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Funding under the Main Grant scheme would normally range between £1,000 and £5,000 per programme. Calls for applications will occur once per annum.
Applicants can only be awarded funding under one of the available
funds i.e. Main Grant Aid or Support Grant Aid. Those organisations
in receipt of Service Level Agreements from Derry
City Council cannot apply for Main Grant Aid or Support Grant
Aid.
Due to the anticipated demand for this grant, Derry City Council has
opted to cap the level and amount of grants being awarded
to applicant groups
in each individual programme category. Applicants may, if they
wish, make multiple applications as long as each application
is a ‘stand alone’ project
that is accompanied by all the relevant additional information.
For example an organisation may make three separate applications to
a specific programme. All applications are deemed eligible and are given
a high score by the selection panel. Each of the three applications
is
asking for a grant of £2,000 giving a total grant from Derry City
Council to the group of £6,000. In this instance Derry City Council
would only be in a position to award a maximum of £5,000 for the
three applications. Please note however that applicant groups are permitted
to make more than one application, up to £5,000 across a range of
programmes provided that each application is for a different
project and is accompanied by all the relevant additional information.
Derry City Council Grant Aid programmes aim to encourage and facilitate activities which enhance and develop the Derry City Council area and improve the quality of life for its citizens.
Applicants must clearly indicate that their application is made on behalf
of an organisation which benefits the Derry City Council area.
Council will only award grants to projects which benefit people
from within the district council boundaries.
Council will fund hire charges for Council owned venues and
Council owned equipment for specific projects.
Council will not fund...
Council will not fund activities related to the promotion of religious or political interests, profit making organisations, projects that are clearly the responsibility of another statutory body or the repayment of debts or retrospective grants. Council will not fund events, festivals etc. which have the primary purpose of raising money for charities.
Council will not fund applications for specific projects which
are clearly the responsibility of other statutory bodies.
Consideration will only be given to those projects which
benefit the wider community.
A new Policy for the Support of Publications on the History and
Heritage of the City and District of Derry/Londonderry is
in place. For further information please contact the Head
of Heritage and Museum Services.
Catering/Refreshments/Hospitality can be funded 25% of the total eligible
project costs up to a maximum of £1250. Council do not fund
alcohol.
Council reserve the right to cap the amount spent on accommodation depending
on the needs of the project. Council rates will be used as
a guideline.
Applicants must be a constituted group/organisation, have a list of committee members, produce annual reports or minutes of an annual general meeting and produce audited accounts or records of income and expenditure for grant aid support.
Projects must comply with all domestic legislation and comply with
provisions and requirements of all and any act of parliment,
orders of Council, statutory instruments, regulations and
bye-laws. Where a Project is reponsible for the employment
of staff, - employment conditions and practices must comply
with all the relevant employment legislations and should take account
of current good practice in relations to employment rights
and equal opportunities.
Under Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 Derry City Council encourages
applicants to have due regard to the need to promote equality
of opportunity and to have regard to the desirability of promoting
good relations between
persons of different religious belief, political opinion or
racial group, age, marital status, sexual orientation between
men and women generally, between persons with a disability
and persons without and between persons with dependants and
persons without. If you
have a policy in relation to this please attach it to your
application.
Please provide Child Protection Policy if applicable to your organisation.
Grant Aid to these projects depend on receipt of your Child
Protection Policy.
Failure to spend/claim your Grant Aid award
may be detrimental in subsequent Grant Aid applications.
If you need further clarification on the programme selection criteria please contact the relevant officer (see contact page).
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