Grants - Supporting community resilience

This fund is to support COVID-19 related community resilience efforts where a group has identified an ability to provide an essential service to vulnerable people locally.

The focus is on COVID-19 related community activity, and must be on supporting emergency food, supplies and vulnerable individuals.

Examples of support could include:

• supporting local volunteer efforts and expenses
  • developing promotional materials
  • support for local volunteer telephone systems
• making up food packs for vulnerable households
• developing measures to address social isolation
• providing a source of funding to enable groups to shop for individuals in the community where households no longer have cash available and they cannot source local deliveries

Groups can apply for up to £1500 at any one time.

Groups can reapply once initial funding is spent.

Applications can be made for expenditure already incurred delivering services as described above-receipts for this expenditure must be available.

The fund is open to all groups within a local area – both constituted and non-constituted. This recognises that we have a number of new groups who have emerged to support COVID-19 related resilience efforts.

Groups are encouraged to register with the Council and Highland Third Sector Interface if they have not already done so.

Applications are through the normal ward discretionary grant process. A shortened form has been developed which can be accessed here. 

Application form

All completed forms should be sent to: policy6@highland.gov.uk

or

Groups are asked to provide a short summary of how the funding has been used. An application for further funding cannot be made until this is provided. Groups do not have to provide receipts/evidence of spend but are asked to retain these for submission if requested.