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Appendix B: Funding Criteria for the Community Strategy Grants budget

The following criteria should be taken into consideration when preparing a submission for funding. They are intended as guidelines and not prescriptive rules.

Under delegated powers, bids up to £2,000 can be agreed by the Chief Executive; bids between £2,000 and £5,000 can be agreed by the Executive Member for Community Development and Regeneration and bids over £5,000 can be agreed by the Leader

    1. The grant money available is for projects that wouldn't be developed without the support of the LSP or without the help of pump priming money

    2. Any grant application must highlight the links with the themes contained in the relevant Community Strategy where one has been adopted

    3. Any bid must be consistent with the themes and aims in the Hampshire Strategic Partnership's Community Strategy, and the priorities of the County Council

    4. The funding request must be discussed and approved by the relevant LSP and any application approved by the Chair of that LSP

    5. The budget will not be divided equally between district LSPs but awarded on individual consideration and the merits of the project

    6. Bids will be accepted and judged on a quarterly basis. (March, June, October and December)

    7. Applications will be referred for decision as per delegated powers above

    8. Grants will normally be one off and not recurring

    9. Grants will not be awarded in order to meet shortfalls in service delivery budgets

    10. For any grant awarded over £5,000, the County Council must be provided with a breakdown and allocation of the spend

    11. Grants will not be paid for partner organisations staff costs, however bids will be considered for support staff that; work directly for the LSP ; are joint funded with other LSP partners; and report to the chair of the LSP

    12. Funding will be given to applications for pump priming specific projects rather than general running costs of organisations or projects with ongoing revenue requirements. Applications which have a resource implication must state how the ongoing costs are to be met.

    13. Where possible joint funding in line with partnership approaches should be encouraged and to this end grants should normally be a percentage of the sum required to complete the project

    14. Conditions may be attached to a grant if considered appropriate

For further information on grants please contact Frances Martin, Community Strategy Officer on 01962 845122, or Jo White, Policy Officer (Community Strategy) on 01962 845004