofts at: Voluntary Action Kirklees on: 01484 518457.
Grassroots Grants programme offers grants of over £900 to £5,000. Applying is a straight forward process. The Foundation operates a rolling programme; with decisions being made on a regular basis, so it is an accessible source of funding for voluntary and community groups in Kirklees. Decisions will usually be made within eight weeks of an application being received.
If you are looking to apply for a Grassroots Grant apply here.
Who can apply?
- Have a constitution (no need to be a registered charity).
- Have been established and active in the local community prior to January 1 2009.
- Are mainly run by volunteers.
- Income would need to be less than £30,000 per year, taken as an average of the previous three years (or since the group was established, if it is less than three years old).
- The group would need to show how it is meeting the needs of local people.
- Projects benefitting people who are disadvantaged, or who live in communities that are particularly disadvantaged.
- Projects demonstrating that their work will bring diverse communities together.
- Projects that promote the involvement of more people in community activity and volunteering.
- Grassroots Grants Kirklees application pack
- Grants awarded
- Grassroots Endowment Challenge [doc, 37kb]
Building Endowment for Small and Emerging Kirklees Voluntary & Community Groups.
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Managed by the Community Development Foundation. Funded by the Office of the Third Sector
