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South Gloucestershire Council (Service for Resettling Communities)

Resettling communities grant

Grants of £200 to £7,000 from South Gloucestershire Council's Service for Resettling Communities for voluntary, community and social enterprise organisations, community groups and town and parish councils running projects or events that help refugees and asylum seekers in South Gloucestershire integrate. The amount depends on scale: £200-£1,999 for small local projects, £2,000-£4,999 for larger projects and £5,000-£7,000 for South Gloucestershire-wide projects. Grants are available until the end of March 2027 or until the £43,375 budget is used up.

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You could get
£200 – £7,000
Deadline
164 days left
31 March
Effort
Moderate
full application with documents

Who can apply

  • Voluntary, community and social enterprise (VCSE) organisations, charities, community groups, volunteer groups, social enterprises and parish and town councils running projects in South Gloucestershire
  • The organisation must be registered and approved on the council's online community grants system, which requires charitable aims or not-for-profit status (registered charity status is not needed), a governing document, equality and diversity and safeguarding policies, recent accounts, three named contacts and an organisational bank account with at least two signatories
  • Schools, academies and PTAs are excluded unless operationally independent of the school
  • Organisations funded by this grant in the previous 12 months cannot reapply

What it funds

Projects and events supporting the resettlement and integration of one or more cohorts of refugees and/or asylum seekers in South Gloucestershire (the service works with Ukrainian, Afghan, North African and Hong Kong communities and asylum seekers from many backgrounds): integration activities, social and cultural events, well-being initiatives, training sessions, and group developmental activities or events.

  • Priority goes to projects offering additional support in community development, cultural and local awareness, peer support and befriending
  • Projects proactively targeting integration
  • Those considering the specific needs of children, older people and women within resettling cohorts
  • Those addressing inequalities and with positive climate implications
  • Fully costed proposals

Projects must align with the Council Plan 2024-2028, and applicants are expected to work with the council's community hub network (Kingswood, Yate, Thornbury, Patchway).

Staffing costs can be funded in a project's first year only.

Payment is made in advance of delivery.

What it will not fund

  • Individuals
  • Political purposes or gain
  • Anything that fuels or supports radicalisation or terrorist activity, or proscribed organisations
  • Retrospective costs
  • Schools, academies or associated organisations such as PTAs (unless they can evidence operational independence from the school)
  • Staffing costs beyond the first year of operation
  • Projects outside South Gloucestershire
  • Organisations that received a Resettling Communities grant in the last 12 months
  • Uncommitted grants carried into the next financial year

How to apply

  1. Read the Resettling Communities Grant principles
  2. Create or update your organisation's account on the council's community grants registration page, upload the required documents and wait for approval
  3. Download the application form (Word), save it to your device and complete it: applicant details, project or event, how it meets the grant principles, evidence of need, accessibility, inequalities and climate aims, location, dates, beneficiaries, how it will work with the community hub network, a costed budget and other funding, permissions and insurance, and monitoring and evaluation
  4. Email the completed form as a Word document (not PDF) to ResettlingCommunities@southglos.gov.uk, or post it to South Gloucestershire Council, Department for People, Service for Resettling Communities, PO Box 1955, Bristol BS37 0DE
  5. A panel meets monthly, considering up to 2 applications in order of receipt; it may request more information and may award in full, in part, with conditions, or reject
  6. If awarded, sign the Community Grant Fund Agreement; payment is made in advance within 10 working days of the award notification
  7. Send a risk assessment for each event to ResettlingCommunities@southglos.gov.uk at least 6 weeks before it, submit monitoring forms every 3 months and at the end, and attend the monthly online communities forum when asked

Grants available until the end of March 2027 or until the funding is fully allocated. There is no appeal process.

Questions to ResettlingCommunities@southglos.gov.uk or 01454 865260.

Have ready

  • Completed application form (Word document, not PDF)
  • Constitution or governing rules
  • Equality and diversity policy
  • Safeguarding policy
  • Financial accounts for the most recent reporting year

The governing document, policies and accounts are uploaded to the council's grants registration system before applying. Evidence of other funding or of permits/insurance may be required as a condition of the award.

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