APPLY NOW: Community Buildings Recovery Grants
Up to £20,000 for groups in Kirklees that own or rent property or space and have lost income due to national lockdowns and local restrictions.
Apply between Thursday 20th May and Sunday 6th June 2021.
Grants will be approved and paid before 30th June 2021
Kirklees Council has secured £500,000 of Government money to help local voluntary, community, and charitable groups recover after the pandemic. It’s particularly aimed at organisations that have lost money due to the ongoing lockdowns and Covid restrictions over the last year, and who haven’t been eligible for other rate rebates or business support grants. This includes sports clubs and faith-based venues.
(Please note – you can still apply if you’ve had up to a maximum £10,000 of Coronavirus support, such as Business Rate Relief.)
The funding is part of the Council’s Additional Restrictions Grant Scheme. Grants of up to £20,000 each will be awarded dependent on the size of the loss, and as a fair share of the total amount available.
Eligibility
Organisations need to:
- have a building or space that they own or rent
- be based in and operating in Kirklees
- have experienced significant loss during the pandemic (due to their community space being closed or due to restrictions on their income generating services)
- have had to continuing paying fixed costs during lockdown
- have been open as usual before lockdown and not in the process of winding up
- contribute to at least one of the Kirklees shared outcomes
In addition you will need to be registered on the council’s Grant Access Portal (GAP) and ideally have support from local councillors. If you’re not already registered, you can get help with the process and can be in the process of registering when you apply for this funding.
To get help with GAP registration contact: thirdsector@kirklees.gov.uk
How to Apply
The application form is online and should take about 1.5 hours to complete, as all the supporting evidence needs to be collected and uploaded up-front. However, if you are successful, you will not need to provide any monitoring or evidence of how the money is spent (other than spot checks on some of recipients within 6 months).
The supporting evidence that you will need to provide includes:
- Company or charity registration details
- Bank details and statements
- 2 years of your most recent annual reports or accounts
- Your lease or rental invoices for the relevant period
- Evidence of ongoing costs or additional costs that you’ve incurred due to Covid19 between March 2020 and March 2021.
The fund is being managed by Noreen Abbas, Community Investment Manager at Kirklees Council and you can talk to her at one of the briefing events on 24th and 27th May (register your place using the button below) or contact her direct.
Details of the fund and a link to the application form are available on the Council website. (Click on the button below to go to it.)
Find out More and Get Extra Help
You can:
- Find out more at one of the free briefing sessions on May 24th or 27th (register your place using the button below), ask questions and have a follow-up 1-1 chat with Noreen Abbas.
- Contact Noreen – 07773 488563 or email Noreen.Abbas@Kirklees.gov.uk
- Get an hour’s 1-1 support (via Zoom) with West Yorkshire Community Accounting Service to get your numbers and financial info in order for the application
- Talk to us at TSL Kirklees about anything else – val@tslkirklees.org.uk, 01484 519053