Funding Help

There are a few funders that we always signpost people to, so it’s always worth starting with these:

• TSL Kirklees Small Grants Funding – see Current Funding Opportunities below for any that are open now.
• National Lottery Awards For All
• One Community
• Kirklees Council Ward Budgets
• Kirklees Council/Kirklees Youth Alliance Healthy Holidays Funding
• The West Yorkshire Mayor’s Safer Communities Funding (formerly the Police and Crime Commissioner’s Safer Communities Funding)
• Crowdfunding
  • Dewsbury Soup
  • Huddersfield Soup
  • Growing Great Places – a partnership between Kirklees Council and SpaceHive
  • One Community Match It Fund

• BASICS
  • How much do you need?
  • What’s it for?
  • Do you fit the criteria for this particular grant?
• GOVERNANCE STRUCTURE
  • Some funders may only fund registered charities
  • Social enterprises may be eligible for both third sector and business grants (but will be excluded most grants from Charitable Trusts and Foundations)
  • Social enterprises will be eligible for social investment funding and loans
  • Most funders will only fund you if you have 3+ people on your board of trustees/directors or management committee and they may specify that some or all need to be unrelated

For more information about governance and legal structures for your organisation see:

• Setting up a community group or charity
• Creating a social enterprise
• Developing your charity or community group

• DETAILS
  • Who will you be working with?
  • Do you need staff or volunteers to deliver the project?
  • What are your costs?
  • Do you have a bank account?
  • How will you keep a record of how you’ve spent the money?
  • Do you have insurance and the correct policies and procedures that a funder might expect?
  • How are you going to show what you’ve achieved/the impact you’ve had?
• STRATEGY
  • Can I apply to more than 1 funder at the same time?
  • Can I apply to more than 1 funder raise enough money?
  • Can I rework the application and send it to someone else if we’re not successful?
  • Can I rework my application and resubmit it?
  • Do I need some independent help/feedback on my application?

If you need help or advice with any of this, please get in touch.

Kirklees for funding

Third Sector Team

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