N A T I O N W I D E B U I L D I N G S O C I E T Y C O M M U N I T Y G R A N T S C R I T E R I A INTRODUCTION Nationwide Building Society was founded to help people into homes of their own. And now you can help them support local housing projects in your area, so even more people can have a place fit to call home. How does it work? Housing projects and charities from around the UK can apply to us for grants to help make a change in their local areas. The applications will be reviewed and shortlisted by a regional Community Board, made up of Nationwide members, employees and charity partners. The shortlist will then be put to Nationwide members to vote on in that region. The idea is that we ll not just be able to give the winning projects a grant, but also community support. We will be awarding grants of: Between 10,000 and 25,000 for bids from singular organisations; and Between 10,000 and 50,000 for bids from partnerships and consortia. What difference will it make? Local housing projects are a great way to provide the kind of homes communities really need, whether it s homes to buy or homes to rent. With these grants, the projects will be able to do things like provide housing services to people in need and support the most vulnerable. What will we support? We support projects grouped under three key themes: 1. Improves conditions (this could be physical, emotional or social) 2. Directly helps people into a decent and affordable home (this could be through supported accommodation or stable rental accommodation) 3. Indirectly helps people into decent and affordable homes through the creation/evaluation/research of innovative ideas that challenge the existing housing model BASIC ELIGIBILITY This fund is open to the following organisations: Registered UK charities Charitable Incorporated Organisations
Companies Limited by Guarantee with charitable or social objectives Community Interest Companies Consortia and Partnerships are encouraged. Within a partnership/consortia there should be a lead organisation that makes the bid. The lead organisation must also be one of the above community groups and not a statutory organisation, housing association, constituted community or voluntary sector group. This is a pilot fund, open to groups in the following areas (local authority areas within this are outlined in appendix 1): County Durham Cumbria North and East Yorkshire Northumberland Teesside Tyneside Wearside INELIGIBILITY This fund is not open to: Individuals or individual sponsorship Activities connected to a political party Activities generating private profit Faith groups are welcome to apply but we do not fund religious activities. GRANTS Singular organisations can apply for grants of between 10,000 and 25,000 and consortia or partnerships can apply for grants of between 10,000 and 50,000. Community groups that can draw in match funding are encouraged to apply. Match funding should be considered for large-scale capital costs that we cannot fund. Funded projects can run for up to two years. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR Here are some examples of the types of project we are aiming to fund: Tenancy support helping people to access affordable private rented accommodation and sustain it through a range of different interventions from money management classes, DIY workshops empowering individuals to complete small repairs, to support with accessing employment, education and training programmes. Independent living provide rent deposits and support for people with learning disabilities or mental health issues to move on from supported accommodation to private rented homes with support from a key worker.
Older people at home - support older people to maintain accommodation and live at home independently for as long as possible through tailored advice, information and preventing hazards at home. E.g. hanging curtains, removing chip pans and replacing with the electronic equivalent. Young people set up mediation services to enable young people to access counselling services to reconcile where appropriate family relationships and prevent them from becoming homeless. Facilitation of supported lodgings schemes to enable young people to access a safe place to live. Rent Deposit Loan schemes set up and manage an affordable loan scheme to enable families to access good quality homes that have been pre-inspected in the private rented sector. The money is paid back at small affordable amounts to enable more families to access the scheme. Projects could include a worker to help people to access the scheme by finding properties. Support with budgeting to manage bills and pay back the loan could be a feature of the worker s role too. PRIORITIES FOR SHORTLIST Small local organisations Projects that link with Nationwide s aims and key themes referenced above in the introduction Groups that demonstrate a clearly defined need Those with an innovative approach to a clearly defined need Those demonstrating effective practice and successful methodology Groups that successfully demonstrate the impact their project will have on communities Those that have a robust plan to measure and report positive changes made Those that demonstrate sustainability beyond the life of this grant WHAT WE WILL FUND Note: Please read all footnotes Core costs. Budget for running and facility costs, office equipment, supplies, any travel and accommodation, printing etc 1. Staff costs. Budget for staffing, including full-time staff, external consultants, capacity building/training and other related expenses, e.g. translation 2. Volunteer expenses. Budget for reimbursements of expenses to volunteers, e.g. telephone calls, travel and meals. Activity costs. Budget for resources to facilitate a project / activity that fall outside capital, volunteer or staffing costs, e.g. catering, insurance. Small-scale capital costs. Budget for small-scale set up costs including one-off expenses for equipment or fixed assets that may have use or benefit beyond the life of the grant / one financial year, such as computer hardware. This can also include perishable capital, which are items that are required for the delivery of a project, such as paint, paintbrushes and gardening equipment. 3
