Community Chest

Small Grants for Local Community Initiatives

When Balerno Village Trust initiated the Harlaw Hydro project it committed to using a portion of the surplus to establish a small grant scheme that would benefit organisations not only within Balerno but in the surrounding communities too. In conjunction with Currie Balerno Rotary Club such a scheme has been created, it is called The Community Chest.

The Balerno Village Trust has set aside a portion of the funds provided by Harlaw Hydro Ltd to assist modest local projects which offer benefit to the local community, Currie Balerno Rotary Club has also set aside funds. The Community Chest is jointly administered by Currie Balerno Rotary Club and Balerno Village Trust. The Community Chest is also supported with contributions from CALA Homes.

Awards

Twice a year the committee reviews applications and makes awards. Applications in any year should be received by:

- 31st May with decisions notified by 31 July
- 30th November with decisions notified by 31 January

All applicants will receive electronically a List of Approved Funding Applications and a Publicity Statement for their own website purposes.

All successful applicants are required to:

- Confirm receipt of the award promptly by email
- Within a month of completion of their project, provide feedback in the form of a short summary of the way the award was used and its benefit to their organisation/project. The feedback should be accompanied by one or more photographs for publication on this website.

Applications...

Applications are invited from organisations or groups but not from individuals.

- The project must be new, clearly defined and quite separate from operational or running costs.
- The project must be of benefit to the local community and this benefit must be spelled out in the application.

If you want to know more about the Community Chest download an application form and read the guide or contact us at cc@cbrotary.org

Just a word of caution. The Community Chest does not have unlimited resources and we want to see these resources spread across as many projects as possible.

To download an Application Form and a Guide to Grant Applications Click Community Chest Application, please see https://www.balernovt.org.uk/community-chest