Yateley Town Council - Council Grants


	Council Offices, Reading Road, Yateley, Hampshire GU46 7RP Telephone: 01252 872198 Fax: 01252 860149 Email: office@yateley-tc.gov.uk

Council Grants

Yateley Town Council provides small grants to local organisations; the criteria for eligibility are as set out below.

YATELEY TOWN COUNCIL GRANT POLICIES
(Reviewed and revised October 2007)

GP1	Applicants must prove that their organisations’ aims and objectives are for the benefit, and contribute to the life, of the town of Yateley.
GP2	The Town Council does not normally grant fund individuals.
GP3	The Town Council does not normally grant fund organisations whose function is primarily undertaken by the health authority or Hampshire County Council’s Social Services.
GP4	The Town Council does not grant fund political or quasi-political organisations or political or quasi-political projects.
GP5	The Town Council does not grant financial assistance to offset regular annual running costs.
GP6	The Town Council will only consider grant applications in excess of £1,000 in exceptional circumstances.
GP7	The Town Council will only consider an application if accompanied by the required financial and organisational information, where they exist.
GB8	The Town Council will only consider one successful application in each financial year from individual groups and organisations.
GB9	The Town Council will not normally provide funding to assist organisations that are not based in the town of Yateley.
GB10	The Town Council will consider providing funds towards the cost of annual day trips, Christmas lunches and celebratory events.
GB11	The Town Council does not normally make grant funding on a retrospective basis.
GB12	Grants will not be awarded for organisations to pass on money.
GB13	Where requested by the Town Council, grants will only be paid following receipt of appropriate invoices.
GB14	The Town Council will give preference to applicants who can demonstrate how one off grant funding will lead to greater self sufficiency and lessen the need for future applications.
GB15	For applications in excess of £500, the Town Council will only normally provide up to 50% of the overall cost of a project and will expect to see match funding from one or more grant giving bodies, or from groups’ own fundraising.
GB16	For applications for less than £500, the Town Council will still expect to see evidence of applications to other funding bodies and/or internal fundraising wherever possible.
GB17	For applications for funds for security measures, applicants should seek the support of the local police or crime reduction officer.

In order to apply for a grant you will need to fill in the Grant Aid Application Form.
This is available for download in either Acrobat PDF format or Windows Word format.

	Grant Aid Form		Grant Aid Form
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Alternatively you can apply for your grant by completing and submitting this form on-line. Please note that if you complete the application on-line you will need to send all supporting documentation required to process your application by post or deliver by hand to the Yateley Town Council Offices.

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