Basildon Borough Council has contacted the Essex Society for Archaeology and History with this message for those who live in the Billericay, Basildon & Wickford area of the county.
First World War Commemorations –
Grants to Community Groups 2014
Introduction:
In
recognition of tremendous contribution voluntary groups are making towards
engaging the community with the centenary of World War One, the Council is
launching a small grants scheme to support commemorative events and projects.
Grants will
not normally be more than £1,000, and most will be substantially smaller than
that. Priority will be given to groups
and individuals who have not already received funding for an event/project
within the same financial year.
Note: Separate funding will be made
available for armistice commemorations in 2018, and those arrangements will be
announced in due course.
Qualifying Criteria:
In order to
be eligible for funding, the following must be true of an event/project:
- It must aim to commemorate the
centenary of the First World War – through promoting education, discussion
or contemplation about the conflict;
- The group(s) or individual(s)
organising it must not be profiting from doing so;
- The group(s) or individual(s)
organising it must be based in the Basildon Borough;
- It must be open to the public at
large and not limited to members of any specific body (events with limited
capacity are eligible, providing there is a transparent ticketing policy);
- Its organisers must be able to
provide costings which account for the requested funding;
- Its organisers must have a bank
account owned by at least two people who are unrelated and do not live at
the same address.
Assessment Criteria
Assuming applications
meet the qualifying criteria, the event/project will be assessed by the Leader
of the Council against the following criteria:
- Its relevance to the centenary of
World War One;
- Its uniqueness, taking into
account other commemorative events/projects within the Borough;
- The likelihood of it engaging a
sizeable proportion of the community with the commemorations;
- The degree to which it will be
improved by the requested funding;
- Any extra benefits it might bring in addition to serving as a commemoration – for example, educational opportunities for local students.
We may
receive more applications than the budget can fund so we may fund part of the
amount you have requested or not at all, even if your project meets all of the
qualifying criteria.
Conditions
of funding:
·
You will be required to provide monitoring
and evaluation for any grants awarded.
Any groups who have not provided satisfactory monitoring for any
previous grants received from the Council will not be considered for further
funding.
·
Applicants
are asked to acknowledge the support of the Basildon Borough Council and
include the Council’s logo on any promotional literature or publicity. In return, the events will be displayed on
the Council’s World War One commemorations webpage.
·
The
Council reserves the right to use intellectual property created during the
events as part of promotional material relating to the World War One
commemorations. This includes photographs and feedback comments.
·
Any
of the Council’s grant aid which remains unused, or cannot be used for the
purpose for which it was awarded could be repayable to the Council. If you experience problems with spending the grant at any
time during the twelve month period then you must contact the councils funding
officer.
Application
Please direct
completed applications, as well as any queries about the grant scheme, to
Andrew Ford
Email: andrew.ford@basildon.gov.uk
Post:
Andrew Ford
Policy, Performance and Review
Basildon Borough Council
The Basildon Centre
St Martin's Square
Basildon, Essex
SS14 1DL
United Kingdom
Successful
applicants will be informed by telephone and confirmation sent by email, or
post if no email is available. A grant
is awarded to successful applicants on the understanding that it be used for
the stated purpose.
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