Community Buildings Support Fund

With the support of Durham County Council Area Action Partnership Budget, Durham Community Action and East Durham Trust are working in partnership to provide support to those responsible for the management of community buildings, as Covid-19 restrictions are lifted, and activities fully return to communities.

With Covid-19 having had such a significant impact on the activities and services Community Buildings provide, this project fund will help to rebuild confidence and capacity of staff and volunteers as they reopen and emerge from Covid-19.

This small grants scheme aims to help kickstart recovery and build a stronger future by providing funding for some of the resources and capacity needed to ensure community buildings are safe and covid secure.

The application process:

Applications for the fund will be processed centrally, with EDT being the lead decision maker for East Durham and East Durham Rural Corridor AAP areas, and DCA the lead decision maker for all other AAP areas across the county.

DCA and EDT will be working together throughout to monitor the impact of this grant programme and as such will collaborate on the assessment and monitoring processes.

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* 1. Organisation name

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* 2. Contact information

Name

Address

Address 2

City/Town

Post code

Country

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 3. Please confirm that you are a “not for profit” organisation with a governing document, annual accounts and bank account in the name of the group with at least 2 unrelated signatories?

Yes

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* 4. Charity or company number (if applicable)

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* 5. Number of trustees

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* 6. Number of active volunteers

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* 7. Total income for past 12 months?

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* 8. Total expenditure for past 12 months?

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* 9. What will the funding be used for?

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* 10. Description of items and amount requested

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* 11. Total project cost

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* 12. Do you have the relevant risk assessments and policies in place to reopen safely?

Yes

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* 13. Do you require any advice and guidance to support you to reopen safely?

Yes

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* 14. What AAP area are you from?

Before submitting your application, please read:

·         I confirm that I am authorised to sign this declaration on behalf of the organisation.

·         I confirm that this application and proposed project within it has been authorised by the management committee or other governing body or board.

·         I confirm that the information given in this application is true.

·         I confirm that the organisation will not use this grant to pay for any spending commitments it has made before the date of this application.

·         I confirm that the grant will be used for the purposes detailed within this application and that where costs incurred are less than the grant offered, the organisation will return any unspent grant when requested unless permission is granted for it to be used by the applicant for an acceptable purpose.

·         The organisation shall ensure that all parties involved with the project comply with their legal obligations. (We reserve the right to request evidence of this if necessary).

Thank you for your application. We will be in touch in due course to discuss your application further.