About Grants from the Kingsley Community Fund

There are two tiers of funding available from the Kingsley Community Fund.

• The first tier is for grants up to £1000, and applications can be made directly from this page.

• The second tier is for grants up to £20,000, but before applying you must first contact The Community Foundation on 01785 339540.  Applications will not be accepted if you have not first discussed your project with us.

These grants will be awarded to organisations who provide facilities or services for people in the parish of Kingsley, (with a strong preference towards children and young people).  The aim is to enhance the provision of service and to help make organisations more efficient, to improve the scope of their provision, or to provide facilities to the local community.

We would prefer to fund capital projects, (work on buildings and equipment), as opposed to revenue expenses and running costs, unless your project involves an extension to a pre-existing service.  For projects that are seeking more funding than £1000 we would expect to see business plans, community consultation documents, evidence that your project could be successful, (rather than solely anecdotal evidence), and, if your project is for work on a building or piece of land, we would expect to see architectural plans and permission for development.

We would like any grant received from us to be worth at least 33% of the overall project value.  For larger projects you would need to show evidence that you had secured any other necessary funding before any funding is released from this fund.

Types of Organisation We Will Fund

We will support the following types of organisation;

• Constituted community groups

• Constituted voluntary groups

Project Aims

• Your project must meet one of the following criteria;

• Increase or enhance your current service provision

• Make your organisation more efficient, more sustainable or more resilient

• Be used to improve facilities for your service users

• Be used to provide facilities that will benefit the people of Kingsley, (with a strong preference towards children and young people)

Eligible Costs

• Equipment costs

• Capital costs

• Training costs

• Core costs

• Event costs

• One off project costs

How To Apply

To apply for a grant of up to £1,000 please submit an application using our online application facility.  You can attach your supporting documents to the application.

Applications for more than £1,000 will not be accepted unless you have first contacted The Community Foundation for Staffordshire and discussed your project with us.  You can contact us on 01785 339540.