Great Childhoods Ambition Community Fund (£5,000 - £30,000)

About the fund

The fund has been entrusted to Barnsley CVS from Barnsley Council Great Childhood Ambition to deliver funds to local VCSE organisations to deliver support to children in Barnsley.

Successful organisations will join a group of grantees who will work together to identify funding to extend the work beyond 18 months.

Fund criteria

Proposals must deliver on one or more of the following areas:

Belonging

Children and young people feel part of their community.  We support them to have resilience and engage positively in their local area.

Explore

All children and young people have opportunities to explore and understand the wider world. We reduce the barriers to developing cultural capital and special experiences in the arts, sports and travel.

Dream

Children and young people are inspired to think boldly about their future. We provide opportunities to learn about a wide range of careers and experiences that ensure they are ready for the world of work.

Grow

Children and young people thrive and succeed as they grow up in Barnsley. We ensure they have opportunities to be healthy, confident and learn new things.

Connect

Children, young people and families have access to a connected and responsive system of support. We develop digital and systematic changes to the infrastructure around them to reduce barriers to access to support.

You will be asked to identify which of the above criteria your proposal meets and how.

Specifics

• The project must only be to support children and young people in Barnsley

• You must have a governing document (e.g. constitution or memorandum or association)

• Your organisation must be in the VCSE sector e.g. registered charity, social enterprise, charitable membership body

• You must have a board or management committee of at least three unrelated people who are volunteers

• You must have a bank account in the name of the group requiring at least two unrelated signatories

• You must have up to date and relevant safeguarding policies and procedures

Examples of what can be funded

• Staff salaries

• Equipment for sessions e.g. instruments, sports equipment, arts supplies

• Volunteer expenses

• Necessary training costs

• Incentives for children, young people and family to engage

• Venue hire

• Resources for project delivery

• Marketing and media for the project

• A contribution to overheads

• Costs of transport or trip costs

What can’t be funded

• For profit organisations, statutory organisations or overseas organisations

• Unregistered charities (due to the size of the bid, please apply to the other size fund if you are unregistered)

• Payments to trustees

• Retrospective funding

• Grant making to other organisations

Amount available

£5,000 - £30,000 (for grant applications under £5,000 for this fund please see the alternative listing)

Documents which need to be included

• Governing document

• Copy of your latest annual report

• Copy of a bank statement from the last 3 months

• Copy of your children’s safeguarding policy

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If you would like a wider understanding of the GCA we have attached two other documents below. The slides from the funding launch event are attached below. These are not essential reads when applying for the grant.