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Salford City Council

Local Communities Together Funding (Salford)

Salford City Council's neighbourhood devolved budgets fund local groups' projects that promote health, wellbeing, cohesion, inclusion and creativity in their community. Each of the city's community committee areas has a budget group with its own priorities and rules, and grants are usually modest (East Salford usually up to £3,000; one-off events in Little Hulton and Walkden at most £500). Applicants are expected to show at least 25% match funding, which can be in kind such as volunteer time or free room hire.

Apply on the funder’s site
You could get
Up to £500
no fixed round
Deadline
Rolling
apply any time
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Community groups and not-for-profit organisations delivering projects for residents in Salford's neighbourhoods; East Salford funds not-for-profit organisations only, and Swinton and Pendlebury also accepts applications from other council departments and statutory and voluntary organisations
  • Applications from individuals are not considered
  • Groups applying for up to £500 can attach a short statement of their aims and principles; over £500 a formal constitution signed by the current chair is required
  • Payment is by BACS to the organisation's own bank account (Little Hulton and Walkden require two unrelated signatories); groups without one should talk to their Neighbourhood Development Officer
  • Applicants must provide at least 25% match funding, in cash or in kind, unless a business case shows exceptional circumstances, and must have safeguarding policies where they work with children or vulnerable adults
  • Priority goes to projects benefiting residents of the budget group's own wards; city-wide applications are considered where local benefit is shown

What it funds

Any grant application that delivers improved wellbeing and health outcomes for the local population will be considered, in particular activity which achieves at least one of these objectives:

  • Builds community resilience
  • Meets local wellbeing and health needs, shown in the Joint Strategic Needs Assessment, local Neighbourhood profiles, local community priorities or Neighbourhood Asset priorities
  • Supports the priority objectives and outcomes of Salford City Council's Locality Plan - A Vision For A Healthier Salford

examples include promoting healthy lifestyles, improving the local environment, reducing crime and fear of crime, encouraging learning, leisure and creativity, investing in children and young people, promoting inclusion and culture, increasing local participation, supporting carers, reducing violence and helping people manage a long-term condition.

area budget groups set their own priorities; several favour children and young people, crime and disorder, environmental improvements, older people, and community cohesion and social inclusion. Eccles offers start-up grants of up to £150 for new groups and up to £550 for festival committees.

funding should be for projects lasting less than 12 months that are demonstrably self-funding afterwards.

What it will not fund

  • In the main, room hire or food (except in exceptional circumstances with a business case)
  • Expenditure incurred before the application was submitted (retrospective applications), except emergencies or unforeseen circumstances
  • Salaries for permanent staff or core running costs
  • One-to-one services or treatments
  • Trips or outings
  • Religious or political purposes
  • Applications from individuals

exclusions vary by area. Eccles does not fund Christmas parties, complementary therapies, day trips or additional CCTV; Worsley and Boothstown fund insurance or room hire only in a group's first year (uniformed groups' room hire excepted, at 70%) and normally only one application per group every two years.

How to apply

  1. Read the objectives and your area's funding criteria on the 'Applying for funds for your group' page
  2. Download the grant application form (Word) and complete it using the guidance notes: organisation details, project summary of up to 500 words, objectives, a full cost breakdown with match funding, and the wards participants come from
  3. Sign the declaration, ideally by the chair or a named contact
  4. Email the form and attachments to community.services@salford.gov.uk
  5. The application is assessed by the local budget group; youth projects may be reviewed by the local Youth Partnership first
  6. You are told the outcome in writing; successful groups provide receipts, a monitoring form and may be asked to feed back at a community committee meeting

Worsley and Boothstown's budget group meets in January, March, May, July, September and November; applications must arrive 21 days before the meeting. In East Salford, applications up to £500 are considered by email.

Have ready

  • Completed application form
  • Statement of rules or principles (up to £500) or a constitution signed by the current chair (over £500)
  • Public liability insurance certificate, if you have it
  • Your organisation's most recent bank statement
  • Quotes or links for the items the funding will pay for
  • Evidence of match funding (cash or in kind)

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