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Grants to voluntary organisations

Introduction

Grants to Voluntary Organisations aim to support the contribution of the voluntary and community sector in Calderdale. The main ways in which we try to do this are:

• by giving grants through the main Grants to Voluntary Organisations scheme, which is divided into different types of funding:
  • To support infrastructure services
  • Voluntary sector commissioning , and
  • Small Grants
• by administering the Discretionary Rate Relief scheme
• by leading on partnerships associated with this funding and
• by supporting initiatives that affect the voluntary and community sector such as the Compact|

This site gives details of our different funding streams, and allows you to apply online for the Discretionary Rate Relief scheme. We hope you find this useful; please contact us if you have any comments or suggestions.

Council Members have now made a decision about how this Voluntary Sector Commissioning scheme is going to work from now on. Councillors looked at the information that people gave as part of the consultation when they made their decision. The final decision also took into account extra details given through the Safer and Stronger Communities Scrutiny Panel.

The Decision

The Council will fund a programme of work within the voluntary sector during the period 2012 to 2015 that supports the outcomes and priorities of the Safer and Stronger Communities directorate and focuses on the following priorities:

• To support infrastructure services for a thriving voluntary sector, including promoting Big Society approaches, asset transfer and volunteering
• To support advice services, including giving people access to information and advice on benefits services, financial inclusion and other issues affecting their health and wellbeing
• To support the cultural objectives of the Council as expressed through the Cultural Strategy
• To support universal and preventative projects around Safer and Stronger communities themes (including: cleaner greener projects; community resilience; volunteering; bringing people together on a local/ neighbourhood level; addressing anti-social behaviour; domestic violence; sport; leisure; cultural activities).

We will also establish a one off, one year transition fund, to support organisations currently funded through the Safer and Stronger Communities Grants to Voluntary Organisation budget who are awarded a lower level of funding, or no funding, from April 2012 onwards.

This site provides information on the new Safer and Stronger Communities Voluntary Sector Commissioning Plan for 2012 to 2015.

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