Footnotes: 1 No more than 20% of the awarded grant should be spent on core costs. 2 Staff costs will not be funded for statutory organisations, housing associations or constituted community and voluntary sector organisations, that are applying in partnership with a community group. 3 In general we would not expect to cover capital costs greater than 10% of the awarded grant value. Large-scale capital costs will not be funded, see below. WHAT WE WON T FUND Major / Large-scale capital costs. Vehicles, land, property, large-scale building works 1. Retrospective costs. Reimbursement for costs already incurred. Over 25% of your annual income. 1 If you require large-scale capital costs for your project, please consider match funding, as noted in the grants section. SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS We will ask for the following supporting documents to be uploaded with your application: A copy of your most recent annual accounts A photocopy of a bank statement of your organisation no more than three months old Copies of your safeguarding (if you will be working with children or vulnerable adults) and equal opportunities policies. If you need support with this we suggest seeking guidance from the Safe Network: http://www.safenetwork.org.uk/resources/pages/policies_and_procedures.aspx Names, addresses and dates of birth of your management team and overview of your organisational structure. This information may be used by Nationwide Building Society for identification purposes, debt tracing and the prevention of money laundering. To support with this, searches (e.g. to verify your identity) may be made with third parties, including publicly available sources. A high-resolution version of your organisation's logo and high-resolution images relating to your current work - please note these may be used to promote your application If you have any concerns about the information in your application being used publicly, please ensure you make us aware by emailing info@cdcf.org.uk. If you do not have the required documents we may still consider your application, please email info@cdcf.org.uk to explain what you need support with. ASSESSMENT PROCESS The following process will be used to assess the applications and award grants: All applications must be made by completing the application form by the date specified. Local Community Foundations will shortlist applications, assessing against the eligibility criteria and priorities of the programme.
A regional Community Board will review the shortlisted applications and decide which projects to put forward for Nationwide members to vote on. The Community Board will be made up of Nationwide employees, members, local charity partners on a volunteer basis and supported by representatives from local Community Foundations. Nationwide members / non-members will have the opportunity to vote on which projects, selected by the Community Board, will receive grants. Each project will be promoted externally - online and in Nationwide branches. You will be notified of the results of the public vote by the date specified. The decisions of the local Community Foundations, the Community Board and the results of the member vote are final. HOW WE USE THE PERSONAL DATA PROVIDED By completing this application form, UK Community Foundations and its network partners will use the personal data about you and other individuals named in your application to assess and administer a grant application for Nationwide s community funding programme. Personal data about your management team will also be used for identification, debt tracing and the prevention of money laundering. To support with this, searches (e.g. to verify your identity) may be made with third parties, including publicly available sources. When necessary, personal data collected through the application process may be shared with the regional Community Board made up of Nationwide employees, members, local charities, representatives from local Community Foundations; and The Nationwide Foundation as part of their review of shortlisted applications. Any photographs and commentary provided to support your application may include personal data relating to individuals supported by your organisation. These photos and details may be used in promotional material created in relation to your application and may be shared with Nationwide members and via Nationwide Building Society, UK Community Foundations and its network partners websites and literature. By providing any personal data about another person you are confirming that they understand how their data may be used and shared. Please contact info@cdcf.org.uk if you or anyone named in your application have any concerns with the information being used publicly or have any requests to access a copy of the information held about them.
APPENDIX ONE LOCAL AUTHORITY AREAS COVERED BY THIS PROGRAMME County Durham o County Durham o Darlington o Hartlepool Cumbria o Allerdale o Barrow-in-Furness o Carlisle o Copeland o South Lakeland o Eden North and East Yorkshire o East Riding of Yorkshire o Hambleton o Kingston upon Hull, City of o Richmondshire o Ryedale o Scarborough o York Northumberland o Northumberland Teesside o Middlesbrough o Redcar and Cleveland o Stockton-on-Tees Tyneside o Gateshead o Newcastle upon Tyne o North Tyneside o South Tyneside Wearside o Sunderland