SPORT RELIEF AND THE ARGUS BRING COMMUNITY CASH TO BRIGHTON AND HOVE

Sport Relief is coming to Brighton and Hove, and is asking you to rise to the challenge and enter the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile. By getting sponsored you’re helping to make a big difference. The money you raise will be spent by Comic Relief to transform lives here in Brighton and Hove, across the rest of the UK and in the world’s poorest countries.

For the first time ever we are distributing a £62,500 Community Cash fund raised through Sport Relief to communities across Brighton and Hove.

Community Cash grants of £500-£1,000 are available to small organisations and individuals in Brighton and Hove that are doing great work to help local people living tough lives.

If this sounds like you, make sure you apply for a Community Cash grant now by filling out this form:

Community Cash Application Form.doc

Send your completed application form by Friday March 5 to:

Sussex Community Foundation
Community Cash Grants
Suite B
Falcon Wharf
Railway Lane
Lewes, BN7 2AQ
T: 01273 409440
info@sussexgiving.org.uk

With the help of the Community Foundation in Sussex we’ll make sure the money reaches those who need it most.

Don’t forget to do your bit and rise to the challenge by entering the Sainsbury’s Sport Relief Mile in Brighton and Hove at www.sportrelief.com – and keep raising cash to help change lives.

Community cash - grant criteria

1.1 Criteria

We believe that local people know what is needed in their community and are best placed to make any changes. Having lots of activities happening in area brings vibrancy to a local community which can make it a better place to live. We are also aware that many people are undertaking great work in their area but often struggle to get the support they need. We therefore want to support community groups undertaking work that helps people of all ages feel more included in their community, builds their skills and increases their sense of achievement.

1.2 Who Can Apply?

Groups need to:

• Be working in a disadvantaged or deprived area within the local authority or to other Government boundary of Brighton and Hove.

• Be small local groups with an income of less that £50,000 (in the last year) run by local people

1.3 Examples of the type of activities we will fund

• Parent and Toddler Groups

• Dad and lads group

• Equipment and material for youth groups or older people’s groups

• Community festivals

• Cross generational work

• Befriending for older isolated people

• Lunch Clubs

• Running costs for self help groups

• Committee and volunteer/staff training

• Sporting or physical activity – e.g. weekly football training sessions for a local team or gentle exercise for the elderly

1.4 How much can we apply for?

• the minimum grant award is £500 and the maximum is £1,000.

• Grants are restricted to one per group and therefore a group can not apply for more than one set of funding from this particular programme.

1.5 Exclusions

Grants will not be awarded to the following:

• to individuals;

• to statutory organisations, including PCT’s and schools.

• groups who is not constituted.

Grants will not be awarded for the following purposes:

• to fund trips abroad;

• to fund buses, mini buses or other community transport schemes (not including transport costs forming part of a project);

• to fund building costs, including access adaptations to buildings.