Tesco bags of help funding
Tesco Bags of Help funding is still open for applications. The blue tokens in store, which are normally given out, are not being given out at present, but groups are still able to apply and if selected as one of the three projects who would normally be voted on in store, all three projects will be given equal amounts of funding.
Tesco community grants fund thousands of local projects right across the UK. Projects that bring benefit to their community will get the green light – these range from improving community buildings and outdoor spaces to buying new equipment, training coaches or volunteers and hosting community events.
In August 2017 Tesco replaced single use carrier bags with new Bags for Life made from 94% recyclable plastic, to help reduce bag use even further. The money raised by the sale of these bags now funds Bags of Help.
Apply for a grant
Three community projects in each local area will be voted on by customers in Tesco stores throughout the UK, with projects changing every other month. Following the vote, the project that received the most votes in its area will receive a grant of up to £2,000, second place receiving up to £1,000 and third place up to £500. Customers are given a token when they buy their shopping that they can use to make their choice using the voting units in most stores.
How to apply
Guidance notes and the application process can be found on the dedicated Bags of Help website:
http://tescobagsofhelp.org.uk/
Tees Valley Community Foundation – We are fully operational!
COVID-19 – We are fully operational, and our team is working remotely to continue to provide help and support to our community.
We want you to know we are here, working safely at home, to provide continued support. Whilst we are still processing general grant applications, we are prioritising requests from those groups who are directly responding to the impact of the pandemic.
Applications for other purposes will be processed but may experience a slight delay whilst we provide help where it is most urgently needed.
In an effort to be as responsive as possible in these unprecedented times, we have lifted the ‘one application per year’ restriction, which means those who need funds can repeatedly apply for help as needed throughout this evolving situation. You can contact us through all the usual routes – calls to the main number are being diverted to the team but using our website’s online form or messaging via Facebook where possible would be most effective at this time.
We care passionately about providing support to the Tees Valley community and are committed to providing specialised, responsible support for the foreseeable future.
Keep checking our Facebook page for ways you can help us to help our community at this difficult time.
CAF CORONAVIRUS EMERGENCY FUND
About this Fund
In this time of national crisis, CAF has launched this rapid response Fund to help smaller charitable organisations affected by the impact of Covid-19. Grants of up to £10,000 will help them to continue to deliver much needed support to our communities across the UK.
This is intended as a rapid response fund, and we aim to make payments to selected organisations within 14 days of application.
We anticipate high numbers of applicants and unfortunately it is likely that we will not be able to offer a grant to all eligible applicants.
Who can apply?
Organisations with a charitable purpose and charitable activities, which had income of £1million or less in their last financial year.
This includes:
- UK registered charities (registered with Charity Commission, Scottish Charity Regulator or Charity Commission for Northern Ireland, or as shown in the Charities Act 2010)
- Organisations registered with Companies House or the Public Mutuals Register, as a charitable or not-for-profit entity, eg Community Interest Companies, Companies Limited by Guarantee and others
- Unregistered entities and social enterprises.
How much can you apply for?
Organisations in the UK with charitable activities can apply for up to £10,000 to support day to day activities in the current health emergency or your Covid-19 emergency response activities.
It is possible that not all grants will be made at the full amount. Please apply for an amount that will make a suitable difference to the size and activities of your organisation.
What can you apply for?
You can apply for unrestricted funding for core costs, staffing, volunteer costs, supplies and equipment, communications or other critical charitable areas. You must be able to describe how an emergency grant will improve the situation for your organisation and community.
Please make only one application. Multiple applications will slow the process down and only one grant is possible for any organisation.
Please remember that this is intended as an emergency fund to enable your charitable activities to continue at the moment in whatever way is needed; it is not designed to replace other lost income in the longer term.
What we cannot fund
There are a small number of exclusions to the fund.
We will certainly not be able to fund:
- Individuals, or groups of individuals who have come together recently to provide informal support services to their communities
- Any organisation more than once. Please ensure that only one application is submitted from your organisation.
- Plus, organisations that:
- Use the funds to make grants or financial donations to other organisations or to individuals
- Discriminate on the basis of age, race, colour, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, disability or other unlawful basis
- Are religious charities whose activities only promote the furtherance of their religion or only benefit their own religious members
- Are political parties or campaigns.
How will we prioritise grants?
We anticipate that there will be a high level of requests for support now and in the weeks ahead. We will do our best to manage this proactively and provide a rapid response to organisations which need support. However, we are going to have to prioritise grants, and we may need to focus on:
- Charities, and other organisations, whose established charitable activities are at risk of being severely reduced to the detriment of vulnerable groups
- Organisations that are having to deliver core services in fundamentally different or unusual ways in order to respond to the crisis and still reach their beneficiaries
- Organisations that are deeply embedded with communities and have established networks to deliver their charitable activities
- Organisations experiencing current cashflow problems, rather than concerns that future income will be reduced.
How will we make decisions?
The information you provide will be used by us to confirm that your organisation is eligible for funding, that your activities are charitable and suitable for the CAF Coronavirus Emergency Fund. We will carefully but swiftly review the answers in your application form, check your website/social links and publicly available records.
Unfortunately, we anticipate that there will be a large number of eligible organisations which we cannot fund. There are a number of other Covid-19 response funds being established throughout the UK for various purposes, and we will endeavour to signpost to other funds where possible.
Timescales
We intend this to be a rapid response fund and have set systems in place to be able to review applications on a continuing basis. We will email you to let you know whether we can offer a grant or not as swiftly as possible.
If your organisation is not a registered charity, it is possible that we will need to make further checks on your organisation, and if so, it may take slightly longer.
We aim for grants to be paid to selected organisations within 14 days of application.
What else do we need to know before we apply?
- You can help us make swift decisions and payments by:
- Brief, succinct and detailed answers. Short sentences and bullet points are useful.
- Only apply for funds so that your organisation’s charitable activities can continue at the moment, and you have a realistic plan in place to achieve this.
- Only apply for funds if last year’s financial accounts prove that your turnover was less than £1million, and those accounts are publicly available.
- Do not apply if you are an individual, or a group of individuals which has come together to support community activities but without an organisational constitution.
- Ensure that the bank details you upload are clear and contain the information required.
- Ensure your contact details are correctly entered.
For approved organisations, we will contact you again in approximately 6 months. We would like to find out how the grant has helped your organisation and broadly what it was spent on.
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