Throughout the Borough there are a range of funding opportunities available to be applied for by community groups and individuals. To find out more and how to get involved please see the available funding opportunities in more detail below

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This fund has been established to address need arising from the pandemic to support the immediate resilience of the voluntary and community sector in the Borough. The sector continues to be at the forefront of Bury’s Covid response and the importance of this is set out in the Bury 2030 Strategy.

Covid has resulted in organisations not being able to generate income through certain channels including subscriptions, room hire and activities, at a time with additional pandemic related costs.

Applications should focus on the resilience and sustainability of a voluntary, community or social enterprise organisation and/or service impacted by Coronavirus. In particular it should focus on:

• Address shortfalls as a result of lost income due to Coronavirus restrictions

And/or

• Support initiatives to address emerging ‘COVID-related’ community specific needs or opportunities.

Please note this is a one-off funding opportunity and not a recurring funding programme.

Criteria:

• Voluntary, community groups, mutual aid and social enterprises are eligible to apply
• Maximum of one application per organisation
• Maximum grant of £1,000. This is a maximum so please only apply for what is needed. Organisations should set out their rationale for the amount requested, eg costed breakdown in terms of loss of income or additional expenditure.
• Priority will be given to organisations with an annual turnover below £100,000 per annum.
• Grants will not be provided for general food provision through this fund as this activity is funded through other means as part of the Bury’s Covid response.

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Let's get Radcliffe moving

Apply for funding - Volunteers, community-groups and schools can apply for funding to run activites and events that encourage the people of Radcliffe to be more active, more often.

• Community groups and individuals can be awarded up to £500
• Groups working in partnership with others can be awarded up to £1500
• Schools can be awarded up to £1000

If it helps get Radcliffe people moving...that counts

It's simple and easy to apply. No forms to fill in, just tell us your ideas. Why not send us a short video?

For full details visit www.buryvcfa.org.uk/grants #getmoving or email Neil Gibson at Neil.Gibson@buryvcfa.org.uk or phone on 0161 518 5550

That counts is delivered by GM Moving with funds from Sport England - thatcounts.co.uk

Bury VCFA is delighted to announce that the 2020/21 Standing Together Fund is now open for applications.

The main focus of the Fund is to support Community Safety. Awards of up to £5,000 are available, with awards of up to £10,000 available for exceptional or partnership projects.

For guidelines and an application form, visit: https://www.buryvcfa.org.uk/grant

Community Capital Fund (previously known as Social Capital Fund)

How much and what is the fund?

Bury Council in conjunction with the previous leader of the council, Rishi Shori has allocated £600,000 to communities to fund community capital projects (nominally £100,000 per Neighbourhood). This is a one off fund to be used over a three year period.

Criteria

The criteria is set around improving the lives, health and wellbeing of local people and via an application process. An applicant would have to clearly demonstrate how the Community Capital Fund (previously known as Social Capital Fund) would be used to enable delivery of a project or scheme to meet this criteria.

Who could apply for funding?

Any person, community group (constituted or none constituted) or voluntary community and faith organisation (not for religious purposes) in Bury could apply for the funding where it is demonstrated the needs of the criteria are met.

Please note - Important Information

Applicants for the Community Capital Fund can apply for up to £10,000 for their project or scheme.

The Community Capital Fund (previously known as the Social Capital Fund) will only fund individual groups up to £10,000. Therefore, if in year one your group was successful in securing £10,000, you will not be considered this year.

However, if you have received less than this, you will be able to apply for the balance in year two - for example, if your application last year was for £10,000 and you were awarded only £5000, you will be able to apply for £5,000 this year, for the same or a different project.

Application Process

The application process will be open on Tuesday 8th October 2019 and close on the 22nd November 2019 (12 noon) Those successful at the application stage will be put forward to a panel. Following the panel decision applicants would be notified if they were successful or not and if successful how much funding they are awarded. A Service Level Agreement would be drawn up outlining detail of the monies awarded and project deliverables. The neighbourhood engagement team will help support applicants to implement their project where possible and measure the impacts of the project on people’s lives.

When does the funding run:

The funding for 2019 is currently underway and application entries have closed.

How will our citizens know about what has been funded?

