The Great Aycliffe & Middridge Partnership (GAMP) Board has a budget of £109k available, and applications are invited for projects from community & voluntary or not-for-profit organisations and groups. Grants of between £5,000 – £15,000 are available for project applications which support our key ‘Community Recovery’ priority. Important: anyone applying for a project over £10,000 MUST have a minimum of £5,000 capital expenditure included in the project.
Prospective projects must take place in the GAMP area.
Our focus this year will be on an overarching ‘Community Recovery’ priority theme, and projects should aim to address at least one of the following key issues:
• Employability initiatives
• Advice and Guidance
• Mental Health & Wellbeing
• Organisational sustainability
• Food provision and support
• Social Isolation
• Support for the Voluntary and Community Sector
• Tackling antisocial behaviour
• Support to small businesses (through a third party, not-for-profit organisation to complement existing DCC and external opportunities)
• Emerging Community Issues
• Targeting older people’s social isolation
• Providing positive and sound outcomes in relation to the Welfare Reform Agenda and the impact of Welfare Reform on individuals or communities
Groups are permitted to apply for more than one grant, so long as one funding allocation is not reliant on another.
Applications can be submitted for either capital or revenue funding (or both), and projects which include a specific element of capital spend are encouraged. If you need advice on the specific definitions for capital/revenue, please get in touch. Project proposals must also include a minimum of 5% match funding (either cash or in-kind, or both). All eligible applications will be assessed and ranked by a panel of GAMP Board members, to determine which projects will be awarded funding. Prospective projects should have a planned start date no earlier than November 2023 to allow time for the appraisal process.
Please contact us for an application pack, or if you’d like further information
Email: gampaap@durham.gov.uk or telephone 07834 147211. The closing date for applications is 12noon on Friday 2nd June 2023.