Grand Choice 2024 - Killultagh

Stage 1. Application Form 

Generating Ideas and Apply Stage – where groups complete a short application form outlining their project idea.

If you decide to apply for funding and use your personal contact details in the Stage 1 application form. This information will be stored in a safe place and used to contact you about the application. Your full name will not be used in publicity material and contact details will not be shared.

If you are under 18 and you decide to add your personal contact details to the form you must ask a parent/ guardian/ carer to complete the online consent.  It must be submitted by 29 September 2024.

When you submit your entry, we will check if it meets with our themes – we might give you a call for some further information.

We aim to let groups know if they’ve been shortlisted as soon as possible thereafter.

The shortlisted projects will be required to exhibit their proposal at a Community Decision Event on Saturday 19 October 2024 in St Clare’s Community Hall, 55 Chapel Road, Glenavy, BT29 4LX from 11.00am to 3.00pm.

Stage 2. Community Decision Event

At the Community Decision Event in October you will tell the voters what you plan to do and what you hope to achieve as they visit your stand. All you need to do is tell them some information about what you do, what the project is about and how this will be good for the Killultagh area. You can do this by using pictures, posters and/or display boards etc.

Your views, ideas and proposal may appear in reports and press releases once that information is made public.

Voting Process

The people attending the Community Decision Event will vote on which projects should be funded. They will be required to vote for 10 projects.

You don’t have to be an existing group with your own constitution to apply. You just need a minimum of three people who have an idea for a project and a constituted group to sponsor your entry. Groups with a constitution are also welcome to apply.

You must be based within the Killultagh area.

Programme criteria

Successful projects have to be delivered between November 2024 and April 2025 and you will also be required to attend a community celebration event.

You can apply for up to £1,000 for a local project.

Key themes

Your project must demonstrate how it relates to one or more of the Take 5 Ways To Wellbeing themes:

Connect – with the people around you and keep in touch with each other
Be Active – to help us feel good both physically and mentally
Take Notice – to ensure the community is safe 
Keep Learning – new things that give us a sense of achievement, enjoyment and increased confidence
Give – doing something that gives back to our community and help each other]
Policing and Community Safety 

We will assess your project to ensure it is legal, safe and achievable within budget and timescale. There are a few things that we cannot pay for such as salary costs, gift cards or gift vouchers, alcohol, political or religious activities or anything that would be considered contentious. Please contact us if you are not sure.

You can apply for up to £1,000 to pay for things such as online activities, events, tutors, venue hire, transport for trips, workshops, performers, specialist facilitator, funding towards marketing campaigns to raise awareness of specific issues identified by the community, equipment for projects e.g. iPads, litter picks, safety equipment, sports kits, outdoor gym equipment and other innovative ideas events.

Unfortunately, there are things we cannot fund such as personal payments, alcohol, political activities and things you are already funded to deliver. If you are unsure please contact us.

NB. Funding will ONLY be available to groups based in the our area that meet the above criteria.

Before applying, please check that:

• your organisation is eligible to apply
• your application meets the priorities of this fund
• you have completed every question on your Application Form
• you can provide all the information we ask for as part of the application process

Grand Choice Stage 1:

Generating Ideas and Apply Stage - where groups can complete a short application form outlining their project idea.

Once your initial application is received, we will:

• perform an eligibility check on your application and then assess it against the key themes of the grant, as highlighted in the PROGRAMME CRITERIA section above
• contact you with questions should we need to, so please keep a copy of your application form for your reference
• not assess your application if it is incomplete

If your initial application is successful, we will:

• contact you about Stage 2 of the process
• at this stage successful groups will be asked to attend the October Community Decision Event to showcase their project

How does the voting work?

Voting will take place at the Community Decision Event.

Voting will be by electoral area only.

Voters attending on the day will be asked to vote for 10 projects.

The projects with the most public votes will be awarded up to £1,000 to make their initiative happen!

When voting closes, results will be announced shortly after the Community Decision Event.

If your project is selected through the public vote, we will:

• send you a conditional offer and our terms & conditions of grant by email for your organisation to sign and return to the council
• clearly indicate the eligible expenditure for the funding offered
• request the grant to be acknowledged through the inclusion of the official council logo on all related promotional material associated with the project and that an elected member or council officer is invited to the event/activity to which the grant is awarded
• request the compulsory completion of an Event Notification Form (only where the event is outdoors and requires members of the community to gather together).  This will be assessed by our Safety Advisory Group (SAG) to ensure compliance with regulations, the impact of which may impact on your proposal

Once we have received your signed terms and conditions we will:

Make payment to your group’s bank account, via the Bankers Automated Clearance System (BACS).
 

If your application is unsuccessful, we will:
Contact you by email informing you of the reasons why your application has not been successful, for which there is no right of appeal.

We request successful applicants submit relevant promotional material of their events to share on their social media platforms in line with the Grand Choice programme.

Apply online using the button below or click here to download an application form as PDF.

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