Who We Are Able to Support 

The Community Grant will be available to voluntary and community groups, charities, not-for-profit organisations and faith groups (N.B. faith groups applying for grants should ensure that the activities they are offering are open to all and demonstrate a wide community benefit).

• Organisations must be properly constituted, and a copy of the constitution will be required.
• Organisations must have a bank account with at least two signatories, who are not related or co-habiting, a copy of the organisation’s most recent bank statement must be submitted with the application.
• Organisations must provide a safeguarding policy if working with children / vulnerable adults at risk.
• Organisations must be inclusive and allow access to, or use/participation by, the general public. Membership should not be refused on the grounds of gender, race, disability, sexual orientation, and occupation, religious, political or other beliefs. An organisation which supports individuals based on a protected characteristic should demonstrate they are inclusive on all other grounds

Who We Are Not Able to Support 

This programme is not able to offer funding to:

• Private Businesses – Limited companies, sole traders or partnerships without charitable aims
• Non-constituted community groups
• Non-constituted voluntary groups
• Statutory organisations (This includes Parish Council’s)
• Schools/Colleges with the exception of constituted Parents & Friends Associations /Parents & Teacher Associations (if they can demonstrate a wide community benefit)
• Any other organisation (formal or informal in structure) with the ability to distribute funds and/or assets among its members
• Public sector bodies
• Organisations that do not have a proven track record of service delivery
• Organisations with an annual income of more than £1,000,000

Projects We Can Support 

You project must meet one of the following aims:

• Assists community recovery and resilience post Covid-19 pandemic
• Helps tackle the causes of inequality in our communities
• Helps develop and safeguard our environment and open spaces
• Increases opportunities to participate in arts, heritage and sports activities
• Increases volunteering and civic pride
• Helps tackle causes and effects of poverty and financial hardship
• Promotes and develops community cohesion
• Considers talented sporting individuals, who by achievement in sports promote Tamworth as a place. To apply for this part of the programme, please click here

All grants should continue to demonstrate value for money and value to the people of Tamworth and have specific outcomes that can be recorded

Eligible Costs

• General running costs (excluding salaries but project specific sessional worker costs can be funded).
• Provision of equipment e.g., IT equipment, craft materials, furniture.
• Funding towards costs of community events/activities
• Funding towards specific projects – e.g., school holiday youth project, playscheme, coffee morning, gardening group projects.
• Small capital projects will only be considered if they can demonstrate wider-community benefit and need e.g. increase uptake of services, activities, and venue hire by the general public, charities, voluntary and community organisations and other support agencies.

Please ensure that prior to submitting an application that you have sought any specific relevant permissions that your project requires e.g., planning permission, landlord consent, landowner consent, for projects/activities taking place on their land, or for modifications to public spaces or facilities.

Ineligible Costs

• Retrospective funding for projects which have already taken place or items purchased
• Funding towards religious projects or projects that promote religion, (although religious organisations can be funded for non-religious projects)
• Party political activities, (where one particular political party is promoted above another)
• Statutory costs
• Travel and subsistence costs
• Guarantee against organisational loss
• Work and projects which are contrary to the Tamworth Borough Council Diversity and Equality policy
• Projects operated in a commercial or for-profit basis
• The funding of organisations, projects or events which promote or condone extremist ideology, activities, or terrorism
• Salaries
• Fundraising activities / sponsorship

Grants Available 

Grants up to £1000 are available 

If the total project cost is more than you are applying for, please provide details of other sources of income, including grants, fundraising and membership subs etc, that will be used to cover the full project cost.

Organisations are only able to apply once a year

Grants Process

• Applications are submitted to the Community Foundation. Our team will assess each application, checking eligibility and supporting documents.
• Once assessed, applications will be sent to the next scheduled Tamworth Brough Council Grants and Nominations meeting, where applications will be considered and grant award decisions made.
• The Community Foundation will notify groups of the outcome following confirmation from Tamworth Borough Council.
• Once we have received your signed agreement, we will prepare to make payment. Grants are paid by BACS, into the bank account you specified at the time of application. Our payment date is at the end of each month with our pay run cut off being the third week. Signed agreements returned after the third week will be paid the following month. Please bear this in mind when applying for a grant.
• An End of Grant monitoring form will be sent out to all successful applicants, and this must be completed and returned at the end of the project or end of grant date, along with copies of receipts/invoices, and photographs or feedback from the project if requested.

There is no limit to how much of the grants pot is distributed at each meeting and so once the funding for the year has been distributed, the programme will close.

Documents you need to send us 

The following documents must be provided with your application. If you fail to provide these documents, your application will not be considered. All documents should be submitted at the time of application

• Governance Document – Constitution, Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Accounts – either independently examined, audited or a record of income and expenditure.
• Bank Statement – this will need to be in the name of the organisation, no older than 3 months old and clearly showing the account name, number and sort code. The bank account must have at least two signatories, who are not related.
• Details of signatories
• Safeguarding Polices
• Equality and Diversity Policy / statement
• Quotes for capital equipment
• Copy of public liability insurance document

Submission Dates 

February 2025 – Application window has closed