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Norfolk Community Foundation

Saracen’s Norfolk Fund

A rolling fund at Norfolk Community Foundation giving grants of up to £5,000 for community activities and charitable services benefitting people in rural areas of South Norfolk district, aiming to maintain and strengthen projects working in deprived communities and supporting vulnerable people. Applications can be made at any time while the fund is open, with a decision aimed for about six weeks after receipt; the fund may close at short notice once enough applications are pending to spend the current pot.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £5,000
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Charities, faith organisations (for inclusive community activities that do not promote religious beliefs), parish and town councils (for projects of clear wide community benefit), social enterprises and CICs, and voluntary and community groups, with projects based within the council boundaries of South Norfolk District
  • Applicants must meet Norfolk Community Foundation's general criteria: a governing document stating charitable aims with a charitable dissolution clause (not required for exempt faith groups or parish/town councils); a governing body of at least 3 unconnected people; a bank account in the group's name with two unconnected signatories (exceptions possible for requests under £10,000 with other internal controls, by prior discussion); annual accounts if operating over 12 months; safeguarding and equal opportunities policies
  • CICs and other social enterprises must be limited by guarantee with no one person in control, have an asset lock and a trading plan

What it funds

Community activities and charitable services benefitting people in rural areas within South Norfolk district, especially projects working within deprived communities and supporting vulnerable people. Examples include:

  • Community projects or therapeutic services addressing physical or mental health needs
  • Support for vulnerable young families
  • Activity groups for adults or children with physical and/or learning disabilities
  • Youth groups in rurally isolated or deprived areas
  • Projects addressing loneliness in older people, including those with dementia and their carers
  • Delivering emergency first aid training in rural communities

What it will not fund

  • Projects already supported for two consecutive years (unlikely to be funded again)
  • Purely capital costs such as buildings or equipment, except in exceptional circumstances (email the fund contact before applying for capital)
  • Reimbursement of activities that have already taken place
  • Projects primarily benefitting people outside Norfolk
  • Contributions to general appeals
  • Development of land or buildings the applicant has no legal interest in
  • Costs of applying for planning permission
  • Activities solely supporting animal welfare
  • Activities solely supporting religious or political activity
  • Medical research and equipment
  • In-school activities in curriculum or classroom time

How to apply

  1. Check your project is within South Norfolk District and that you meet Norfolk Community Foundation's general eligibility and governance criteria
  2. For any capital request, email Catrin Hamer before applying
  3. Click 'Apply Online' on the fund page and complete NCF's standard online application form, attaching supporting documents
  4. NCF's programmes team reviews the application and governance and may contact you for more information
  5. A fund panel decides; you are notified by offer letter or email, and grants are paid by bank transfer within a week

The fund is rolling but may close at short notice once enough applications are pending to spend the current pot.

Have ready

  • Constitution or governing document
  • Annual accounts or financial statement
  • Recent bank statement (within the last 12 months, showing group name, sort code and account number)
  • Equal opportunities policy
  • Safeguarding policy
  • Quotes or estimates for any capital costs or external services
  • Permission documents for building works, if needed
  • Social enterprises/CICs: a trading plan

Single-signatory organisations must also upload documents on internal fraud controls.

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