Beyond Birmingham 2022 - Celebrating Communities Fund round 1 summer 2023

Funding criteria

Criteria:

  • Applications will be considered for up to £10,000
  • Only one application per organisation will be considered
  • Activity must take place in the ward applied to
  • Multi-ward applications will not be considered in this grant round
  • Groups and organisations previously funded by the Neighbourhood Development Support Unit (NDSU), who have not returned an evaluation, will not be considered

Typically, we will award grants to:

  • Voluntary-led organisations with charitable aims
  • Registered charities and charitable incorporated organisations
  • Social enterprises
  • Community interest groups and companies
  • Companies limited by guarantee that have charitable aims
  • Schools

Important: Small and new groups, which are not constituted may apply under the umbrella of another group, which will act as a fund holder for the grant.

All applications will need a statement from a sponsor. A sponsor could be:

  • one of the Neighbourhood Network Schemes, Early Help Voluntary Sector Leads
  • Birmingham Voluntary Service Council, or
  • a local formally constituted community organisation.

Groups can also collaborate and apply as ‘collectives’ if there is added benefit for the local community.

We cannot support:

  • For profit businesses
  • National programmes without a specific benefit to Birmingham
  • Projects that are based outside Birmingham
  • Projects within a ward that does not have a ward plan
  • Projects which have already taken place, or items purchased prior to or during a grant application
  • Unspecified expenditure for general appeals or fund-raising events/activities
  • Requests to build reserves
  • Funding for statutory obligations
  • Political activities
  • Individuals

To be eligible you should have:

  • A management committee - (the people who are responsible and make decisions) with a minimum of three unrelated people
  • A signed constitution - or set of rules
  • A bank account in the name of your group which requires two signatories/dual authorisation
  • A financial policy - a document which lays out how you manage money and payments
  • If you work with children, young people or vulnerable adults you must have a safeguarding policy

Page last updated: 9 June 2023

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