Grant In Aid for Non Commercial Organisations, Voluntary Groups and Charities
Revenue and Capital Grants are available to non commercial organisations, voluntary groups and charities. The annual deadline for applications is the 1st April for financing in the current financial year.
Capital Grants
Purpose: To help fund one off planned expenditure on buildings, items of equipment and the purchase of a special service e.g. room hire, training.
Amount: Grants are available up to a maximum limit of £500.00 and if successful would be paid upon receipt of paid invoices for goods/services from your organisation. Where however, funding is being sought from various providers before purchase, funding approval letters from all other providers would be required before our payment would be made, together with a copy of the paid invoice, immediately after payment.
Revenue Grants
Purpose: To help with day to day running costs incurred in providing services to District residents. Evidence of other external funding is required as no revenue grant will be made to organisations whose sole source of income would be the Council.
Revenue grants are not available to uniformed/youth groups e.g. scouts and guides (please note Capital Grants are available). Financial assistance for revenue expenditure may be available from Nottinghamshire County Council which can be contacted at the following address: County Hall, West Bridgford, Nottingham NG2 7QP
Amount: The minimum grant available is £500.00, there is no set maximum but this will vary according to the type of organisation, the service provided and our budget limitations.
Capital & Revenue General Criteria
- Only established non commercial organisations, voluntary groups and charities will be grant aided
- No organisation will be grant aided more than once in any financial year
- All applicants must submit an independently audited balance sheet, statement of account or, depending on the circumstances, relevant financial information before consideration of their application. We may also require access to your organisation to inspect your records including books of account.
- All applicants, where relevant, must include details of membership numbers within the District, along with current subscription levels.
- Projects, for which provision would normally be made through the Council or other Local Authority funded organisations, will not be grant aided.
- Retrospective applications for grant in aid in respect for specific events will not be grant aided.
- Where an organisation receives a grant in any financial year, the previous year's award will be taken into consideration.
- Grants are awarded on the condition that they are only used for the purpose intended. If the grants are otherwise applied you will be liable to repay the grant to us.
- We do not provide grant in aid to fund repairs to church owned premises or support religious activities unless the premises are of architectural importance and are treated as qualifying for a historic buildings grant.
Other Important Information
Equality & Diversity - We aim to ensure that organisations with which we do business comply with equal opportunities legislation and promote good practice and equality opportunity within their own organisation. It is imperative that you read and adhere to these principles as failure to do so will affect our compliance with legal requirements and may affect the outcome of your request. A statement for signing is included in the Grant in Aid Application document.
Customer Care - We are committed to providing high quality services and all grant aid applicants are assured that:
- a letter of acknowledgement will be sent within 7 days of receiving your application
- when considering an application, the letter of acknowledgement will contain details of when decisions will be made
- all applicants will be dealt with fairly and equitably under the specified criteria
- all applicants will receive written notification of the success or otherwise of their application
Application Decisions
- Grants over £500 are submitted to the earliest possible meeting of the Council's Cabinet for consideration
- Grants up to £500 are decided by the Head of Financial Services under delegated powers and the Portfolio Holder for Resources.