FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE
IN ORDER TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, YOU OR YOUR GROUP/ORGANISATION MUST HAVE A BANK OR BUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNT.
IF YOU OR YOUR ORGANISATION WISH TO REQUEST FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM ST ANDREW'S & DEERNESS COMMUNITY COUNCIL TOWARDS A PROJECT OR TRAVEL ASSISTANCE, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD A COPY OF THE APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FORM AND FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE GUIDANCE NOTES FROM THE DOCUMENT LIBRARY.
N.B. ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS FOR YOUR FINANCIAL REQUEST TO BE GIVEN CONSIDERATION BY THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL
PLEASE NOTE THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL'S POLICY IS THAT THE FINANCIAL APPLICATION FORM REQUIRES TO BE SIGNED, COMPLETED AND SUBMITTED ALONG WITH COPIES OF ALL YOUR ORGANISATION'S BANK/BUILDING SOCIETY STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION, AND IF YOU WISH, YOU MAY ALSO PROVIDE A LETTER OF EXPLANATION PROVIDING DETAILS OF YOUR PROJECT. ALL OF THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK , PRIOR TO THE COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR RESPECTIVE EVENT OR PROJECT AND PREFERABLY RETURNED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS PRIOR TO A MEETING, TO ALLOW THE CLERK TO CIRCULATE THE APPROPRIATE INFORMATION TO MEMBERS. RETROSPECTIVE APPLICATIONS ARE NOT CONSIDERED.
ANNUAL GRANT
ANNUALLY, ST ANDREWS & DEERNESS COMMUNITY COUNCIL RECEIVE A GRANT FROM ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL. THIS GRANT FUNDS ADMINISTRATION COSTS OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, TRAVEL ASSISTANCE, DONATIONS AND A PERCENTAGE OF COMMUNITY COUNCIL GRANT PAYABLE BY THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL.
COMMUNITY COUNCIL GRANT SCHEME (CCGS)
THIS GRANT PROVIDES FUNDING TO COMMUNITY PROJECTS. ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL FUNDS THE LARGER PORTION OF THIS GRANT FROM THE CCGS AND ST ANDREWS & DEERNESS COMMUNITY COUNCIL A LESSER PORTION FROM THIER ANNUAL GRANT. THIS GRANT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL BY THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL LIAISON OFFICER; ONLY THEN WILL GROUPS/ORGANISATIONS BE ADVISED IN WRITING IF THEY HAVE RECEIVED GRANT FROM THE CCGS. THEY WILL ALSO BE ADVISED THAT RECEIPTED INVOICES MUST BE PRODUCED BY 1ST MARCH, IN ORDER TO CLAIM THEIR GRANT, OTHERWISE THEIR GRANT WILL EXPIRE AT 31ST MARCH IN ANY GIVEN FINANCIAL YEAR.
TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND THE 2007 REVISED LIST OF CATEGORIES CAN BE DOWNLOADED FROM THE DOCUMENT LIBRARY.
FUNDING FOR TRAVEL ASSISTANCE
THE TRAVEL ASSISTANCE RATES ARE AS FOLLOWS:- FOR TRAVEL WITHIN ORKNEY, A GRANT OF £15.00 PER PERSON, FOR TRAVEL WITHIN THE UK, EXCLUDING ORKNEY, A GRANT OF £40.00 PER PERSON AND FOR TRAVEL OUTWITH THE UK A GRANT OF £70.00 PER PERSON. ANY INDIVIDUAL CAN CLAIM TRAVEL GRANTS UP TO A MAXIMUM OF £240.00 IN ANY GIVEN FINANCIAL YEAR. (THIS COULD BE ANY COMBINATION OF THE THREE TRAVEL GRANT RATES AS DETAILED ABOVE.) SCHOOL CURRICULUM TRAVEL WILL BE CONSIDERED ON AVAILABLE FINANCE AT ANY GIVEN TIME.
IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR A TRAVEL ASSISTANCE GRANT, THEN COMPLETE AND SIGN AN APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FORM AVAILABLE TO DOWNLOAD FROM THE DOCUMENT LIBRARY OR CONTACT THE CLERK FOR ASSISTANCE.
COMMUNITY PLANNING APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS FOR COMMUNITY PROJECTS IN THIS AREA, IF APPLIED FOR THROUGH THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL & APPROVED BY MEMBERS, QUALIFY FOR A 50% DISCOUNTED PLANNING FEE. IT IS ONLY AFTER WRITTEN APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED BY THE APPLICANT THAT THE APPLICANT MAY SUBMIT THEIR ORGANISATIONS PLANNING APPLICATION (IN THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL'S NAME) TO THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT, OIC. PLEASE NOTE NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION FEE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR THIS DISCOUNT. CONTACT THE CLERK FOR FURTHER INFORMATION.
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND (CDF) - fully allocated
ST ANDREWS & DEERNESS COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAVE NO FUNDS REMAINING FOR ALLOCATION IN THEIR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT FUND. THIS GRANT WILL PROVIDE FUNDING TO APPROPRIATE COMMUNITY PROJECTS. THIS GRANT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL FROM THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL LIAISON OFFICER. RECEIPTED INVOICES MUST BE FORWARDED TO THE CLERK IN ORDER TO CLAIM THIS GRANT.
AYRENERGY LTD FUND
THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED £50,000.00 FUNDING FROM AYRENERGY LTD AND THIS WILL BE DISBURSED TO PROJECTS WITH PROPOSALS OF AN ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY EFFICIENCY, EDUCATIONAL, TOURISM, RECREATION AND LOCAL AMENITY NATURE WITHIN THE ST ANDREWS AND DEERNESS PARISH AREAS.
IF YOU WISH FURTHER INFORMATION ON ANY OF THE GRANTS DETAILED ABOVE CONTACT THE CLERK
