Community Grants

 

Here we offer an overview of the grant assistance available to the voluntary sector, and relevant contact details.

 

Voluntary and community organisations eligible for funding are those that:

  • Are independent: an organisation must be constitutionally independent and not directly controlled by a for-profit organisation or the public sector;
  • Are self-governing: an organisation must have its own internal decision making processes;
  • Are non profit distributing: the organisation does not make payments (other than for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses or other payments allowed by the governing document eg for occasional professional services or for grants) to members or trustees:
  • Encourage voluntarism: an organisation must benefit from a meaningful degree of philanthropy (ie gifts in kind or of time, including volunteers and non-paid trustees);
  • Are of public benefit: the organisation's objectives and activities benefit the wider public or as wide a group of people as possible with the constituency defined by its objectives.

Core eligibility criteria for applications:

  • The application must clearly be to the direct and principal benefit of residents and communities in the Vale of Glamorgan;
  • Applications must meet the objectives of a locally applicable strategy;
  • The applicant organisation must be a voluntary group, as defined above;
  • The organisation must actively promote equal opportunities in its operation and service delivery.

 

Due to limited resources, all applicants should be able to demonstrate how a grant will contribute towards one or more of the corporate priorities of the Council:

  • Lifelong Learning: Promotion of the culture of lifelong learning for all
  • Community Leadership: Promotion of a sense of community pride and active citizenship.
  • Economic Regeneration: Promotion of a diversified and sustainable economy
  • The Environment: Promotion of the use of sustainable practices
  • Community Well Being: Promotion of a safe and healthy community in which to live

The Council cannot award these grants to individuals. To read more about individual grants schemes, please choose from the sub-menu.