GRANT POLICY 

Scope of grants

Grants can be awarded for any purpose that is seen to further the aims of the Alton Society, i.e. to support and improve the environment and thus the lives of people living within Alton and the surrounding countryside.

 

The full aims are set out below.

Some examples of the areas where the Alton Society will consider awarding grants are:

• Support to develop an enhanced community

• Projects that improve the quality of life for local citizens

• Equipment that will benefit the community

• Services that benefit the community

• Social inclusion

• Grassroots capability building of an organisation that is aiming to support the community

• fundraising appeals that support the aims of the Alton Society

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The Alton Society will consider grants for any of the following:

• One-off grants for either specific new projects, or for projects that require a financial injection to protect their ongoing sustainability. 

• Seed corn funding to get new community initiatives off the ground

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What the Alton Society won’t fund

• Political parties

• Religious organisations, unless the application is to provide non-religious services to the community

• Services that are the responsibility of the statutory sector to fund or provide

• Services that take place out of the area (not within Alton Town or its adjoining parishes)

• Medical research

• Animal welfare

• Funding for major capital appeals or items

• Retrospective requests

 

Application process

Organisations can apply for a grant by contacting us. The Management Committee will review the application and make a decision, which we aim to make within 8 weeks of receiving an application.