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Scottish
Community Foundation
The Scottish
Community Foundation was established in 1996 to support locally
based charities and community groups throughout Scotland.
The funding for the Comic Relief Communities Programme is
devolved to the Community Foundation Network.
General
and Express Grants
What
is the funding for?
Community
Grants is the SCF's general grants programme, making grants
to a broad cross section of constituted groups involved in
social welfare and community development activities.
Within
the Scottish Community Foundation’s Community Grants
programme, there are two categories:
* Express
Grants (awards of £250 to £2,000)
* Main Grants (awards of £2,000 to £5,000)
The majority
of the funding is directed at locally based work carried out,
and often initiated by, members of that local community. Therefore
they currently only consider applications from smaller organisations
that have an income of less than £250,000 per annum.
Equally
they will only accept applications for relatively small projects,
where the amount requested from them is at least 25% of the
total project costs. This ensures that the funds they distribute
make the greatest difference.
They don't
fund activities for more than 12 months, and grants must be
spent within one year.
Within
these limits, and apart from the other exclusions which can
be found in their website, there are no restrictions on the
kind of things they can fund. They can accept applications
for help with running costs or project expenses and they can
fund up to 100% of the relevant costs.
How
much money is available?
Express Grants: upto £2,000
Main Grants:
upto £5,000
If
successful, you cannot reapply for the same type of grant
(i.e. Express or Main) for another 8 months. But you can apply
for one of the other size grants. E.g. A group that receives
a Main Grant in May of one year, will not be able to apply
for another Main Grant until the following January. However,
they could still apply for an Express Grant.
Who
can apply?
Any constituted, not for profit group or organisation.
When
to apply
It is a rolling programme with no deadlines.
How
to apply
Application forms are available from:
Scottish Community Foundation, Suite 3.4, Turnberry House,
175 West George Street, Glasgow. G2 2LB Tel: 0141 225 6670
or 0131 524 0300 email: grants@scottishcf.org
Or, forms can be downloaded from:
www.scottishcf.org
They make
decisions within 3 months of receiving an application
for Main Grants and within 6 weeks for Express Grants.
Application
forms should be signed and posted to their Glasgow office:
Key words: community, express, conservation,
employment, environment, regeneration
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