Armagh City, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council (ABC): King's Coronation

Overview

Grants are available to support the delivery of community events in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon that will celebrate the coronation of His Majesty the King in May 2023.

The funding is intended to provide financial support to local voluntary and community groups wishing to deliver events to celebrate the coronation during the period Friday 5th to Monday 8th May 2023.

Eligibility

Except where specifically stated for certain grant programmes, applications will only be accepted from formally constituted, community managed, and autonomous organisations. Such organisations should be not-for-personal profit, with wider community interests at heart, working at a local community level.

The organisation’s governing document must clearly state that:

Membership is inclusive of the identified community and open to its full range of opinion;
Each year the organisation holds an Annual General Meeting (AGM) at which each member has an equal vote;
The organisation has a management committee or board of directors which is appointed at the AGM using a clear democratic process for the selection of members i.e. election;
The committee/board presents the report for the year at the AGM; and
An annual statement of accounts is presented at the AGM

Purpose

For local small scale community events or activities to celebrate the Kings Coronation

Example projects

The type of event Council may fund includes a tea party, an exhibition, a talk, a social event for young and old.

Funding

up to £400 towards eligible costs

Programme Eligibility

Groups must:

Be community based/not for personal profit
Only submit one application to celebrate the Kings Coronation

Events must:

have 90% of the beneficiaries from the Council area
not duplicate other events planned by Council to celebrate the Kings Coronation
take place between the 1 st April and 31st October 2023.

Programme Objectives

Your project should deliver the following two objectives:

Celebrate the Kings Coronation in a spirit of mutual respect, inclusiveness and reconciliation
Aim to build relationships across communities

Notes:

a) Applications to this event do not count towards a group’s maximum two successful grants limit under the Financial Assistance Programme

b) Applications from different organisations in respect of the same event will not be accepted

c) Food will be an eligible cost under this grant programme

d) This grant programme will be open for applications in February 2023 as part of a Kings Coronation Additional Call only

e) Council will agree a budget for this grant programme. If the budget is oversubscribed, successful applicants will be offered a percentage of what they have requested in line with the level of oversubscription.

f) Applicants must have a constitution in the group’s own name. Applications are also eligible from organisations who may not have a constitution in their own name but who are a recognised branch of a national/regional organisation. Such branches can apply in their own name.

g) With the exception of food which must be clearly demonstrated and linked to the event, normal FAP eligible and ineligible costs will apply.

h) Alcohol is an ineligible cost

i) Events must clearly linked to the Kings Coronation ie.. trips of any kind are ineligible,

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