Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund

Please read the Essential Information before applying. 

Background Information:

Evelyn Partners and the Community Foundation for Merseyside are pleased to announce the latest round of the Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund.

If you are a local voluntary or community group based in Merseyside or Halton and need funding for a project focusing primarily on improving the lives of local young people, the Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund may be able to help.

 

What are the objects of the fund:

The aim of the Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund is to make a significant, positive impact on young people’s lives by supporting educational initiatives, as well as health and wellbeing and employability projects in the local community.

 

Fund priorities:

• To support projects that help young people learn new skills and maximize their potential helping them improve their life chances and become more active and engaged in their own communities, e.g.  mentoring schemes to improve the employability of young people.
• To increase levels of financial literacy for young people, e.g., money management and budgeting projects
• Projects that aim to tackle specific community issues through education.
• To support projects that promote wellbeing and tackle mental and physical health problems through education.
• Projects where young people can help voluntary and community groups become more effective and efficient.
• Projects that encourage excluded or isolated young people’s involvement in the community
• Projects that encourage young people’s social entrepreneurship

 

Priority will be given to applicants that demonstrate how their project will make a difference to beneficiaries’ lives, e.g.  if a young person gains new skills, qualifications, or experiences and how these will be applied post project, such as through guaranteed work experience/interviews etc.

 

Special Criteria:

Group annual income must be less than £500,000 to be eligible.

Please note the Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund panel are keen to consider projects that will result in some form of qualification or accreditation.

Community Foundation for Merseyside supports the Real Living Wage, therefore, we would encourage applications which pay staff at the current Real Living Wage of £12 per hour as a minimum - What is it? | Living Wage Foundation

 

How much is available:

The budget is £23,000 and grants are available up to £5,000.

 

Which areas are covered:

Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens, and Wirral

 

Closing date:

The closing date for applications is 5pm on Tuesday 12^th December 2023, however, as there are limited funds available and we do not want to disappoint too many applicants, the fund may close earlier.

Decisions: Decisions will be communicated by early March 2024.

  

The following cannot be supported via the fund:

• National organisations that cannot demonstrate local governance and control of local finances.
• Statutory organisations or work that is their responsibility.
• Private Companies and Companies Limited by Shares
• Organisations with less than three unrelated trustees/directors/management committee members
• Commercial ventures
• Purchase/maintenance of vehicles
• Activities that will have already taken place before we offer you a grant.
• Politically connected or exclusively religious activities
• Projects for personal profit
• Groups comprising just one family.
• Organisations that are set up for the benefit of animals or plants: environmental groups that work with animals or the environment (such as city farms) are acceptable.
• Debts and other liabilities
• Reclaimable VAT
• Travel outside UK

 

Documents which need to be included with your application:

1. A copy of the group’s constitution, governing document, or rules

2. A copy of the group’s latest annual accounts or income/expenditure document

3. A list of your current Trustees/Directors/Management Committee

4. A copy of a recent bank statement for your group

5. A copy of the group’s current Safeguarding Policy. All applicants must ensure that they hold relevant policies and procedures in place to undertake activities, such as Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and/or a health and safety policy, depending on proposed activity. If unsure about what you need, please contact the Community Foundation for help (details below)

NB: If you have received a grant from us in the last 12 months and have already submitted copies of the above documents, you do not need to send them in again. However, a bank statement is required with every application.

What happens next?

Completed applications are considered by Community Foundation staff to check eligibility. You may be contacted for more information after applying and a decision-making panel will make recommendations based on the fund’s criteria and the budget available.

You should expect to hear the outcome of your application by early March 2024.

 

For further information, please contact:

Community Foundation for Merseyside 

Third Floor,

Stanley Building,

43 Hanover Street,

Liverpool,

L1 3DN

T: 0330 440 4900

Email: applications@cflm.org.uk