Launched in July 2024, the Summer Community Fund provides access to small grants of between £1k and £3k, to deliver short term diversionary activity projects in local areas during the summer holiday period.
Fund Criteria
- Applications must demonstrate how their project has a focus on preventing crime and anti-social behaviour.
- The maximum amount that can be applied for is £3,000.
- Applications from local community groups, organisations, charities and Parish and Town councils must demonstrate how they are working with the local policing team and/or the local Community Safety Partnership.
- Local community groups, organisations and charities must supply their Articles of Association and previous two years accounts with their application.
- The Commissioner will require evidence of continued maintenance of any capital assets purchased through the fund.
- All organisations must have appropriate policies and procedures in place including safeguarding where appropriate, health and safety and equality and diversity.
- All projects and schemes must be completed by Monday 2nd September 2024 and applicants must complete and return an evaluation form.
Successful Funded Projects 2024-25
The Commissioner will be looking for applications that:
- Aim to prevent young people from engaging in crime and anti-social behaviour
- Deliver short term, time specific intervention projects that provide additional activity above the organisations core functions
- Evidence strong links with the local policing team and / or local Community Safety Partnerships
- Tackle the problems within their neighbourhoods through prevention, diversion, and intervention
- Which are well planned, realistic and have aims which are achievable
The Commissioner will not fund:
- Activities that have already taken place before we
offer you a grant and are therefore retrospective. - Political promotion, including political party activity.
- Organisations requesting funding towards reserves.
- Full Time Employee Costs.
- Projects taking place outside Lancashire.
- The support or promotion of religious beliefs in
a particular faith, beyond basic religious/ cultural
awareness raising. - Full cost recovery- only direct costs associated with
the delivery of the initiative can be funded.
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