Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council: Social Connections Grant

Overview

This Programme will provide small grants to community and voluntary organisations to address loneliness and isolation and build social connections.

Example projects might be delivering programmes with a warm and friendly welcome, such as an arts and craft programme or nutrition and cooking programme. Your group might wish to extend your activities and open up for more people.

Programme Objectives

Your project should:

• create more opportunities to bring people together to make connections doing something they enjoy;
• help to reduce the social isolation that can be a result of living in poverty;
• reach people who may be less likely to attend community activities;
• enable local activities to become more accessible;
• involve the people who will benefit from the project in shaping your project

Grant amount

Up to £500

• Applicants can apply for grants of 100% of costs, towards project revenue costs.
• Council reserves the right to reduce the amount of funding awarded if we do not consider that the amount applied for represents value for money.
• Organisations can only hold one award from the Social Connections Grant Programme

Who can apply

• Constituted community and voluntary organisations in Causeway Coast and Glens or who have their main activities based in the Causeway Coast and Glens. Must have a bank/building society account. (Organisations not formerly constituted may wish to speak to a constituted organisation to lead on your behalf.)

See Guidance Notes for further T&Cs.

What they will fund

Applicants can apply for grants of 100% of costs up to a maximum of £500 towards project/ activity costs. The types of expenditure that the grant can contribute towards include:

• Venue hire
• Activity costs, such as facilitator or tutor fees
• Materials and small items of equipment (up to a maximum of £250)
• Marketing and publicity (up to maximum of £100)
• Refreshment costs (no more than 50% of grant up to maximum of £250)
• Transport costs including volunteer travel expenses (transport outside of Causeway Coast and Glens will only be considered if the activity cannot be accessed within the Borough. The amount applied for towards transport costs must not exceed £250)
• Organisations that are applying for Warm Space type projects can apply for essential operating costs such as heating and electricity (no more than 50% of grant up to maximum of £250), as long as they don’t have a Community Development Support Grant in place.

Please read full Guidance Notes for details of items that they will not fund.