Small Grant Guidance
Ending Gang and Youth Violence (EGYV)
The Ending Gangs and Youth Violence small grants programme is supported by funding
from the Police and Crime Commissioner. Its aim is to help people develop or sustain new
and exciting ideas in their community that aim to end gang involvement and youth violence,
and to encourage local grass roots organisation find solution to issues that impact on their
local communities. It is targeted at groups working in Meadows, St Anns, Radford,
Basford or Bulwell areas of Nottingham city.
If you have already received funding direct from the Police and Crime Commissioner
from the small grants fund to deliver your activity you cannot apply for this funding. If
your application for funding is for a different project or to deliver the same activity but
to a different set of people or in a different area then you can apply.
There is an expectation that your project will work along side relevant partners. EG:
Vanguard Plus multi agency team, Public health , social care providers, EYV voluntary
sector network.. You will also need to have put some thought into how you measure
success.
What types of activities will be funded?
The type of projects, events or activities for which funding can be applied for should include one or
more of the following areas of work:
Work with individual young people:
 Awareness raising activities or projects that are working to preventing knife crime
particularly with young people from the ages of 11-18 years
 Activities that result in a reduction in / cessation of violent offending
 Activities that demonstrate successful engagement with support services (e.g. mental
health treatment, substance misuse treatment, training, parent support classes)
 Engagement that encourages young people back into education, training or into
employment.
Gender specific work:
 Work with young women developing and exploring healthy relationships
 Work with young women to increased self-esteem and well-being.
 Work with young men, looking at healthy relationships and life style choices.
Community impact:
 Projects that Increase community engagement, identifying local solutions , building a
sense of safety.
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Who is eligible to apply for funding?
Most community and voluntary organisations and groups within the city boundary are eligible
to apply for funding.
If you intend to work with children under 8 years of age you should check with Ofsted
whether you need to register (see www.ofsted.gov.uk for more information). Contact the
Families Information Service for help and support with the registration process on 0800 458
4114.
You must also have the following in place;
 A constitution or set of written rules which set out your aims and objectives. This must
also contain a dissolution clause that states any assets purchased with grant funding will
be kept for community use should your group come to an end or close.
 An Equalities policy or statement.
 A Safeguarding policy or statement.
 A bank or building society account in the groups name with at least two unrelated
signatories.
 Annual accounts for groups over 12 months old.
 A 6 month cash flow for groups under 12 months old showing predicted income and
expenditure.
How much can I apply for?
You can apply for up to £1,500. If your project or activity costs more than this, please tell
us where you will get the rest of the money to support it.
What will the funds support?
The fund will support costs like the examples below. In all cases the costs must relate
directly to the activity you are providing.
Rent
Equipment
The cost of using premises to deliver your project or to hire a venue for an
event
Purchase of materials and / or hire of equipment to deliver your project / event
Publicity
Production of a leaflet or newsletter to advertise the activities you are
undertaking
Expenses
Travel / parking for staff and volunteers delivering activities (specified pence
per mile)
Necessary Courses that you intend to offer volunteers and / or staff
Training
Admin costs Insurance and membership costs, general stationery for running the activity
Salaries
Staffing costs for additional hours / new posts to deliver the activity (inc.
recruitment)
Support
Additional specific support that may be needed (e.g. translation costs)
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What will the funds not support?
The fund cannot be used to support;
 Individuals
 Activities where making profit is a primary aim
 Statutory organisations or private businesses
 Activities where the primary purpose is to promote religious beliefs or where people are
excluded on religious grounds. We can fund religious organisations to work with others
and to develop community cohesion.
 Political groups or groups promoting political activities
 Charitable or fund raising activities
 Groups / organisations where the majority of the membership live outside the City
Council boundary (You may be required to produce a statistical breakdown of your
membership by area)
 Activities that take place outside the City Council boundary
 Costs you owed or promised to pay before your application was approved (retrospective
costs)
 Projects that will take more than 12 months to complete
 Grant making bodies applying for funding to redistribute to individuals or groups
 Costs associated with foreign travel
What happens next
Your group completes the application form giving an outline of your idea and its cost.
Send in the application with your constitution, copy of recent accounts and relevant
Policies (see application form for details) by the deadline of
We assess your applications and your project based on how well it fits with our themes and
priorities, how much local benefit the project will have, what difference your project will make
to the lives of local people, your ability to deliver the project and whether it offers good value
for money
UNDER £500
OVER £500
Decisions on requests for under £500
made on the strength of the written
application
Short listed applications over £500 will be
invited to do a short presentation to the
grants panel in a dragons den type
presentation
Successful applications will have 12 months to deliver their project
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Sources of help
 If you need help to complete the application form please contact NCVS on 0115 934 8400
or e-mail [email protected] .To speak to a Development Officer.
 For help with ideas of what can be funded contact Steff Webber Tel 07950 266690 or
[email protected].
 For enquiries Only regarding the funding process you can contact Aunjna Jani NCC
Grants Officer, 87 62178 or e-mail [email protected]
And finally……
Please ensure you have read both this information and the general guidance on applying for a grant
before you complete an application form. Take into consideration the costs we can support and the
level of funding that is available, ensure you have thought your activity through and have considered
how you will monitor your success. Make sure you leave plenty of time before your activity is due to
start when you apply as it can take some time to process an application.
Finally make sure you sign the application form and enclose all the additional documentation such
as quotes in order to ensure your application is rejected or delayed whilst we wait for this
information
For more information and help contact us
VCSG Team
Nottingham City Council
Quality and Efficiency
Loxley House
Station Street
Nottingham
NG” 3NG
Aunjna Jani
Grants Officer
Tel: 0115 876 2178
Email:
[email protected]
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