Horsham District Council Community Grant

Eligibility

• The organisation must be based in Horsham District or provide activities that benefit District residents.
• The applying organisation must be a local voluntary, registered charity, community or not-for-profit.
• The organisation must be properly constituted with its own bank account, with at least two unrelated signatories.
• Projects must not unfairly exclude individuals from participation.
• Annual subscriptions, joining fees and session charges should be affordable to all.
• Horsham District Council will not support projects that promote specific political or religious views.
• Organisations must have the necessary policies in place including a safeguarding policy for children, young people and vulnerable adults, equal opportunities, insurance and health and safety where appropriate.

Read the information below, before you start the application, as well as our Grants Policy.

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You will need to complete the application in one go, you will be unable to save/exit.

You will need to have the following information to hand:

Information about your organisation, for example

• Charity number (if it’s a charity, company registration number if a company)
• Names and contact details of bank account signatories.
• Safeguarding for Young People & Vulnerable Adults’ Policy if applicable
• Equal Opportunities Policy
• How many people involved in organisation.
• Membership of any national body or institution
• Accounting information, recent bank statements and last two years' annual accounts
• Details of the project

What supporting documents do you need with your application?

You will need to provide information to accompany your application form, depending on the category of project you are applying for and your organisation type.

All applicants will need to provide the following:

• Constitution or set of rules.
• Last two years' annual accounts or statement of income and expenditure
• Recent original bank statement from any current and investment account
• Names of authorisations of bank account
• Equal Opportunities Policy
• Safeguarding Policy (if applicable)
• Vulnerable Adults Policy (if applicable).

In addition to the above:

If the project involves the purchase of equipment above £500 per item, then two alternative quotes are required.

Submission deadlines are:

• 30th April - awards made 31st May
• 30th June - awards made 31st July
• 30th September - awards made 31st October
• 31st January - awards made 28th February

Apply for funding

Apply for a Community Grant by filling in our online application form.

If you require support filling in your application or clarity around if you qualify, please contact the Grants and Funding Officer.

Monitoring

If successful with your grant application, you will be required to provide a monitoring report. This must be returned one year after project end or earlier if seasonal.

Monitoring Report Form