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.