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Vale of Glamorgan Council

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.

Vale of Glamorgan Council, Civic Offices, Holton Road, Barry CF63 4RU, Tel: (01446) 700111