Grants for voluntary organisations

This section provides links and information about the grants the Council allocates to organisations in the voluntary sector.

If you represent a voluntary organisation or community group helping the people of the Borough, Reigate and Banstead Borough Council wants to help you.

The Borough Council provides grants to large and small organisations in a range of ways.

Having reviewed its arrangements for allocating funding to the voluntary sector, the Council now awards grants annually in the following categories:

Small grants under £5,000
Small grants are for established local organisations and voluntary initiatives in the early stages of starting up. The majority of grant applications will fall into this category.
Core funding
Core funding is a public commitment from the Council to provide an agreed level of grant support on a three year rolling basis. This enables organisations to plan their operations on a longer-term basis than an annual cycle of grants allows.
Capital Grants
Capital grants are paid to meet the cost of major projects - usually for building works - and are typically between £5,000-£20,000.
Surrey Community Building Grants Scheme
These grants are available to support capital schemes relating to village halls, community centres and voluntary youth buildings subject to meeting the grant criteria. They are funded equally by the Borough Council and Surrey County Council, but the applicant must also be able to commit funds towards the project that match the amount requested from each authority.

In addition to the annual grants programme the Council has also operates a funding initiative that is available throughout the year between mid May and the end of January.

Councillors' Community Awards
Under this scheme individual Councillors are able to support and promote the work of local community groups.

General criteria for determining applications

The Council will use the following criteria for determining these applications:

Grants will be awarded at the discretion of the Council and applicants should be able to demonstrate:

benefit to the residents of the Borough
contribution to the Council's Quality of Life objectives as outlined in our Corporate Plan
contribution to the priorities of the Community Plan
fundraising and/or partnership funding.

Notwithstanding the above the Council will have regard to the organisation's financial reserves and other support provided (e.g. concessionary rents, discretionary rate relief) in determining grant.

Grants programme

The table below includes details of key dates for this year's grants programme. It includes submission deadlines, decision dates, notification dates and payment dates for each grant.

Deadline for submission of Core Funding, Capital and Small grant applications.	5 September 2008
Deadline for submission of Surrey Community Buildings Grant Scheme (SCBGS) applications.	30 September 2008
The Council’s Executive to determine successful Core Funding, Capital and SCBGS grant applications.	3 December 2008
Decisions regarding Small grant applications less than £5,000 are dealt with under delegated powers.	December 2008
Preliminary notification of grant award	December 2008
Confirmation of grant (following approval of the Council’s 2008/9 budget)	March 2009
Payment made	April 2009

Completed Small, Capital and Core Grant applications should be returned to:

Kamal Mehmood
Partnerships Co-ordinator
Reigate and Banstead Borough Council
Town Hall
Castlefield Road
Reigate, Surrey
RH2 0SH

Applications under the Surrey Community Buildings Grant Scheme should be returned to:

Village and Community Halls Adviser
Surrey Community Action
Astolat
Coniers Way
Burpham, Guildford
GU4 7HL

Downloads

Core grants - notes for applicants (PDF, opens in a new window) (11.7kB)
Core grants application form(PDF, opens in a new window) (76.7kB)

Grant recipients 2008/09

If you require information in an alternative language, large print or Braille please contact the Partnerships Co-ordinator by calling 01737 276000 or emailing kamal.mehmood@reigate-banstead.gov.uk.

Last updated: 21-08-2008

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