High Sheriff's Crimebeat Fund
Easy to access grants for groups working with young people
Funded by money raised by Cumbrian High Sheriffs during their year in office
£1,000 available this year. The fund value will vary from year to year. This year applications from Allerdale are particularly welcome.
If you are interested, please read the following details carefully along with our Applying for Money page.
Who can apply?
* Groups helping young people facing disadvantage
* Priority will be given to groups whose activities primarily target young people involved with crime or in danger of becoming involved in antisocial behaviour or crime
Last year we gave 4 grants for an average of £525 and approved 50% of applications
Examples of activities the fund would like to support
· holiday schemes
· anti-bullying projects
· anti-racism projects
· projects that support young people in care or leaving care
· projects that support young people who have been excluded from mainstream education
· projects that support young people who are in the youth justice system
We will not fund
* computers
* individuals
* non-charitable sports or arts organisations
* outings except in special circumstances
* photocopiers
* promotion of religious doctrine
* vehicle purchase costs
How much can you apply for?
The maximum grant will normally be £1,000
If you would like to know more about this fund please contact Deb Muscat (Tel 01900 820826/825760 Fax 01900 826527)
Download the Application Form or the Barrow Application Form and save it to your computer
updated 02.04.2008