All grants are subject to projects meeting GrantScape's Generic Grant-making Policy as well as the Specific Funding Criteria detailed below
Fund Overview:
- The Mick George Community Fund has approximately £200,000 available per year
- There are two deadlines for applications each year
- The minimum grant is £5,000. The maximum you can apply for is £50,000,although it is unlikely individual grants over £35,000 will be made
- Match Funding will not be required
Contributing Third Party (CTP) Donation:
Each grant awarded will require a donation to be made to Mick George Ltd so that the grant can be released by GrantScape. This is called a Contributing Third Party (CTP) donation. The CTP donation covers Mick George Ltd’s costs in providing monies for the grant through the Landfill Communities Fund, plus associated fees.
In their applications, groups will therefore need to identify an individual or organisation who would be willing to make this CTP donation if they are awarded a grant. If desired, the CTP donation can be made by the group themselves.
In simple terms, each £11 of CTP donation will release £100 of funding for the project.
Detailed information on why CTP donations are necessary, who can provide these and how to calculate the actual amount required is provided in GrantScape’s quick reference note: “Contributing Third Party (CTP) Guidance”. This document is also available as part of the online application pack.
Project Location:
Projects located within 5 miles of the Mick George Landfill Site in Rushton, Northamptonshire can apply.
At each funding round, a minimum of 50% of the available money is ring fenced for worthy applications received from within the Parish of Rushton. However, if applications from Rushton are not received, the funding will be available to other applications.
Project Purpose:
Grants are available for community projects.
Grants will be available for capital improvement works to public amenity projects. Examples may include:
- Village halls
- Village greens
- Public playgrounds
- Sports fields and facilities
- Nature reserves
- Community centres
- Cycle paths
- Country parks
Projects must comply with the requirements of the Landfill Communities Fund (LCF).Details of the LCF can be found on ENTRUST’s website (www.entrust.org.uk).
Public Access Requirements:
Projects must be available and open to the general public - as a minimum, for 4 evenings a week, or 2 days a week, or 104 days a year.
Exclusions:
Grants will not be available for:
- Membership-based sports clubs and facilities (e.g. bowls and golf clubs), unless membership is open to the general public without undue restriction
- Commercial Organisations
- Individuals
- Costs towards the fabric of new buildings (but internal fixtures and fittings are acceptable)
- Projects that are considered statutory requirements
- Projects that are solely aimed to meet the requirements of the Disability Discrimination Act
- Revenue funding and core cost funding
- Retrospective funding (i.e. projects that have already been completed)
- Projects at schools where the general public can not benefit from the project
- Bus services, minibus services, or vehicles
- Projects at hospitals, or hospices, or day care centres
- Any works to public highways
- Staff posts and costs where they are not based, or specifically undertaking works, at the actual project site
- Projects to deliver visual enhancements (i.e. 'a view'), as this does not improve, maintain or provide a general public amenity
- Village or town centre enhancements, such as walkways, street works or signage
- CD's, web-sites or remote interpretation about a site
- Public car parks, unless they are specific to the general public amenity
- Public conveniences
- Allotments, or fruit growing projects
- Charity buildings, offices of charities, Citizens' Advice Bureau and advice centres
- Large scale perimeter / security fencing programmes that do not directly enhance the public amenity
- Land or building purchase
Judging Criteria:
The main criteria used when assessing applications received will be:
- The level of community support for and involvement in the project
- The local community benefit and enjoyment which will result from the project
Other factors will also be considered which must be demonstrated in the application:
- The ability of the applicant to deliver the project
- How the work will be continued after the project has been completed, i.e. its sustainability and legacy
- Value for money
After reading the above, if you are confident that your project meets all of the requirements of the programme, please click here to continue.
