Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund
About the Fund
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 ages 10 – 25, the Evelyn Partners Merseyside Charitable Fund may be able to help.
Fund Criteria
Specific criteria
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Group annual income must be less than £500,000 to be eligible.
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The panel are keen to consider projects that will result in some form of qualification or accreditation.
Fund priorities:
Projects that help young people learn new skills and improve their life chances
e.g. mentoring schemes to improve the employability of young people, and/or gaining qualifications and accreditation.
Projects that increase levels of financial literacy for young people
e.g., money management and budgeting projects.
Projects that encourage young people’s enterprise an entrepreneurship
particularly if linked to creating social value.
Projects which improve the life chances of young people who have been excluded, though skills, education and
employability
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.
Amount Available
Grants are available up to £5,000.
The total budget for this round is £20,000
(As there are limited funds available and we do not want to disappoint too many applicants, the fund may close early)
Community Foundations for Lancashire and Merseyside are a Real Living Wage employer therefore we encourage applications that include staff costs at the current Real Living Wage of £13.45p/h as a minimum.
The following items 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
How to Apply?
An online application form can be completed via the “Apply Now” button below. You can attach supporting documents to your online application, or email them to us at applications@cflm.org.uk.
If the “Apply Now” button is not available, please check the fund’s opening and close date at the top of the page before contacting us.
Documents which need to be included with your application:
- A copy of your governing document.
- A copy of your latest annual accounts or income/expenditure document.
- A copy of a recent bank statement for your group. If you do not have a bank account in place, you must be able to nominate another organisation to hold the funds (CVS, another local charity, church etc.).
- A list of your Trustees/Directors/Management Committee members. A minimum of three un-related must be in place.
- A copy of your current Safeguarding Policy. All applicants must ensure that they hold relevant policies and procedures in place to undertake activities, such as Criminal Records Bureau checks and/or a health and safety policy, depending on proposed activity. If unsure, we recommend taking advice from your local CVS..
If you have applied to us within the last 12 months and provided this information, we do not need you to send it again, although we may require a more recent bank statement.
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.