Criteria
Who can apply a Thriving Community Grant?
- Community or voluntary groups
- Registered charities
- Community interest companies
- Town and parish councils
- Art, music, performance, nature-based and sports groups
- Faith-based groups (where the application demonstrates that the project will bring wider community benefit and the primary purpose of the activity is not religious)
Who can’t apply?
- Organisations where activities focus on children and young people
- Sole traders
- Statutory organisations except for Town and Parish Councils
- Schools and academies
- Organisations located outside of Gloucestershire
- For-profit businesses
What is the grant for?
- Projects that help adults to stay well and support them to live independently for as long as possible
- Developing community connections, social networks and building resilience
- Promoting inclusive independence and wellbeing in adults
- Providing place-based activities (activities in residential communities), for example community-led activities)
What can the grant money be used for?
- Costs to set up a new project or maintain an existing project
- Staffing costs
- Volunteer expenses
- Project/programme delivery costs
- Equipment costs
- Core funding (for example, insurance, rent, utilities)
- Transport costs (for example, taxis)
- Continued delivery of projects or increased activity to meet demand
What can't the grant money be used for?
- Capital (building and planning works)
- Consultancy costs
- Vehicles
Grant conditions
- We will support applications from a minimum of £500 up to £7,500
- You must have a bank or building society account in the name of your organisation or group
- There must be two or more signatories for the bank or building society
- You must be a not-for-profit organisation. We cannot fund sole traders or any organisation with less than two unrelated directors or signatories
- Organisations that are funded will be required to monitor and evaluate the outcomes of their project
- Sign up to your local ‘Know your Patch’ network and register your group/organisation on YourCircle