North Hykeham Town Council Community Grants grants should be used to benefit communities in the Town of North Hykeham by supporting organisations and projects which help to improve safety, recreation, education, community pride, sports, charitable assistance, art and culture, promote the Town in a positive way, or improve the environment of North Hykeham and its surrounding areas.
Applications will be considered from:
• A Registered Charity operating in the North Hykeham area;
• A non-profit making organisation with charitable aims, voluntary groups, societies and clubs operating in the North Hykeham area;
• In very exceptional circumstances, Individuals requesting grant aid with a project/event, that will be for the benefit of the local community may be considered;
• A North Hykeham based club/association/charity/sports club serving a specific section of the community or the community as a whole.
Applications will not be considered from:
• Individuals or for projects which benefit single individuals;
• A political party, nor any individual or organisation intending to support or oppose any particular political party;
• Organisations with significant unrestricted reserves;
• For-profit Commercial organisations;
• National appeals are, with limited exceptions, outside the legal scope of the Council’s Community Grant policy.
Grants will not be awarded for:
• Prize money;
• Commercial activities;
• Activities held outside of the Town’s area unless proven to be of benefit to the Town and/or its residents;
• Projects that improve or benefit privately owned land or property;
• Projects that are a statutory responsibility of other government bodies;
• Projects that simply replace existing facilities with no significant improvement;
• Projects that have already been completed or will have been completed by the time the Grant is issued;
• Support for private business projects;
• Running/operating costs or other such ongoing expenditure.
North Hykeham
The deadlines each year are:
• 28th February (for determination in March)
• 31st May (for determination in June)
• 31st August (for determination in September)
• 30th November (for determination in December)
