the Greenham Gift
The Greenham Gift is a major grant making initiative made by Greenham Common Trust, that provides up to £50,000 for a local project or organisation and £8,000 each to four further projects, all of which are chosen by readers of the Newbury Weekly News.
The involvement of the general public in the voting process for the Greenham Gift ensures that a wide cross-section of the public can have a direct influence on the allocation of these major charitable awards.
Greenham Common Trust chief executive, Stuart Tagg, said: "Local people have a rare opportunity in the Greenham Gift to secure major funding which enables an idea for a charitable or community project to become a reality. Over the past five years the event has seen the public select projects that might never have happened without the Greenham Gift. We are looking forward with anticipation to this year's innovative ideas."
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Applications are now open for local community groups and charities to apply for a Trust grant of between £10,000 and £50,000 with four runners up each receiving £8,000. These could be a simple one-off capital project or may be a revenue-based project that runs over a number of years. The award is not intended to cover the ongoing costs of existing activities. To enable as many local residents as possible to benefit, the winner is never allowed to apply the following year. A shortlist of eligible projects will be announced and profiled in the Newbury Weekly News and on this page from April 29th and local residents will be invited to vote for the project they feel will most benefit their local community. The four most popular projects will then be asked to make a short presentation at the Greenham Gift final at the Newbury Corn Exchange on June 17th. The public attending the final will then be asked to vote for the project they feel is most deserving and the winner will be awarded a cheque of up to £50,000. The three other short listed projects will be awarded £8,000 each as will a further project, again, selected on the night by the public audience from the list of projects that did not make the original shortlist. |
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This year each of the shortlisted applications will also receive £500 for their organisation.
Can all applicants please include a 350-word profile about your project, inlcuding quotes from those who are managing it and preferably a quote from somebody who is going to benefit from it. Profiles should be emailed to julian@greenham-common-trust.co.uk and should include a photograph which illustrates the proposed project and has members of the local commuity in it.
rules for applications
Applications must:
| 1. | Be for the benefit of the people of Newbury and its environs (West Berkshire and North West Hampshire). |
| 2. | Be for a charitable purpose. |
| 3. | Be submitted on the appropriate form. |
| 4. | Be for a project that requires up to £50,000 to make it happen. It will be acceptable for projects that have already secured funding but need additional funds to enable them to proceed with the project. It will not be acceptable for projects to apply that will not necessarily be able to proceed even if the cash sought is granted. For example the scheme is not intended to provide the first slice of funding for a project that actually needs more funding that has not yet been committed. |
| 5. | Be for a self-contained project. That means it may be either a simple one-off capital project or it may be a revenue based project that runs over a number of years so long as it is a self-contained project that is intended to run for a specified period and the funding will entirely cover that specified period. |
| 6. | Clearly indicate what use would be made of a grant of £8,000 in the event that the project is a runner-up. Acceptable proposals will be to use the money as the foundation for raising the full amount required but not to spend it on fund raising. It will also be acceptable to indicate that part of the main project or activities closely associated with it will be carried out with the £8,000. |
| 7. | The winning organisation/s will not be eligible to apply in the year following their success. |
If you have any queries about the Greenham Gift call Jane Woodfield on 01635 817302 or e-mail charitablegrants@greenham-common-trust.co.uk
Telephone: 01635 817444 | Fax: 01635 817555 | Email: enquiries@greenham-common-trust.co.uk
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