Strategic grants

Before applying, read the Strategic Grant Framework and individual grant project briefs that outline the principles and criteria for these grants. 

Please demonstrate how your project will meet the themes and priorities set out in:

• North Northamptonshire Council's Corporate Plan
• Community Strategy
• Living your Best Life Strategy

We encourage organisations to work together when making applications to make sure support can be offered across all areas of North Northamptonshire in both town and rural communities.

Organisations

The following organisations can apply:

• charities
• community and voluntary groups
• clubs
• not-for-profit organisations

The application must be completed by the requesting organisation. Applications will only be accepted from organisations whose activities are not carried out for profit, that are properly constituted, efficiently run and subject to prudent financial management.

Successful applications will be awarded grant funding on receipt of signed agreement.

There will be specific eligibility criteria in applying for individual grant project briefs and the list below only includes those elements which are common to organisation in delivering the individual grant project briefs:

• programme or direct costs which are directly relevant to the individual grant project brief
• travel and transport costs associated with events in Northamptonshire related to grant distribution
• hire or purchase of equipment for meeting project needs
• technical assistance (where third-party support is required to meet the project outcomes)
• employee costs (including salaries)
• training costs
• publicity, marketing but not political lobbying
• volunteer expenses

Some exclusions will apply, unless specifically allowed for within specific funding sources:

• requests for grants from organisations which are discriminatory, political, or are classed as religious conversion
• where there is statutory funding provision available
• costs that can be claimed back from elsewhere (e.g. VAT)
• costs that are not auditable (e.g. cash payments unsupported by an approved financial system)
• costs towards the provider organisations banking charges or repayment of debt
• payments made to individual members of an organisation who have a personal financial interest
• retrospective costs (e.g. activities completed, or costs incurred before the agreement of funding)
• programmes or activities which are considered the core activity of national or regional government, Government Departments, or arms-length body, such as health or education
• gifts and prizes
• alcohol
• political lobbying
• works to facilities that are or should be subject to an insurance claim

The following conditions apply for successful applicants:

• funding awards are paid upon receipt of a signed grant agreement
• this grant is not transferable between projects or organisations
• a grant is awarded on the basis of information provided in the application
• should this information be found to be misleading or in the event that they supported project is cancelled, the council will be entitled to be repaid the grant monies
• it is the responsibility of the applicant to ensure they have all relevant consents and permissions in place (i.e. planning permission, DBS checks, and licenses)
• a grant award does not give permission to proceed with any work without the correct statutory authorisation
• successful grants awarded must comply with appropriate monitoring systems, including a final report and any relevant documentation such as receipts
• all parties must protect personal data as defined in the Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulations
• successful applicants shall acknowledge the funding from North Northamptonshire Council and support in any advertising relating to the delivery of the project

The council will retain your personal data for the purposes of processing this application. Further details can be found in the Community Funding Privacy Notice.