Gateshead Council Via Tyne and Wear Community Foundation: Community Grant Chest Programme

The aims of the fund - The Community Chest Programme aims to support organisations to develop and deliver new or enhanced activities and projects addressing the key objectives of Gateshead Council's Thrive agenda and the Government's Shared Prosperity Fund. The focus of the fund is to build capacity and infrastructure in communities and to support local groups. Applications will need to show how they address one or more of the key objectives of the Thrive agenda or the Shared Prosperity Fund.

Gateshead Council's Thrive Agenda

There are five pledges within Gateshead Council's strategy 'Making Gateshead a Place Where Everyone Thrives'.

These are:

Put people and families at the heart of everything we do
Tackle inequality so people have a fair chance
Support our communities to support themselves and each other
Invest in our economy to provide sustainable opportunities for employment, innovation and growth across the borough
Work together and fight for a better future for Gateshead

Priorities for the fund

Alongside addressing the aims of the fund, priority will be given to applications that:

demonstrate how they are addressing the needs of the most vulnerable communities and residents in Gateshead
help tackle aspects of poverty and the underlying causes of poverty
help communities do more for themselves
support the Council's ambitions to address the Climate Change Emergency - more information can be found on our Climate Change pages

Eligibility - Who can apply

voluntary and community organisations including constituted organisations and registered charities
social enterprises, subject to the Community Foundation's standard restrictions on funding for the costs of continuing services

In addition

all organisations must be based, or already working in, Gateshead
all activities must be delivered in Gateshead only

Organisations with an annual income over £250,000 must outline why the requested funding cannot be sought, in whole or in part, from elsewhere including unrestricted reserves

What can you apply for - Grant amounts

Grants of up to £10,000 are for individual new projects. The Fund can consider partnership bids involving more than one organisation, where it demonstrates a clear benefit of partnership working

Grants of up to £20,000 for feasibility studies which should consider how future work will be funded from other sources. You must also provide three quotations for the work and the full brief.

All activity must be completed by 31 March 2025

What can you apply for - Core and Capital costs

·Core running costs - A contribution to core running costs may be considered, but only where it can be clearly demonstrated to support delivery of the Thrive objectives. The Fund will not support core cost requests from Social Enterprises.
·Capital costs - The purchase of small items of equipment will be considered where it supports delivery of the Fund's objectives. Requests for larger capital items will be considered but must be accompanied by a robust business case.

Safeguarding

Applications will only be considered where applicant organisations are able to demonstrate that safeguarding is a priority, and that they have adequate safeguarding policies and procedures in place. Further advice and guidance regarding safeguarding policies and procedures can be found at:

www.gatesheadsafeguarding.org.uk

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