Village and Community Hall Grants Mark Reeves Tel: 03000 417160 - - PDF document

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Kent County Council Mark Reeves

Tel: 03000 417160 Email: mark.reeves@kent.gov.uk

Village and Community Hall Grants

• The scheme has provided capital grants to assist

with the building of new halls or contributing to extensions or other modifications and refurbishment since 1999

• The scheme has awarded a total of £3.8 million with

grants ranging from £1,450 to £100,000, and has helped fund 160 projects

Village and Community Hall Grants

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• Charitable Status, Trust Deeds and Constitutions
• Design & Build, Improvements to Premises
• Fund Raising, Grant Aid & Loans
• Good Practice and Management Issues
• Insurance
• Legal Advice and Licensing

Action with Rural Communities in Kent

Eligibility

• Establish your eligibility for a grant at an early stage
• A village hall must have its own appropriately

constituted management committee and must be representative of a wide variety of community members and user groups

• Applicants must be a registered charity or CIO

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Funding

• Your hall can apply for up to £50,000
• Grants can cover up to 50% of project costs
• Applicants must have secured, or be about to secure

match funding

Funding continued

For example – Total Project Cost is £40,000 Possible grants available:

Kent County Council --------------------- £20,000 (50% 0f £40,000) Management Committee --------------- £5,000 Borough/District/City Council ---------- £5,000 Charitable Trusts ------------------------- £7,500 Local fundraising ------------------------- £2,500 Total Funding --------------------------- £40,000

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Timescales

Grants allocated once a year Next Deadline: 31st December 2017 (for April 2018 decision)

Purpose of Grant

• Capital projects - to enable the community to

improve an existing facility or build a new one that meets an identified community need

• We do not fund normal repairs and maintenance

work or the replacement of equipment

• However, grants are considered where deterioration

would lead to the eventual closure of the facility

• Car park resurfacing is not usually considered

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Examples

• Building a new hall
• Extension to an existing hall
• New windows
• New roof and floor
• Improvements to facilities for people with disabilities
• New toilets and kitchen
• New heating system
• Improved insulation

Project Planning

• Detailed plans and specifications for projects over £20k
• Three quotes/tenders
• Business Plan for new build or large extension
• Financial viability

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Community Consultation

• Applicants must be able to show that the local

community has been consulted (consultations, surveys, minutes of meetings)

• Letters from user groups will support your

application

Payment of Grant

• Grants are paid in arrears following submission of

paid invoices, builder’s certificates and evidence of matchfunding

• Grants to be claimed within one year

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Environment

• 1. Buildings should aim to be energy efficient
• 2. Use of the building should aim to reduce the

necessity for transport out of the area by providing access to facilities and activities under one roof

• 3. ACRE information sheet “how green is your hall?”

is recommended as a guide

Other funding

• 1. District/Borough/Parish Council
• 2. Lottery
• Awards for All
• Reaching Communities
• 3. Landfill tax credits
• Biffa Award, Viridor, Suez, Veolia, etc.
• 4. Trusts/Foundations
• 5. Section 106 (developer contributions)

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Combined Member Grants

Each County Councillor (Member) has £20,000 to support a lot of different activities, including:

• local events and activities
• purchase or repair of equipment and furniture
• sports projects

Contact your Member or Community Engagement Officer http://www.kent.gov.uk/leisure-and- community/community-grants-and-funding/combined- members-grant

Awards for All

• Awards grants of between £300 and £10,000 in a

simple and straightforward way

• Funds projects which address the issues, needs and

aspirations of local communities and people

• Previously successful applications have included

village hall projects for the purchase of equipment and small scale capital works, including kitchens, toilets, heating systems etc. http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/funding/Awards-For-All

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Reaching Communities supports projects that help people and communities most in need. There are two strands:

• 1. Community Buildings – closed
• 2. Small capital projects – up to £100,000 - for land,

buildings or refurbishment capital costs

Reaching Communities

http://www.biglotteryfund.org.uk/prog_reaching_communities

Landfill Communities Fund

Projects focus upon community or environmental physical work at a single identified site in the vicinity of a landfill site.

