About the Fund

Before applying for a grant, you need to make sure that your application supports one of the priorities listed below.

Who can apply?

Group applications

• Constituted voluntary, community and faith groups run for and by local people
• Registered charities and groups with charitable purposes working in Calderdale (including Charitable Incorporated Organisations, Industrial and Provident Societies etc)
• Community Interest Companies (CICs) who do not, and cannot, pay dividends. Additional criteria apply to CICs so please contact grants@cffc.co.uk for more details and to check potential eligibility before applying
• College Departments
• Community Amateur Sports Clubs (CASCs) whose Governance documents include a clear community benefit clause, open membership and an asset lock
• Student-led groups

Individuals

• People intending to study at Calderdale College and learners already enrolled at College.

General requirements

Groups

All groups applying for grants must:

• Intend to carry out projects or initiatives that directly benefit students studying at Calderdale College
• Have a constitution or set of rules for their group
• Have undertaken, or be planning to undertake, a risk assessment of the health and safety and other aspects of their project.
• Provide evidence to support all the costs indicated in their application. Where a single item costs more than ₤1000 two quotations are required
• Ensure that their services and activities are open and accessible to every student

External organisations applying must also:

• Have their own bank account
• Provide annual accounts
• Have a written policy for safeguarding, children, young people and vulnerable adults
• Have a written policy for equalities and diversity
• Obtain authorisation to apply from a senior member of College staff before submitting an online application

Individuals

• Applications for individuals must support inclusion through support for individual learners in the form of scholarships for fees, educational materials etc

Who cannot apply?

Groups

• Organisations whose purposes are not charitable
• Companies limited by shares
• Organisations who have not worked in partnership with staff at Calderdale College in the development of this project. Involvement of students is also encouraged.

Individuals

• Individuals who owe money to Calderdale College

How much can you apply for?

There is a total of £6,500 available for awards from the Fund 2019 – 2020.

The maximum grant for groups is £3,000 and the maximum for individuals is £1,000.

What will we fund?

Groups

Applications for groups must meet one or more of the following priorities:

• Projects and initiatives that support the educational development and well-being both socially and from an educational perspective
• College-based projects or initiatives that support health matters and healthy living
• Educational attainment projects including lifelong learning

These can be a mixture of revenue and capital and grants should usually be spent within a 12-month period

Your application should show how you will contribute to the priorities above, in terms of outputs, (such as numbers of students engaged, numbers of students facing disadvantage who have been supported, etc).

Individuals

• Course fees
• Course equipment (50% of costs)
• Tools (50% of costs)
• Specialist clothing (including sports clothing)
• Other items at the discretion of the Education Fund’s Grants Panel

What can we not fund?

• Costs of laptops, PCs etc as these are available at the College
• General appeals
• Retrospective funding – this includes activities that have already taken place or repayment of money that you have already spent
• Projects which would normally be funded from statutory sources, e.g. Calderdale MBC, the Local Education Authority, Social Care NHS Calderdale or Central Government, or projects which are part of the standard curriculum of any course at Calderdale College
• Religious activities or projects that promote religion. We will fund activities carried out by faith groups, but these activities must not have a religious element
• Political activities
• Projects where the main beneficiaries are animals
• Projects which do not show measurable outcomes
• Applications from groups which cannot demonstrate the involvement of staff and students of Calderdale College in their development
• Items for learners who owe money to College