Causeway Coast & Glens District Council: Town Twinning Fund

Overview

• The budget available for twinning is £10,000 and each of the 4 legacy Council twinning associations can apply for up to £5,000 per year.
• The Funding Unit will administer the grant on a project-by-project basis from 2025/26

Levels of Grant Award

Grants are available for maximum of 100% of the total projects cost up to a maximum of £5,000

General Principles

In line with Council’s Grant Funding Policy the overarching principle for all Council grant funding is that of meeting local needs which have been identified and prioritised by Council or by others but acknowledged by Council. Any activity that cannot be shown to meet the following basic requirements will not be provided with funding:

• Have a clearly identified need.
• Can deliver outcomes which meet this need.
• Deliver cost effective and quality service provision, fitting with the purpose and remit of the funding.
• Be delivered by a credible organisation with the capacity to deliver the project as stated.
• Reflect the statutory remit of Causeway Coast and Glens Borough Council, aligning with Council’s Corporate Plan, the relevant Service plan and that they can meet the specific criteria of the fund.
• Applicants must demonstrate their commitment to promoting Good Relations and Equality of Opportunity.
• In the interests of transparency, equality and accountability all applicants will have a right of appeal should their application be rejected.

Who Can Apply?

• Formally constituted Twinning Association based in the Causeway Coast and Glens area whose twinning arrangements have been formally endorsed by Council.
• To be eligible for grant-aid, you will have to show that your organisation is a bona fide organisation that is well run and that it has a properly adopted “Governing Document” such as a constitution or memorandum and articles of association which clearly show that it is non-profit making and taking. Evidence that a constitution has been formally adopted must be supplied.
• Twinning Association with a formal memorandum of understanding in place with their twinned counterparts. A copy of this documentation must be provided.

What can be funded?

Eligible items of expenditure may include:

• Venue hire
• Transport
• Equipment hire
• Signage
• Advertising, marketing and media costs
• Printing
• Administration (stationery, postage etc.)
• Hospitality