irwell valley foundation

Applications will be considered from:

• Individuals* who are residents in an irwell valley homes home who wish to improve their personal situation or bring benefit to other irwell valley homes residents or neighbourhoods.
• Individuals* who though not an irwell valley homes resident wish to deliver projects or services that will bring benefit to our neighbourhoods.
• Voluntary & Community groups and not for profit agencies that can demonstrate appropriate consultation and benefit either directly or indirectly to irwell valley homes residents or neighbourhoods

* If an individual under the age of 18 wishes to apply for funding the consent of a parent/guardian must be supplied and they must countersign the application form

• Up to £1,000 for individuals
• Up to £5,000 for voluntary and community groups
• For larger projects consideration will be given to applications from irwell valley homes colleagues in excess of £5,000. What we will fund Applications that can demonstrate the potential to directly or indirectly benefit irwell valley homes residents and their neighbourhoods.

• Applications that fail to demonstrate a potential direct or indirect benefit to irwell valley homes residents and neighbourhoods.
• Individuals, groups or organisations that have previously received a grant from the irwell valley foundation will not be eligible to apply for further funding if they fail to complete and submit a satisfactory Evaluation Form.
• Promotion of religious beliefs or politics.
• Projects, activities and responsibilities where the Local Authority or other agency has a legal obligation to provide.
• Repayment of loans, debts, interest payments or unanticipated shortfalls in a budget.
• Activities that happen or start before we confirm our grant.
• Endowments (to provide a source of income).
• Reclaimable VAT. You may need to pay VAT on purchases you make as part of your project. You must only include VAT in the amount you request from us if you cannot claim it back from HM Revenue and Customs. If you later find that you can recover VAT that we have included in our grant, you must repay this amount to us.
• Contingency costs.
• Funds that directly contribute to a company’s distributable profits.
• Any costs that you incur when putting together your application.
• Any expenditure incurred or committed before we confirm our grant (including deposits).
• Day to day running costs (e.g. utility bills, council tax, rent and insurance).

Please click on the links below to download the irwell valley foundation application form, which can be completed online or by hand. Don’t worry if you have no experience in applying for grants. We will provide all the guidance, support and advice you need - and you don’t need to be a formally constituted group to make an application.

Application form for projects under £1000

Application for projects over £1000

If you have a project or idea, be it big or small but need some help getting it off the ground, then get in touch. If you would like to discuss your project idea in more detail before completing an application form, or have any questions, please contact your Neighbourhood Manager, Scheme Coordinator, Financial Inclusion Officer or Debt Prevention Officer. Don’t worry if you have no experience of applying for grants as we will provide you with all the guidance, support and advice that you need.

If you are a community or voluntary group operating in an irwell valley homes area but do not know the Neighbourhood Manager, please contact irwell valley homes who will provide you with their details: Tel: 0300 561 1111.

1. Return your completed application form to your Neighbourhood Manager, Scheme Co-ordinator, Financial Inclusion Officer or Debt Prevention Officer.
2. Your application will be checked to make sure that your request fits the funding criteria.
3. Following receipt of all required information and subsequent assessment, providing your application meets our requirements; your application will be passed to the irwell valley foundation for consideration. The Panel meets on a monthly basis to consider applications. The Panel will decide if your request is successful.
4. We will advise you of the Panel’s decision in writing. Should your application be successful, we will issue you with a grant award letter within two weeks of the Panel meeting.
5. The irwell valley foundation aims to assess each application equally and fairly. We strive to ensure that our procedures do not discriminate against any group or individual. Our Panel makes the final decision on applications and there is no right to appeal.

We consider all applications in competition with each other and we understand that you will be disappointed if we decide not to offer you a grant. If your application is not successful, we will write to you explaining the reasons why.

The irwell valley foundation will be meeting on the following dates during 2018: