Community Funding Guidance

You can find the guidance notes for RBH Community Funding Grants on the document below.

Before you begin the application form please read through our guidance notes above.

During the application form you will be asked to upload a copy of your group’s latest bank statement, clearly displaying the sort code, account number and name of your group/charity/CIC. You will not be able to submit your application until you upload this document

Once you start this application you will not be able to save it. You must complete and submit your form in one visit. This will take approximately 20 minutes.

Community Funding 2021

Introduction

Eligibility *

You must be an unincorporated association (community group), registered charity or CIC (Community Interest Company) with a turnover less than £150,000 in the previous financial year

The project will benefit RBH customers and/or communities

The project will be based entirely in Rochdale Borough

You must ensure that there is at least a 12 month gap since the completion of your last RBH funded project

The project will be completed within 2 years of receiving your grant

You must be willing to provide monitoring and evaluation information on your project, including evidence of spend (e.g. receipts) for 100% of funding awarded

The Project will meet all current Government Guidelines around Covid-19

Part 1 : About your group or organisation

Your Name *

Name of Group or Organisation *

Email Address *

Contact Address *

Registered address of Group or Organisation

Contact Phone no. *

About your Group or Organisation

Is your Group or Organisation *

An unincorporated association (Community Group)

A registered charity

A CIC (Community Interest Company)

Does your group it's own bank account

Yes

Unfortunately you are ineligible to apply for RBH Community Grant funding.

You may be able to apply for other funding details of which can be accessed at: http://www.actiontogether.org.uk/

Is the turnover of your charity or CIC less than £150,000 in the previous financial year

Yes

Please give us your Registered Charity No or CIC No

IMPORTANT: Please upload a copy of your bank statement. You will not be able to submit this form without submitting a bank statement. *

Unfortunately you are ineligble to apply for RBH Community Grant Funding

You may be able to apply for other sources of funding at http://www.actiontogether.org.uk/

When was the last time your group or organisation received funding from RBH’s Community Fund, and what was it for?

If you have never received funding you can leave this blank

Should your application be successful, you will be required to provide monitoring and feedback information during your project, and copies of all receipts and invoices at the end of the project. Please confirm that you agree to provide this feedback. *

I confirm that I will submit the required monitoring data to RBH

Part 2: About your Project

Name of your project

Which of the following RBH community themes does your project address

Please tick all that apply

Which of the following RBH community themes does your project address *

Work and Skills

Digital Inclusion

Financial Inclusion

Health and Wellbeing

Reducing Social Isolation

Families, Children and Young People

Improving Green Spaces

Mutuality across neighbourhoods

Estimated start date *

Estimated completion date

This must be within 2 years of receiving your grant

Estimated completion date *

What is the total cost of the project? (The maximum grant that we offer is £5000) *

How much grant funding are you applying for from RBH? *

If the total cost of the project exceeds the £5000 maximum grant, how will you raise the rest of the funds?

Please provide a breakdown of the goods and services that you will buy should your application be successful. Please provide actual costs. WE WILL NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS WITH ESTIMATED COSTS. (We will contact you for quotes for all items valued at over £500) *

Please briefly tell us about your project (MAXIMUM 500 WORDS). We are particularly interested in applications which offer creative solutions to delivering services that adhere to current restrictions around social distancing and to those who are isolated. For guidance about this question please click the ‘?’ icon

• What is your project idea? What are you going to be doing? • Why is the project necessary? (How did you identify a need?) • Where will it take place? (Is there a specific neighbourhood or community the project will benefit?) • Who will be involved? (Are there other organisations involved or supporting this project?) • How will you promote your project and encourage people to take part? • How many people will the project benefit? • What will the project achieve (What outcomes do you think the project will have?) • How will you know the project has been successful? (How will you measure these outcomes?) • Tell us if, and how, you aim to continue your project once the funding ends.

Please briefly tell us about your project (MAXIMUM 500 WORDS). We are particularly interested in applications which offer creative solutions to delivering services that adhere to current restrictions around social distancing and to those who are isolated. For guidance about this question please click the ‘?’ icon *

RBH is a Mutual organisation with tenant and employee members, and we value our members’ feedback. Please tell us about how you have consulted with members to develop your project, why they support your project and the benefits they feel it will bring to their neighbourhood and community *

Part 3: Contact

Consent for storing submitted data *

Yes, I give permission to store and process my data

No, I don't consent to storing and processing my data

Please tick here if you want to be kept up to date with information about RBH’s Community Fund

Yes, I would like to be kept up to date with information about RBH’s Community Fund

Please tick here if you would like more information about becoming a member of the Community Funding Panel

Yes, I would like more information about becoming a member of the Community Funding Panel

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