The
Trustees of the Rest Bay Convalescent Hotel are winding up the charity and are dispersing their remaining funds via Wales
Council for Voluntary Action (WCVA) through a grant application process.
The funding awarded by the Rest, totalling around
£500,000,will be in the form of one-off, unrestricted donations of up to
£100,000 each to the selected charities, but the process of selection will be
by a competitive grant process, with applications scored against a number of
criteria, including compatibility of aims and objectives, track record and
value for money.
Who
can apply?
Your
organisation can apply if:
- it
is a registered charity;
- it
has a constitution or set of rules, dated and signed as ‘adopted’ by the
chair, or other senior office holder on behalf of the organisation:
- it
has a bank account, in the name of the organisation, which requires at
least two signatures;
- it
can provide a copy of the most recent audited accounts or statement of
income and expenditure signed as approved by the chair or other senior
office holder;
- your
organisation’s activity takes place in South Wales; specifically in at
least one of the following unitary authority areas: Blaenau Gwent,
Bridgend, Neath Port Talbot, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Merthyr
Tydfil, Newport, Rhondda Cynon Taff; Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan
- it
provides support to individuals who are affected by ill health, work-limiting
health conditions, disabilities or ageing and are in need of respite and /
or recuperation. This could include carers and the families of those
affected.
What
can they apply for?
- Unrestricted
funding to a maximum of £100,000.
When
can they apply?
- By
4 pm on Monday 22 December 2014
- Please
note: applications received after the closing time will not be considered.
Please note:
- Only one
application per charity will be considered
- Any attempt to canvass
individual Trustees of the Rest regarding an application to the scheme
will make that application ineligible
- Any Trustee of the Rest with an
interest in any application will be excluded from the decision making
process
Further
information can be found on the WCVA website
