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Grassroots Grants (Hull)
Grassroots Grants is a new small grant of between £250 and £5,000 for small volunteer led voluntary and community organisations that have been active in their local community for no less than 12 months, and with an average annual income of no more than £30,000.
NB: ELIGIBILITY HAS CHANGED. GROUPS WITH AVERAGE ANNUAL INCOME OF NO MORE THAN £30,000 MAY NOW APPLY.
Volunteer led voluntary and community organisations, with an average annual income over the past three years of less than £30,000 a year are eligible to apply for a Grassroots Grant.
(Annual Income refers to every penny that your group received in your financial year: not just grants and other funding, but donations; members subscriptions; charges you make; tea money; and fundraising. You must send us your annual accounts for the last two or three years as evidence of your annual income. Photocopies of your accounts books; bank statements; print-outs of spreadsheets etc are not adequate. If you need any guidance on annual accounts our Supplementary Guidance is below, or you can download our Information Sheet on Annual Accounts or you can find information and guidance from the website of Cash Online).
Eligible organisations can receive up to £5,000 in Grassroots Grants over the three years (NB that's not £5,000 per year). This could be:
- One grant of £5,000
- A series of smaller grants totalling £5,000 over the three years
- Smaller grants from Hull CVS or from other Grassroots Grants Local Funders in England, totalling £5,000 over the three years
Application Packs
You can choose whether you prefer to write your application by hand or on your computer.
If you want to fill in the application form on your computer, download the
It is a Word form, you can type into it and save it on your computer. But you need to print it out, sign it and send it to us with all the relevant information.
If you want to write your application by hand, you can print out:
You should also read the:
If if you want to apply for a Grassroots Grant for work in the East Riding of Yorkshire, you will need to make an application to the York and North Yorkshire Community Foundation. If you want to apply for a Grassroots Grant for work on the South Bank of the Humber, you will need to make an application to Voluntary Action North Lincs, or Voluntary Action North East Lincs. NB you can ony receive £5,000 from all Grassroots Grants Local Funders, so if you work in all these areas, you need to decide whether you want to apply for £5,000 from one or other Local Funder, or for smaller amounts from each.
Deadlines
Grassroots Grants applications are considered by the Grassroots Grants panel monthly on the first Friday of each month, so there are no deadlines. But read the following paragraphs to learn more about the timescales.
You can re-apply at any time if your application is unsuccessful (unless the reason was that your organisation is ineligible) or if you wish to make another application and you have not received £5,000 from Grassroots Grants already.
Applications are processed and assessed before they can be presented to the panel. Your application will be taken to the next panel once this process is complete.
Applicants are notified of the panel's decision within five working days of the panel's meeting, and we send you a grant agreement which you must sign and return. On receipt of your grant agreement, you can expect payment of your grant (or the first instalment) within 10 working days.
So we recommend that you allow two months for your application to be receieved, processed, considered, and if successful for your grant to be processed and paid.
End of Grant Reporting
If you want to complete your End of Grant Reporting Form online, please download here and return your completed form to grants@hull-cvs.co.uk
Further Information
You can find more information in the Grassroots Grants page in the Downloads, on this site. The following supplementary guidance is available to help you make your application:
You can also read our Grant Making Policy.
If you need any help or advice about your application, please contact us or email the Grants Administrator.
