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What will we pay for?

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We’ll pay for some or all of your project costs. And if you’re a voluntary or community organisation, we’ll also contribute towards your organisation’s overheads.

But we won’t pay for:

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  • day-to-day running costs, for example, utility bills, council tax, rent, insurance, repairs and maintenance
  • current or regular activities, including those we have funded before
  • general appeals or fundraising activities for your organisation or others.

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  • activities that have started before you accept our grant offer
  • anything you spend money on or have committed to spending money on before the grant is confirmed.

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  • cost of buying a permanent building
  • cost of constructing a new building

show/hide Other items or activities we won’t pay for

  • access improvements made only to meet Disability Discrimination Act requirements
  • activities that are statutory obligations or will replace statutory funding, including activities and subjects on the curriculum in schools
  • endowments
  • feasibility studies
  • items that only benefit one person
  • loan or interest repayments
  • projects with high maintenance costs, unless you can pay for them
  • religious or political activities.

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