Cambridgeshire County Council Grant Funding for April 2011 to March 2012

Grants of up to £3,000 are awarded annually from the Cambridgeshire County Council Small Grants Scheme to small, not for profit, community groups.

Grants are available to not for profit groups providing services or support to vulnerable adults in Cambridgeshire including:

  • Adults who are vulnerable through old age, disability, or mental health issues
  • Carers looking after those suffering long term illness
  • People dealing with a traumatic event (such as bereavement, rape)

Groups applying must have annual income of less than £50,000 and must be in need of financial help (as a rule of thumb if you have reserves of approximately one years trading / expenditure you will not be eligible for a grant).

Detailed guidelines can be downloaded here.

Applications for 2011/2012 are invited before the deadline date of 17th September 2010.

Policies
If a group seeking a grant is working with adults who are vulnerable according to the definition in 'No Secrets' the Government's Guidance on Adult Abuse (namely, a person aged 18 years or over, who is in receipt of or may be in need of community care services by reason of 'mental or other disability, age or illness and who is or may be unable to take care of him or herself, or unable to protect him or herself against significant harm or exploitation) the Group will be required to have a Vulnerable Adults Policy.  Groups are also required to have an Equal Opportunity Statement/Policy. For guidance on these policies, please contact CCF in the first instance.

The Application Process
The online application process has two stages: Part A of the form which you submit online, and Part B which requires you to send accompanying documentation by post. Details of the information you are required to send in Part B is listed below, and you should make sure you have all the information ready to send to us before you submit your online application.

Part A – Complete the online submission

Grant application request for up to £900


Grant application request for over £900


The links will open a separate window. You are invited to enter your email address which will automatically send an email to you containing a link to your individual application form. You are able to enter information using the online form, save it and return to it as many times as you like before submitting. You will also be able to print a draft to share with your committee.


Once you have submitted the online application form, your application will be sent to us automatically and we can begin to process your application immediately.


Part B – Post us your accompanying information
Once you have completed the online form you will be sent an email with a pdf attachment called Part B of the application form. The attachment asks for the following information/action:

  1. Your organisation’s bank details to enable us to pay any grant by BACS
  2. Contact details for two independent referees
  3. You must sign the standard terms and conditions to show you accept the conditions if a grant is made
  4. Your organisation’s accounts for the most recent past two financial years
  5. A copy of ONE bank statement from the last 3 months
  6. A signed copy of your organisation’s set of rules / terms of reference / constitution
  7. Your Equal Opportunities Policy
  8. The names and addresses of management committee members, with cheque signatories identified.
  9. If you are part of a larger regional or national organisation, evidence that you operate independently
  10. Three different quotes for any capital items

You should make sure you have this information ready before you submit your online application so you can send it to us promptly. We are unable to consider your application until we have received all the requested information, so delay in sending Part B of your application form will slow down the processing of your application.

Please note

  1. If you have previously applied to CCF are have sent copies of any of the items listed in Part B, then you do not need to send additional copies unless they have recently been updated.
  2. Remember to write your return address on any package you send to us by post as we are unable to pay the surcharges applied if you fail to pay the correct postage - your return address will get your documents back to you.

We look forward to receiving your application!