Joyce Wilkinson Charitable Trust Fund

Grants for voluntary and community groups operating or providing charitable activities in or close to the parishes of Rosley and Westward, Wigton, and Aspatria in North Cumbria.

Donor Joyce Wilkinson Trust Fund. The Fund was created by Joyce Wilkinson who lived in Rosley and Westward all her life, enjoyed village life and did a lot of work for her community. On her death, she left much of her estate to endow a Trust to support charitable activities in and around her home. Cumbria Community Foundation administers this Trust in association with the Trustees of the Joyce Wilkinson Trust.

Priority will be given to groups which:

• help people, particularly older adults and children and young people • manage village facilities such as halls, play areas, and schools • operate or provide services in or close to the parishes of Rosley, Westward, Wigton, and Aspatria

Examples of projects supported:

• local play groups and nurseries • refurbishment and equipment for village halls and community buildings • youth group activities and equipment • local support group for people affected by heart conditions and strokes

What the fund will not support in addition to our normal exclusions

• individuals

How much can you apply for?

There is no minimum or maximum grant award. Each application is judged on its merits, in particular, proximity to Rosley and Westward.

What we will fund:

• Projects where the majority of people who will benefit are disadvantaged
• Groups working with children where the majority are disadvantaged or have special needs
• Groups with 12 months or less running costs in unrestricted reserves
• Groups operating within the county of Cumbria (Except Beckburn Windfarm and Cumberland Building Society Community Fund – please refer to the fund pages for the full area of benefit)
• Groups with a registered address and/or local voluntary management committee or Board of Trustees in Cumbria (Except Beckburn Windfarm and Cumberland Building Society Community Fund – please refer to fund pages for the full area of benefit)
• Core costs and overheads for your organisation
• Salaries and equipment purchases
• Capital projects that meet our fund criteria

What we won’t fund:

• Animal welfare
• Contact boxing, except where donor-advised
• Businesses and personal profit
• Deficit funding
• General large appeals
• Medical research and equipment, except where donor-advised
• Activities that are normally the responsibility of central or local government
• Awards from the same fund in a 12 month period
• Projects which duplicate an existing service in an area
• Fundraisers and fundraising events
• Advancement of religion including buildings solely for religious purposes, except where donor-advised
• Party political activities
• Retrospective funding unless through a disaster appeal
• Purchase of vehicle, except where donor-advised
• Groups or individuals who have not returned their monitoring form
• Beautification projects, except where donor-advised
• National organisations that do not have a local presence within Cumbria

Safeguarding relates to the actions taken to promote the welfare and wellbeing of children, young people and vulnerable adults, and to protect them from harm, abuse and neglect.

The trustees of an organisation have the primary responsibility for safeguarding beneficiaries, staff and volunteers, and must take all the necessary steps to ensure that their organisation is operating in a safe and secure environment. This includes staff and volunteers receiving appropriate training and support to prevent safeguarding issues arising, or to spot signs of abuse; robust procedures for reporting abuse in a timely and objective manner, and clear accountability structures, including a named contact for any safeguarding issues.

Cumbria Community Foundation takes the safeguarding of children and adults at risk seriously and we expect organisations applying for our funding to have a safeguarding policy that is up-to-date and relevant to their beneficiaries.

Who can apply? • voluntary and community groups operating or providing charitable activities in or close to the parishes of Rosley and Westward, Wigton, and Aspatria in North Cumbria

We make grants to a wide range of organisations. We are particularly keen to help grassroots community groups and small-to-medium-sized voluntary organisations. We do not normally make grants to large UK-wide charities, but we might do so where there are strong relationships in our area and the proposal has the potential to achieve a substantial impact.

You do not have to be a registered charity to apply, but the work you ask us to support must be legally charitable.

Volunteer-led organisations, registered charities and CIOs must:

• Have a management committee with a minimum of three unrelated members
• Have a bank or building society account in the name of the organisation/group, with a minimum of two unrelated bank signatories
• Have charitable aims, evidenced by the governing document.
• Provide evidence of good governance practices and sound financial management including being registered with the Charity Commission, Community Amateur Sports Club (CASC) or other governing body, depending on the size of the organisation, annual accounts.
• Register with the Charity Commission if your charitable organisation is based in England or Wales and has over £5,000 income per year.

Social enterprises, Community Interest Companies (CIC) and other companies must:

• Have a management committee with a minimum of three directors, or four directors if two are related. The majority of directors should be unpaid. Directors should have equal voting rights.
• Have a bank or building society account in the name of the organisation/company, with a minimum of two unrelated bank signatories.
• Have clear charitable purposes and a defined social benefit, evidenced by Articles of Association and community benefit statement. Please also supply your CIC 34 report (if this has been made available).
• Provide evidence of good governance practices and sound financial management, including having a recognised status (e.g. a company limited by guarantee), and be registered with the necessary relevant body (e.g. Companies House, CIC regulator, annual accounts.
• Ensure an Asset Lock body is named and has objectives both charitable and similar to the CIC, ensuring benefit to the community.