Grant application terms and conditions

Please read before completing the grant application form

Application

  1. The amount of the award will be at the discretion of the Parish Council

  2. All applications will be considered on their merits but, in general, grants will be awarded for capital projects, such as the purchase of equipment, works to buildings, improvements to premises. In addition the Council may support a community event, festival or other special event. Grants towards running costs, salaries or consumables, may be considered in exceptional circumstances.

  3. Grants will be awarded to voluntary groups and societies, clubs, not-for-profit organisations, and charities operating in Brill civil parish where the benefit will be for this area. Grants will not be awarded to individuals or to regional or national charities unless it is for a specific project in Brill parish or where there will be obvious benefit to the area or its residents. Grants will not be awarded to or for any commercial venture for private gain.

  4. The purpose for which the grant is made must be in the interest of the area or to some or all of of the inhabitants of Brill parish. The benefit to the area or inhabitants must be commensurate with the expenditure. Groups from outside the Parish who can demonstrate direct benefit to Brill parish are eligible to apply.

  5. The Parish Council will take into account any previous grant made to an organisation or group when considering a new application. All grants will be conditional upon submission of audited accounts and supporting documentation detailing costs of capital expenditure, project or events for which the funding is being sought.

  6. Retrospective applications will not be funded where the expenditure had been made, the project has been carried out or the event has taken place.

Post-funding

  1. All grant recipients are required to provide the Parish Council with a brief report, including photographs where appropriate, of how the grant has been utilised, how it has assisted the organisation or group and what it has achieved. This must be submitted within two months of the purchase of the capital equipment or completion of the project. In addition, the organisation should supply any such further information as the Parish Council may request regarding the impact of the project on the Parish Council's area.

  2. If the grant is put to purposes other than those for which it was awarded without the prior approval of the Parish Council, the recipient organisation or group will be required to repay the grant to the Parish Council.

  3. Recognition of the grant from Brill Parish Council must be made in any publicity.