The Neighbourhood Engagement Team will update this dedicated page on One Community linked to the Bury Directory, council website and partner websites such as the VCFA. This will be titled community grant funding and will host information on grant funding opportunities in Bury that the Council are linked into and also details on those funding applications that were successful.

For further information contact the Neighbourhood engagement team on 0161 253 5127, email: neighbourhood.engagement@bury.gov.uk

Pitch Community Fund 2019/20

Aims/priorities:

Bury Council’s ‘Pitch’ Community Funding was launched in 2017 and is available to constituted and non-constituted groups, special interest groups and residents who are undertaking projects that will contribute to improving the health and well being of local people within their community.

Projects must be delivered in the area identified for local residents and should be community led and demonstrate that they help people to help themselves and others live a good life. The grant must be spent within 6 months at the very latest but the activities can continue afterwards.

Who can apply?

Groups do not need to be constituted, but will need their own group account or nominate a recognised organisation e.g. (Church, Community Centre, School) to act as a banker.

The Process

If you have an idea for a project you will be asked to complete an application form with all the relevant information about your project, including how it will benefit the health & well being of local people. If applicable you will then be asked to come and present your project idea to members of the local community at the relevant Pitch event.

New for Summer 2019 is the inclusion of an online vote, where you will have the opportunity to submit a short 3 minute video about your project, and or a side of A4 describing/showcasing your project, before people are given the opportunity to vote through One Community for their favourite projects ahead of the public Pitch event. By voting online it means you will be unable to vote on the day of The Pitch but will still be more than welcome to attend and network with other groups and members of the public. On the closing day of each event, the chance to cast your vote will be removed as of 12 noon and if you still wish to vote you must attend the event, please check below for more details

What happens at The Pitch?

• Applicants present a 3 minute pitch about their project
• Attendees are asked to mark FIVE projects on the ballot paper (Vote for three in Radcliffe)
• Votes are counted and results announced at the event

Who can vote?

Anyone who lives, works or has an interest in each of our six neighbourhoods are eligible to vote at their respective Pitch event or through the preceding online vote. All groups applying for Pitch funding should actively promote their project idea within their community, to encourage support from local people at the event and the public vote.

By promoting your project idea you will help the community to better understand what potential local projects are being planned for their areas and encourage support for your project at the Pitch event and online vote.

By voting online it means you will be unable to vote on the day of The Pitch but will still be more than welcome to attend and network with other groups and members of the public.

Grant amount:

Applicants can apply for up to a maximum of £1,500.

When does the funding run?

The Pitch funding runs twice each year, one of which taking part around February/March and the other later in the year around September time, dates will be announced here on the community grants funding page.

To view winners for The Pitch September 2019 click here - LATEST!

To view winners for The Pitch - Bury East 2017-2019

To view winners for The Pitch - Bury West 2017-2019

To view winners for The Pitch - Prestwich 2017-2019

To view winners for The Pitch - Radcliffe 2017-2019

To view winners for The Pitch - Ramsbottom, Tottington and North Manor 2017-2019

To view winners for The Pitch - Whitefield and Unsworth 2017-2019

Pitch 2020 Funding events will be posted here

Contact Information:

For further information please contact your respective Neighbourhood Engagement Coordinator:

Bury East, Ramsbottom, Tottington, North Manor: Kim Griffiths 0161 253 6531 K.Griffiths@bury.gov.uk

Bury West, Radcliffe:Christine Maksymowski 0161 253 7941 C.Maksymowski@bury.gov.uk

Prestwich, Whitefield Unsworth: Kathy Hoyle 0161 253 7931 K.Hoyle@bury.gov.uk

Elected Member Discretionary Budgets were introduced in 2017 to enhance the ability of our Ward Members, as democratically elected representatives, to improve the quality of life and wellbeing of their local communities. Each Elected Member has an annual budget of £1000 which they can use to support local community led projects and initiatives within their Ward or Township.

To enquire about the possibility of accessing this funding for your project please either make contact with your respective Ward Members or contact the Neighbourhood Engagement Team at neighbourhood.engagement@bury.gov.uk for further information.

You can find a list of your respective ward members by clicking here

Golden Rules

Make a call

• Before making a start on your application, call the funder to make sure your project meets their criteria.