Kingsley Community Fund

Kingsley Community Fund

The Kingsley Community Fund was established in 2017, from the proceeds of the sale of the former youth and community centre. The aims of the fund are broadly in line with the remit of the youth and community centre, that being to support the community of the parish of Kingsley, with a strong preference towards children and young people.

About Grants from the Kingsley Community Fund

There are two tiers of funding available from the Kingsley Community Fund.

• The first tier is for grants up to £1000, and applications can be made directly from this page.
• The second tier is for grants up to £20,000, but before applying you must first contact The Community Foundation on 01785 339540. Applications will not be accepted if you have not first discussed your project with us. These grants will be awarded to organisations who provide facilities or services for people in the parish of Kingsley, (with a strong preference towards children and young people). The aim is to enhance the provision of service and to help make organisations more efficient, to improve the scope of their provision, or to provide facilities to the local community. We would prefer to fund capital projects, (work on buildings and equipment), as opposed to revenue expenses and running costs, unless your project involves an extension to a pre-existing service. For projects that are seeking more funding than £1000 we would expect to see business plans, community consultation documents, evidence that your project could be successful, (rather than solely anecdotal evidence), and, if your project is for work on a building or piece of land, we would expect to see architectural plans and permission for development.

We would like any grant received from us to be worth at least 33% of the overall project value. For larger projects you would need to show evidence that you had secured any other necessary funding before any funding is released from this fund.

Geographic Reach We Will Fund

We will support organisations based in, or working for the benefit of people in the following local authority areas;

• Staffordshire Moorlands, (but only those based in the parish of Kingsley)

Geographical Reach We Cannot Fund

This fund cannot support organisations who are based in, or working in the following local authority areas;

• Cannock Chase, East Staffordshire, Lichfield, Newcastle under Lyme, South Staffordshire, Stafford, Stoke on Trent or Tamworth
• Any part of the Staffordshire Moorlands outside the Kingsley Parish Council area
• Any area outside Staffordshire

Beneficiaries We Can Support

In order to qualify for a grant from this scheme your project must be supporting the following types of beneficiary;

• People resident in the parish of Kingsley in the Staffordshire Moorlands
• A strong preference towards children and young people

Beneficiaries We Cannot Support

This fund cannot support any organisation whose primary beneficiaries are

• Not a resident in the parish of Kingsley

Project Aims

• Your project must meet one of the following criteria;
• Increase or enhance your current service provision
• Make your organisation more efficient, more sustainable or more resilient
• Be used to improve facilities for your service users
• Be used to provide facilities that will benefit the people of Kingsley, (with a strong preference towards children and young people)

Eligible Costs

• Equipment costs
• Capital costs
• Training costs
• Core costs
• Event costs
• One off project costs

Ineligible Costs

This fund will not offer support for the following costs;

• Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion, (although religious organisations can be funded for non-religious projects)
• Party political activities, (where one particular political party is promoted above another)
• Less than 33% of the whole project cost

Documents You Must Submit With Your Application

The following documents must be provided with your application form. If you fail to provide these documents your application will not be considered for funding. All documents should be submitted at the time of application.

• A copy of your governing document, (constitution or Memorandum and Articles of Association)
• A copy of your most recent accounts, (audited or independently examined)
• A recent bank statement, (dated within the last three months clearly showing account number and sort code)
• A copy of your safeguarding policy
• At least three quotes for any capital items

In addition, for large projects you would be expected to provide;

• A copy of your business plan
• Copies of community consultations to show that your project is needed, wanted and supported by the local community
• Architectural plans if your work is to involve changes or adaptations to an existing building or piece of land
• Outline permission for any permanent structural or development work to take place
• Evidence that your project or development is needed, (anecdotal evidence would not be accepted)

Types of Organisation We Will Fund

We will support the following types of organisation;

• Constituted community groups
• Constituted voluntary groups
• Registered Charities
• Social Enterprises

Types of Organisation We Cannot Fund

This fund will not offer funding to the following organisations;

• Non-constituted community groups
• Non-constituted voluntary groups
• Organisations that have been established less than 12 months
• Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery Statutory organisations
• Limited companies, sole traders or partnerships without charitable aims