The Skipton Business Finance Communities Matter Scheme

Offering small grants of £250 for local community projects and good causes across the UK, our community support scheme will be open for applications to all not-for-profit organisations from Monday 3rd April 2023.

At Skipton Business Finance, we are committed to supporting local organisations and giving back to our communities. The Communities Matter Scheme gives these organisations the chance to receive a small grant to support their vision.

We have already supported many local organisations and projects in the past, including community teams such as Torpoint Athletic Youth FC, who were able to invest the money into team kits and equipment to further support the team’s learning experience.

About the Scheme

The scheme will open to all not-for-profit organisations and can be nominated by SBF's clients, financial intermediaries who have partnered with SBF, and by our own colleagues.

The idea behind our Communities Matter Scheme is to help not-for-profit community organisations, or groups, who only have access to limited funding from elsewhere. For this reason, registered charities will not be able to request funding via Communities Matter.

Examples of eligible applications include:

A local sports team looking to fund equipment & learning opportunities
Supporting a community centre wanting to put on a lunch for the elderly
A voluntary organisation working to run a food bank
A brownie or scout group needing new equipment to run projects
A youth project looking for funds to buy food for a breakfast club
A knitting group who want new materials to bolster their member's experience

As long as your group is a not-for-profit organisation and is designed to better the local communities it belongs to, then you may be eligible to apply.

Torpoint Athletic Youth FC - Cemyll

We supported Torpoint Athletic Youth FC - Cremyll with a small grant to help better equip the club, get more children involved and help create a great environment to improve the the mental health of those children. Here's what the team at Torpoint had to say.

Get Involved

For us to be able to provide a £250 grant to your nominated project, the applicant will need to be a not-for-profit organisation. You should consider that other permissions, such as landowner permission, will be required for projects that make physical improvements to a piece of land, in order to be eligible for a grant.

To nominate your project, please speak to your Relationship Manager (if you are a client of ours), or your Regional Director (if you are a financial intermediary). You can nominate your project at any time and successful applicants will be informed within 5 working days.

Applications are not eligible from:

Individuals
Community Interest Companies with shares (CIC’s)
Community Interest Companies with guarantee that are less than two years old
Profit-making organisations
As the aim is to support clubs or projects that are otherwise restricted with funding, schools or school projects are not eligible

For more information about The Communities Matter Scheme, please contact Sophie Brown at sbrown@skiptonbf.co.uk

As part of the Skipton Group, we share a unified ethos for client care and high-quality service delivered through a strong team dynamic.

We pride ourselves on the service that we deliver to our clients, always ensuring that we provide a personal service by getting to know our clients and their businesses – something we believe is essential. Our business would not be what it is without our clients or our team and this idea is implemented in everything we do here at Skipton Business Finance.

The Skipton Business Finance Communities Matter Scheme

About the Scheme

Torpoint Athletic Youth FC - Cemyll

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