Grants

 

West Bletchley Council is keen to support local organisations and our Community Committee has grant funding available for local organisations which benefit residents of West Bletchley.  If you wish to apply for a grant, click on the links below to download the forms:-

Grants awarded since April 2003 are:

  • Royal Air Force Association - £350 towards a ramp for disabled access

  • Royal Naval Association, Bletchley & District Branch - £1,050 towards the provision of disabled toilets.

  • St Mary's Church - £10,000 towards the provision of a secure play area and car parking at the Peter Pan Centre

  • Milton Keynes ME Group - £200 to provide support for sufferers of ME

Grants awarded since April 2004 are:

  • Cold Harbour Childrens Centre - £600 towards a sofa and designing a mural

  • Bletchley Youth Centre - £255 towards materials for costumes

  • MK Astronomical Society - £249 towards equipment

  • Wellsmead First School - £514 towards play equipment and plants

  • Victim Support - £250 to provide support to victims of crime

  • Winged Fellowship Trust - £100 to assist with care breaks

  • MK Retirement Club - £250 towards annual activities

  • Freeman Memorial Methodist Church - £750 towards new blinds and repairing the floor

  • Scot Youth Football Club - £400 towards training facilities

  • MK Community Mediation Service - £1,000 to help provide training and support

  • MK Credit Union Study Group - £500 to help provide training and support

Grants awarded since April 2005 are:

 

Grants awarded since April 2006 are:

 

Grants awarded since April 2007 are:

 

West Bletchley Council's criteria for awarding grants are:

 

  • The application must be a voluntary group with its own committee and a constitution / set of aims and objectives.  Applications from individuals will not be considered.

  • The work of the group must benefit the community.

  • We will only fund projects accessible to the people of West Bletchley.

  • We cannot fund the purchase of equipment which another organisation is responsible to provide by statute.

  • We cannot provide funding to replace statutory funding or to pay for something that is a statutory responsibility.

  • We cannot provide funding for political, campaigning or narrowly religious activities.

  • We cannot provide funding to cover costs that will already be incurred by the application deadline or to meet a deficit loan.

  • We cannot provide funding to cover ongoing costs, such as salaries, rents (except project funding where a small percentage of expenditure may be allowed to cover a proportion of revenue costs).

  • Grants are awarded without precedent.

 

Applications for grants are considered by West Bletchley Council's Community Committee.  Grant meetings are held in Match, June, September and December.

 

Deadlines for receipt of completed grant application forms are the 15th February, May, August and November.  In a genuine emergency, it may be possible to consider grant applications at ordinary meetings of the Community Committee.

 

If you are a member of a local organisation and would like to apply for a grant from West Bletchley Council, please contact Jill Middleton or Sarah Mitchell on 01908 648257.

 

Other grant-giving organisations you may wish to consider include:

 

  • Milton Keynes Community Foundation