Grant Application Form
Information on Grant
Grant Information:
SUCCESSFUL GRANTS CRITERIA: what to include with your application
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Make sure you enclose two competitive quotes for goods or services to be paid for by the grant.
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Make sure you enclose a bank deposit slip.
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Make sure the application is for items that have not already been purchased.
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Enclose evidence that your organisation is affiliated or aligned with a national body.
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Make sure two senior members of the organisation sign the application (last step)
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Enclose a copy of your certificate of incorporation.
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Enclose a copy of your minutes that record your organisation’s resolution to apply for funding to Constellation Communities Trust Limited.
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If applying for salary, please attach a signed employment contract and job description.
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Enclose a copy of your latest audited accounts.
FUNDING CRITERIA
Constellation Communities Trust Limited’s authorised purpose includes (but is not limited to):
• promoting any amateur game or sport as a means of achieving any charitable purpose, including:
• children and/or young persons deriving benefits of an educational or academic nature; and/or
• participants deriving health benefits from participation in physical activity and/or organised competitions; and/or
• persons or organisations deriving educational or training benefits from the development of facilities.
• promoting non-professional community health and well-being and educational activities operated by the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health and NorthSport Academy; and
• educational, cultural, health, environmental, recreational or philanthropic activities provided all those activities are conducted for charitable purposes.
Priority will normally be given to applications for:
• non-professional community health and wellbeing and educational activities operated by the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health and NorthSport Academy; and
• amateur sport where the applicant is based in the same region where Constellation Communities Trust has venues and where there is a high level of public participation.
GRANTS WILL NOT BE MADE FOR
• Clothing, playing strips and playing uniforms for teams who have members aged 12 years and over.
• Dress uniforms, jackets, polo shirts, warm-up and wet weather apparel, sports bags, footwear, socks or promotional tee shirts (for people of any age).
• Social events, e.g. school balls, family reunions, entertainment in pubs or clubs, sporting trips for supporters or spectators, or after-match functions for sporting groups.
• Personal or commercial gain.
• Professional sport.
• Non-affiliated “social” sports clubs (such as corporate leagues).
GRANTS WILL NOT BE MADE FOR
• Clothing, playing strips and playing uniforms for teams who have members aged 12 years and over.
• Dress uniforms, jackets, polo shirts, warm-up and wet weather apparel, sports bags, footwear, socks or promotional tee shirts (for people of any age).
• Social events, e.g. school balls, family reunions, entertainment in pubs or clubs, sporting trips for supporters or spectators, or after-match functions for sporting groups.
• Personal or commercial gain.
• Professional sport.
• Non-affiliated “social” sports clubs (such as corporate leagues).
CONDITIONS OF GRANT
The grant must be used only for the specific purpose for which the application was made and spent within 3 months of the grant being made.
Copies of invoices, receipts and bank statements must be provided to Constellation Communities Trust Limited within 3 months of the grant being made to verify that the grant has been used in accordance with the purpose approved. Any grant money which is not spent on the purpose approved must be returned to Constellation Communities Trust Limited within 3 months of the grant being made.
We agree to reimburse Constellation Communities Trust Limited for all costs incurred (including legal costs on a solicitor/ client basis) in recovering any outstanding grant money.
CONSENT TO AUDIT
We agree to comply with any request from an officer of the Department of Internal Affairs and/or a representative from Constellation Communities Trust Limited for additional information in relation to how the monies received from Constellation Communities Trust Limited have been spent.
We also agree that an officer of the Department of Internal Affairs may direct an audit or inspection of the books, accounts, or data systems in which the proceeds of the grant have been deposited, by a Chartered Accountant and/or an officer of the Department of Internal Affairs.
We agree that the audit or inspection will be carried out in such a manner approved by the Department, within the time frame specified by the Department.
