European Year of Volunteering 2011 Small Grants Programme
Overview
The European Year of Volunteering 2011 has four objectives:
· Creating an enabling environment for volunteering
· Improving the quality of voluntary activities
· Rewarding and recognizing voluntary activities, and
· Raising awareness about the value and importance of volunteering
The European Year of Volunteering 2011 Small Grants Programme funding is based on the achievement of these objectives. Applicants for small grants must meet the following eligibility criteria before their application can be considered:
Organisations must be:
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Independent
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Established for charitable
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Properly constituted
Organisations must be able to demonstrate that the project will:
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Tackle need or disadvantage and benefit the local community or community of interest
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Be made up of at least 40% volunteers not in paid work
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Promote diversity and make volunteering more inclusive
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Grants cannot be made to individuals or to statutory or commercial organisations.
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Grants cannot be made to groups with an annual income in the previous financial year of more than £100,000.
Organisations cannot receive more than one grant from the European Year of Volunteering 2011 small grants programme. If there are insufficient resources to fund all eligible applications, the following selection criteria will be used to decide which projects to fund. Applications will be assessed primarily on the basis of their potential to achieve the objectives of the European Year of Volunteering 2011. Applications will also be assessed on the basis of their potential to achieve the following objectives:
· Overall increase in the number of volunteers
· Increase in number of volunteers from under-represented groups
· Benefit to the local community or community of interest