Eastfield Cash for Causes community grants - guidance for applicants

About the Cash for Causes grant fund

Eastfield Cash for Causes offers grant funding to groups needing financial support to help deliver activities within Eastfield. There is no upper limit to the size of grants awarded and a smaller micro grants scheme is available for smaller or informal groups who have an idea they wish to try out in their community. Cash for Causes is designed to support as wide a variety of projects as possible and is open to applications from charities, community groups and voluntary organisations and private businesses where they can demonstrate the project will be delivered solely for community benefit.

Who can apply?

Voluntary groups, community organisations and businesses that are for community benefit.

Eligible projects

Your project should:

• address one or more of our five key themes
• benefit Eastfield residents
• have a community focus
• be open and inclusive to all

How much money can you apply for?

There is no upper or lower limit but you must be able to demonstrate value for money and your application must provide information about what you will use the money for.

Closing date

The fund is expected to run throughout the year. You can apply at any time and as many times as you like. However, please note we are looking to provide support to as many different groups as possible, so the possibility of getting repeat funding will be lower. If you apply and the entire fund for the year has already been used up, you may be asked to submit your application in the subsequent year.

What happens if you are successful?

If your application is successful, we will let you know in writing.

Application guidance

Please use the guidance below to complete your application.

1. Group/organisation details

Key details

Group name - this will be the official name of your group or organisation as defined on your governing document, for example, constitution.

Address - please state your main postal address for any postal correspondence.

Telephone - please state the main contact telephone number of your group/organisation or the main contact for your application.

Name of main contact - this will be the named individual for your application and the person we will correspond with in relation to your application.

Postcode - please state the postcode of your main postal address.

Email - please state the email address of your group/organisation or the main contact for your application.

Additional details

Brief description of your main purpose and aims.

This will be outlined in your constitution or governing document. If your group does not have a governing document, you may wish to provide a few bullet points outlining the purpose of your group.

Are you a legally constituted group?

A legally constituted group will have a constitution or similar governing document that defines the purpose of the group/organisation and how it will operate. Please use this section to outline how your group is organised and whether you have a constitution or similar governing document such as a memorandum and articles of association.

Are you a registered charity?

If your group/organisation is registered as a charity with the Charities Commission please indicate here and supply your charity number.

How long have you been an established group?

Please indicate how long your group/organisation has been in operation. The date your organisation was established may be outlined in your governing document.

2. Project proposal details

a) Brief description – please use this space to provide a simple overview of what you would like to do, what you hope to achieve and who will be delivering it.

b) Location of the project - projects must demonstrate a tangible benefit to residents of the Local Authority (North Yorkshire Council) Ward of Eastfield. Wherever possible please give exact location(s).  Please see a map of the ward (pdf / 2 MB).

c) Expected project start and end timescales – please note that we cannot fund any purchase or activity outside of the start and end dates.

d) Approximate number of residents who could benefit - please indicate how many local (Eastfield) residents will benefit from the activities of your project. You may want to provide a number of residents who will directly benefit from the activities of your project, for example, those who have taken part and the number of residents who you anticipate will indirectly benefit.

e) Name and contact details of any partner organisations supporting the project – any partnership arrangements you have built during the planning of your project will support your application. In answering this question please include the names of any other groups or organisations you are working with and the nature of these working arrangements.

3. Proposed community investment

This is the section of your application where you get to provide a bit more detail for your project proposal and the benefits it will provide to residents of Eastfield. Please do not exceed the word count of 250 words on each question.

a) How you or your group/organisation links to Eastfield.

Please outline how your group has links to the Eastfield community. Cash for Causes would like to support groups that have a clearly defined and demonstrable link with community life in Eastfield. Please demonstrate any links to the wider community your group may have. You may want to include involvement of local people, if your beneficiaries are local residents or the length of time your group has been operating in Eastfield.

b) How your project will benefit the local community?

For this question we want you to provide examples of the difference your project will make. You may wish to include benefits such as people gaining new skills, people having a stronger connection with their neighbours or how your project will reduce crime and anti-social behaviour. You may also wish to include how you propose to measure the impact that your project will make.

c) How your project demonstrates value for money?

You may wish to describe how your project idea is the best and most efficient way of achieving the outcomes you have described. Also what are the negative effects of your project not going ahead?

d) How your project could continue after the funding ends?

Outline what the lasting impact will be. Are there opportunities for the project to be sustained after Cash for Causes funding comes to an end? Are there other opportunities to fund this project in the long term? Will the project beneficiaries or volunteers learn new skills that could be put to use in other roles or within your group/organisation after the funding has come to an end? What are the possibilities for income generation?

e) Describe how your project links to the Eastfield PACT objectives.

The Eastfield PACT has five core objectives:

1. Place - we aim to make our neighbourhoods greener, cleaner and safer places in which to live and to assist our residents to live more sustainable lifestyles.
2. People - we aim to support residents to live happy, healthy and fulfilled lives with access to the care and support services they need.
3. Employment - we aim to support residents in developing skills and accessing training opportunities in order to enter into and sustain employment.
4. Community bases - CUBs - we aim to enable community assets and facilities to develop, be sustainable and thrive in order to provide maximum benefit.
5. Aspiration - we aim to improve health, wellbeing and life chances for all and would especially like to foster more opportunities for young people and families.

In this section you will need to demonstrate how your project links to one or more of these key objectives.

4. Financial information

Please use the table to outline each activity or item of expenditure together with an indication of cost for each. Wherever possible please use as accurate as possible cost amounts using quotes where relevant. We would ask that you indicate which items of expenditure you are seeking Cash for Causes funding for – this can be for all items of expenditure. We would also ask if you could outline any funding contributions from other sources including any or in kind contributions your group or organisation is providing.

Submitting your application

Please send your completed application form by email to the address specified on the form.