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The Shropshire Community Fund (SCF) was set up in 1989 to raise money for local charities in Shropshire. The SCF now receives income from a variety of sources, including payroll deductions from individuals (Give As You Earn), support from Borough and District Councils, a grant from the Health Authority and donations made under the Gift Aid Scheme.

SCF is administered by the Community Council of Shropshire. Decisions are made by a Committee with voluntary and statutory sector representatives and meetings are held quarterly.

Applications should meet these conditions:

• They should be located within Shropshire and/or have a significant number of beneficiaries within the county.
• Preferably, they should be registered charities, or have Inland Revenue charitable status, or be established for charitable purposes.
• Preference will be given to smaller, local and new groups with limited resources.
• Priority will be given to social welfare groups whose activities are related to Care in the Community or the implementation of the Children Act (Especially self-help groups around health and which make significant use of volunteers). A small number of grants are available for other types of groups

Funding may help with:

• Start up costs of newly formed groups or support for new developments of existing groups
• Training costs for volunteers and staff
• Small capital grants for equipment
• Recurring grants and grants for general revenue costs may be considered for social welfare groups where no staff are employed. These could be for a maximum of 3 consecutive years in any 5 year period.

Exclusions:

• Grants to individuals
• Salary costs of staff and other core costs
• Organisations that are already funded by Shropshire Health Authority
• Well resourced organisations that could achieve funding from elsewhere, or have reserves.
• Costly projects where a grant from the Community Fund would make little difference
• Repairs or improvements to buildings

Grants are limited to a maximum of £500 and this figure will only be exceeded in exceptional circumstances. Grants are not necessarily dependent on matching funding, although this will be welcome.

Generally, applications will be considered at the quarterly meetings, but requests for small amounts (under £75) can be processed more quickly to meet urgent needs.

Applications for grants often exceed the Community Fund's limited resources. Therefore, not all applications which meet the criteria will be successful. Equally, SCF cannot guarantee to meet future funding needs of groups it has previously supported.

Alternatively, call CCS on 01743 360641.