What is the focus of the fund?


The aim of the fund is to support community groups and charities that work to improve the lives of people in Burnley.


Grants are available to fund:

• Gaps in current provision
• Provision of seed funding and freedom to help community organisations develop new projects, used as test and learn funding
• Feasibility studies
• Projects that may struggle to secure funding from elsewhere.

It is expected that recipients will be able to clearly demonstrate the results of the funding i.e. for test and learn, whether the project/idea can be developed further at the end of the grant or not.


All ideas will be considered as long as a clear rationale has been provided.


How much is available: Grants of up to £3,500.

Who can apply: Registered charities, not for profit companies limited by guarantee, community groups with a constitution or set of rules in the group’s name.


Which areas are covered: Burnley


Any special criteria:

• All activity must be for the benefit of Burnley residents (any age groups). Groups based in other parts of Lancashire are welcome to apply provided work takes place in Burnley or can clearly demonstrate Burnley residents are the beneficiaries.
• The donor would prefer to be principal funder for the seed/test and learn/feasibility grants, therefore applications based on match funding cannot be considered (unless match funding is from the applicant’s own free reserves).
• Priority will be given to smaller grassroots organisations who may find this type of funding difficult to secure

Costs that may be funded: This fund can consider operational costs for projects and ideas such as sessional fees/equipment/volunteer costs, contribution towards core costs for project development/research.


Closing date: 4pm Friday 20th September 2024 with decisions expected to be made by end of October 2024
  
How to apply?
 
Please visit the Community Foundation for Lancashire’s website - www.lancsfoundation.org.uk and complete an online application form. Once you have submitted the online application you will need to send the documents listed below. If you do not submit all the relevant documents within 7 days your application will be withdrawn.  You can now attach the documents to your online application, email them to applications@cflm.email or post them to the address below.


Documents which need to be included with your application:
1. A copy of the group’s rules or constitution
2. Names of Trustees/Directors/Management Committee
3. A copy of the group’s latest annual accounts or income/expenditure document
4. A copy of a recent bank statement for your group
5. A copy of the groups’ current Safeguarding Policy. All applicants must ensure that they hold relevant policies and procedures in place to undertake activities, such as Criminal Records Bureau checks and/or a health and safety policy, depending on proposed activity. If unsure about what you need please contact the Community Foundation for help.


NB: If you have applied to us previously and have already submitted copies of the above documents within the last 12 months, you do not need to send them in again. However, a bank statement is required if more than 6 months have passed since the previous application.


The following cannot be supported via the fund:
-  Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility
-  National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances
-  Commercial ventures
-  CIC’s Limited by Shares
-  Activities that will have already taken place before we offer you a grant
-  Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
-  Projects for personal profit
-  Organisations that are set up solely for the benefit of animals or plants: groups that work with animals or the environment to benefit people are acceptable
- Groups comprising just one family or organisations that have less than 3 unrelated management committee members/Directors/Trustees
-  Debts and other liabilities
-  Reclaimable VAT
-  Travel outside UK



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The funding aims to support children at risk of falling further behind in their early learning and development and aims to alleviate some of the financial pressures and challenges of living in poverty to:
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1. enable children and families to play and learn in a community setting
2. provide opportunities for parents/carers to learn new skills to support play and learn at home and
3. provide age appropriate learning resources to support skills development in the home environment.

Grants are for a maximum of £2,000 and are for already established groups currently offering this support. It is not to be used to set up new groups.
This can include:

• offering clubs free of charge at zero cost to families
• increasing the number of sessions on offer
• increasing the numbers who can access sessions
• provision of age appropriate learning packs for families (mandatory- every child must be given one Early Learning Pack appropriate to their age and stage of learning) to be provided by the family hubs.

Please note that a condition of the grant is to work with the family hubs team who will visit you once per month
 
Applications will close on 15th Sep or when funding has been allocated - whichever is the earlier.
 
 
Please complete the application form here:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/earlyyearsgrantBurnley

The Commissioner will be awarding up to £5,000 to projects that deliver short term, time specific intervention projects which have strong links with their local policing team or local Community Safety Partnership.
This follows the award of close to £90k to support diversionary activity projects targeting vulnerable young people throughout the summer holiday period to help them gain new experiences and keep them safe, whilst reducing demand on policing and protecting our neighbourhoods.
Commissioner Grunshaw said: "I am keen to work with local organisations to tackle problems within their neighbourhoods through prevention, diversion and intervention.
"Policing can't solve crime and anti-social behaviour in isolation and utilising the local knowledge and understanding of our partners, businesses or third sector organisations is really important.
"I want to empower communities to take new and creative approaches to tackle local issues head on and my Community Fund is a great tool to make this happen."
The Fund utilises money seized from criminals and invests it back into local communities to make a lasting difference to neighbourhoods across Lancashire.
Applications can be submitted from Monday, 2nd of September until Monday, 23rd of September 2024, 8.30am. 
Full application details and fund criteria can be found at lancashire-pcc.gov.uk/grant-funding