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HOW TO APPLY FOR THE CATALYST FUND
Go to: Eligibility checks
| Go to: Target areas
Applying for the Catalyst Fund is very easy. Once you have checked that
you and your project are eligible, there are just three simple
steps to making an application.
1. Contact us.
You can email us, ring us or write to us to apply. We will send you a
simple application form. Click here to go to
fieldworker contact details.
2. Stage One application form.
Fill in the application form and send it back to us using the enclosed
FREEPOST envelope. The form only has a few questions and we can help you
to fill it in.
3. Stage Two application form.
If your idea qualifies for the Catalyst Fund, your local fieldworker will
contact you and will give you face to face support to complete this more
detailed form.
You are welcome to contact us throughout for assistance or for further
information. See below to find out if you and your project are eligible
for the Catalyst Fund.
A selection panel made up from your local community will make the decision
about your application.
Even if you cannot receive money from the Catalyst Fund, we can offer help to find another source of funding.
In order to qualify for the Catalyst Programme, you should be able to
say yes to the following questions:
• Are you disable or on Incapacity Benefits (for Leicestershire only)/ unemployed (for ALL other areas) - small business start up grant applications only?
• Do you live in one of the Catalyst geographical target areas?
• Are you applying on behalf of a community group that is locally managed and has an annual income less than £35,000?
• Will your project meet a local need and benefit unemployed people or those who face particular difficulties or discrimination?
• Is your group committed to the principles of diversity and equality for all?
• Can you confirm that your project is applying for no more than £6000 and has not received any previous public funding?
• Can you confirm that your project budget will not include purchase of equipment over £1000 per item (including VAT & delivery charges)?
• Can you confirm that your project could not happen without the Catalyst Fund and is designed to build Local Social Capital?
• Can you confirm that your project is not religious or political?
• Is your group willing to sign an agreement and keep simple monthly records?
• Can you confirm that your project meets local priorities set by the local Catalyst Community Selection panel - where local priorities have been set?
• Can you confirm that the people that will directly benefit from this project will be aged 16+ years old, or young people aged 13-15 years at risk of exclusion? Please note that in some areas, Catalyst only targets disadvantage young people from 13 to 25 years old. Please check with the fieldworker for the target area.
• Can you confirm that the planned project beneficiaries will have legal entitlement to work in the UK (which means that all refugees and some asylum seekers are eligible)?