Grants
Each year, Warbleton Parish Council supports local organisations, societies and groups by providing financial grants.
The next window for applying for a Parish Council grant is from 16th September 2024 to 17th January 2025. The application form is available below to download and includes all the details you need to submit a request. If you need any help please contact Jeanne Peterson, Parish Clerk at warbletonparishcouncil@gmail.com
Grant applications will be decided by the Parish Council at their meeting in January 2025. The timing of any grant will be at the discretion of the Parish Council and any grant awarded will be paid during the 2025/26 financial year, commencing 1st April 2025.
Important - The criteria for applications is set out below, but the Council reserves the right to any additional criteria that it regards as appropriate.
Application Criteria
- The Parish Council, when considering grants, will give priority to those groups and organisations which can demonstrate that other fund-raising efforts have been made.
- Grants will normally only be given towards specific items of expenditure – i.e. equipment or capital projects and will only be paid on production of a receipted invoice. They will normally not exceed 50% of the total cost of the project.
- Requests for grants must be accompanied by either audited accounts, (in the case of a Registered Charity to include a copy of the Trustees Annual Report to the Charity Commission), or a business plan for a new organisation or group. Note: please contact the Parish Clerk, if this is not possible.
- Grants will not normally be made available to commercial or national organisations, statutory bodies or groups from outside the parish unless there are identifiable benefits to residents of the parish
- If part or all of the grant is unspent, the Parish Council reserves the right to request that any unspent funds are repaid