Celebrating Diversity Grants - Worcestershire

Application Deadline:
29 October 2010

Financial assistance is available to voluntary and community groups in Worcestershire for projects and activities that celebrate diversity within the county.
Details

Fund Value: £ 5,000 Maximum Value: £ 1,000

Extended Description

The Celebrating Diversity Grants scheme is provided and administered by Worcestershire County Council as part of its annual Community Grants Programme.

Funding is intended to help voluntary and community groups contribute to the celebration of diversity in Worcestershire County through raising knowledge and understanding of different cultures and encouraging interaction. Grants should support opportunities for communities to experience and take part in creative activities around diversity.
Latest Information

Applications are due by 4.00 pm on 29 October 2010 with notification of a decision in January 2011.

Key Criteria

To be eligible, applicants must:

* Be a non-statutory organisation.
* Be formally constituted.
* Have a management committee.
* Have a bank or building society account in the name of the organisation with at least two unrelated signatories.
* Operate in the not-for-profit sector.
* Demonstrate their ability, through a grant award, to deliver benefit to the community within the period of the grant.
* Run activities that benefit residents of Worcestershire.
* Have activities that clearly contribute to or support the Council's funding priorities.

Projects will be assessed against the following criteria:

* Raise knowledge and understanding of the diversity that can be found within Worcestershire.
* Encourage interaction between local residents.
* Build strong and positive relationships between people from different backgrounds.
* Be accessible to the wider community.
* Show that the event is needed and that there is local demand for it.
* Show a relevant degree of planning and management.

Eligible Expenditure

Costs associated with events and activities that celebrate cultural diversity.
Restrictions

The following are not eligible for funding:

* The purchase of equipment or furniture.
* Fund-raising events.
* Ongoing costs.
* Events which recur annually.
* Groups that are politically affiliated or politically active.
* Activities or projects that promote religion or a political party. (Please note that faith-based groups who want to deliver community based projects may apply.)
* Groups that can fund the event themselves.

Application Procedure

Application packs are available on the Worcestershire County Council website when the scheme is available.

Applications can be submitted by registered post, by email to Stephanie Jones, or hand delivered to the VSC Unit in County Hall.

Contact the Council for further information.
Addresses and contacts

For further information on how to obtain this funding opportunity locally, please contact the following:

Contact details:
Rukshana Koser
Worcestershire County Council
Planning, Economy and Performance Directorate
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Telephone:
01905 766938


Contact details:
Suzy James
Worcestershire County Council
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Telephone:
01905 728650

Contact details:
Stephanie Jones
Worcestershire County Council
County Hall
Spetchley Road
Worcester
WR5 2NP
Telephone:
01905 766885