Types of Organisation

We will support the following types of organisation;

• Constituted community groups
• Constituted voluntary groups
• Registered Charities
• Social Enterprises

Geographic Reach

We will support organisations based in, or working for the benefit of people in the following local authority areas;

• Staffordshire Moorlands, (but only those based in the parish of Kingsley)

Beneficiaries

In order to qualify for a grant from this scheme your project must be supporting the following types of beneficiary;

• People resident in the parish of Kingsley in the Staffordshire Moorlands
• A strong preference towards children and young people

Project Aims

• Your project must meet one of the following criteria;
• Increase or enhance your current service provision
• Make your organisation more efficient, more sustainable or more resilient
• Be used to improve facilities for your service users
• Be used to provide facilities that will benefit the people of Kingsley, (with a strong preference towards children and young people)

Eligible Costs

• Equipment costs
• Capital costs
• Training costs
• Core costs
• Event costs
• One off project costs

Types of Organisation

This fund will not offer funding to the following organisations;

• Non-constituted community groups
• Non-constituted voluntary groups
• Organisations that have been established less than 12 months
• Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery
• Statutory organisations
• Limited companies, sole traders or partnerships without charitable aims

Geographic Reach

This fund cannot support organisations who are based in, or working in the following local authority areas;

• Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle under Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Stoke on Trent or Tamworth
• Any part of the Staffordshire Moorlands outside the Kingsley Parish Council area
• Any area outside Staffordshire

Beneficiaries

This fund cannot support any organisation whose primary beneficiaries are

• Not resident in the parish of Kingsley

Ineligible Costs

This fund will not offer support for the following costs;

• Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion, (although religious organisations can be funded for non-religious projects)
• Party political activities, (where one particular political party is promoted above another)
• Less than 33% of the whole project cost

The following documents must be provided with your application form.  If you fail to provide these documents your application will not be considered for funding.  All documents should be submitted at the time of application.

• A copy of your governing document, (constitution or Memorandum and Articles of Association)
• A copy of your most recent accounts, (audited or independently examined)
• A recent bank statement, (dated within the last three months clearly showing account number and sort code)
• A copy of your safeguarding policy
• At least three quotes for any capital items

In addition, for large projects you would be expected to provide;

• A copy of your business plan
• Copies of community consultations to show that your project is needed, wanted and supported by the local community
• Architectural plans if your work is to involve changes or adaptations to an existing building or piece of land
• Outline permission for any permanent structural or development work to take place
• Evidence that your project or development is needed, (anecdotal evidence would not be accepted)

The following dates are submission dates and panel dates for 2018 and 2019.

• Applications submitted before 30th October 2018 will go to the panel in November 2018
• Applications submitted after 30th October 2018, but before 30th April 2019 will go to the panel on 15th May 2019
• Applications submitted after 30th April 2019, but before 30th October 2019 will go to the panel on 13th November 2019
• Applications submitted after 30th October 2019 will go to the panel in May 2020