• Cory Environmental Trust in Britain
• Derbyshire Environment Trust
• Ibstock Cory Environmental Trust
• Royal Society of Wildlife Trusts (Biffa Awards)
• SUEZ Communities Trust Ltd
• The Veolia Environmental Trust
• Viridor Credits Environmental Company

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Biffa Award

Community Buildings and Recreation Up to £75k to make a difference to a local facility, be it a community building, nature reserve, cultural facility or

• utdoor space. The main criteria include:
• The project's site within 5 miles of a Biffa Operation or

10 miles of an active Biffa landfill site

• The project's site is also within 10 miles of a landfill site

http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk

Biffa Award

Community Buildings and Recreation Grants are for site-based improvement work. The total cost of the project is less than £200,000. Aplicants need to find a third party contributor(s) to provide 10% of the total project cost. Deadlines for “Expressions of Interest” in February 2018 and July 2017 for community buildings. http://www.biffa-award.org/

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Trust Funds/Foundations

Garfield Weston Foundation: The Foundation has no specific priorities for funding. It aims to support a wide range of charitable activity in the UK. http://www.garfieldweston.org Kent Community Foundation: Various support is available through the number of schemes which Kent Community Foundation administers. Grants of up to £5,000 may be available, including capital grants. http://www.kentcf.org.uk

Trust Funds/Foundations

Henry Smith Charity – County Grants: Supports a wide range of activities benefitting the disadvantaged in areas of high deprivation. Grants of up to £10k are available for

• ne-off capital costs such as refurbishing a building.

http://www.henrysmithcharity.org.uk Screwfix Foundation: For projects that fix, repair, maintain and improve properties and community facilities for those in deprived areas or for those in need. https://www.screwfix.com/help/screwfixfoundation/

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Trust Funds/Foundations

Foyle Foundation http://www.foylefoundation.org.uk Trusthouse Charitable Foundation http://www.trusthousecharitablefoundation.org.uk The Prince's Countryside Fund http://www.princescountrysidefund.org.uk Bernard Sunley Charitable Foundation http://www.bernardsunley.org Anton Jurgens Charitable Trust http://antonjurgensfonds.nl/en/

Trust Funds/Foundations

One Stop Carriers for Causes Grants https://www.groundwork.org.uk Tesco Bags of Help Grants Programme www.groundwork.org.uk/sites/tescocommunityscheme Jewson Building Better Communities Competition https://www.buildingbettercommunities.co.uk/ DCLG - Community Buildings Pre-Feasibility Grants https://mycommunity.org.uk/funding-options The Rank Foundation – Pebbles Grant http://www.rankfoundation.com/small-appeals

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Inside Track – Funding Newsletter

• KCC produce a monthly newsletter featuring current

local, regional and national funding opportunities for projects in Kent

• Distributed to a wide range of organisations throughout

Kent, and cascaded through various networks

• Information on other sources of advice

http://www.kent.gov.uk/community_and_living/communi ty_grants_and_funding/inside_track_newsletters.aspx

• Sign up by emailing:

KCCInsideTrack@kent.gov.uk

Searching for Funding

• Kent 4 Community – provides voluntary and community

sector organisations, individuals and businesses in Kent with free access to a searchable grants database http://www.open4community.info/kent/Default.aspx

• Funding Central

http://www.fundingcentral.org.uk/default.aspx

• Other organisations (Funding For All, some district

councils, CVS’s, VCS infrastructure organisations)

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Contacts

Mark Reeves Kent County Council Tel: 03000 417160 Email: mark.reeves@kent.gov.uk Jenny Bradbury Action with Communities in Rural Kent Tel: 01303 813790 Email: jenny.bradbury@ruralkent.org.uk