Funding for local community projects
Small Community Capital Projects Grant Fund 2011-12
Once again, Kent County Council and Dover
District Council have given funds to the five Dover District
Neighbourhood Forums to award grants to local community projects,
with a total of £59,700 being available across
the district.
Local organisations and groups were invited to apply, by 30
September 2011, for one-off small capital grants of up to
£2,500, which needed to show benefit to the community (this
maximum was in total, not per Forum area).
We then held "Participatory Budgeting: You decide" events
during October and November 2011 for local residents to come
along and vote for their favourite community projects.
Participatory Budgeting is an innovative way of
allocating resources and directly involves local people -
residents, community groups and representatives of all parts of the
community – in voting on grant applications and making
recommendations on how the grant money is spent on projects in
their own area.
As this is public money, the final
spending decision rests with KCC and DDC Cabinets and these
recommendations will be considered in December 2011. Final results
will be announced once they have been approved.
Kent County Council administers the Small Community Capital
Projects grant fund for the Dover District Neighbourhood
Forums. Please contact your KCC Community Engagement Manager,
Emma Carey or Anne Charman for further infrormation (please
see contact details below).
KCC Local Schemes Grants and Member Community Grants
2011-12
For details, please contact:
Emma Carey, Community
Engagement Manager; Email: emma.carey@kent.gov.uk or
Tel: 07850 924247
(Emma covers the Dover North, Dover Town, Dover West
and Deal & Walmer Areas)
Anne Charman, Kent County
Council, Community Engagement Manager;
Email: anne.charman@kent.gov.uk;
Tel: 01622 696389 (Anne covers the Sandwich Area)
Is there a grant for you?
There are many funding schemes
available in Kent to support local voluntary and community groups.
To find details of other funding opportunities please
visit:
-
KENT 4 COMMUNITY - the community support funding website for
the Kent area with a free search facility.
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KCC External Funding Unit Tel: 01622 694055; Email: externalfunding@kent.gov.uk
-
Bridging the Gap - this is a small
grant scheme run by Dover District Council in partnership with the
Coalfields Regeneration Trust.
-
CASE Kent (Community Action South
East Kent) - an infrastructure organisation offering advice,
support and training to over 400 voluntary and community
organisations in the Dover district
- Funding Central - The
National Council of Voluntary Organisations (NCVO) & The Office
for the Third Sector (OTS) launched a new website www.fundingcentral.org.uk which
provides a comprehensive list of funding opportunities (grants,
grant in aid and contracts) available from government and
government non-departmental bodies and agencies, local and regional
government, charitable organisations and foundations, and the
EU.
- Funding Buddies -
this project assists community and voluntary groups to access
funding opportunities. A toolkit has also been produced to
help small and medium sized voluntary groups and organisations to
raise money.
Previous Years
Contact
Please see the Dover District
Neighbourhood Forums Contact Details page.
