Kirklees Council

'The Growing Great Places fund for organisations' can support campaigns from Charities and Community and Voluntary organisations, including not-for profit organisations.

Our towns, villages and communities are the strength of Kirklees. Local people have asked us to do more to recognise this. We should all have a stake in the places where we live, work or visit. So we’re celebrating our places by encouraging more great ideas. You might have a little idea that can have a big impact by bringing a place together. Or you might need some help growing support for an ambitious project that’s just getting started. We want you to feel able to influence your community’s future. Please get involved and help the movement to grow - pitch your ideas, back any projects you like and let other people know. Growing Great Places is all about bringing people and places together. It’s part of our work to grow a stronger local democracy here in Kirklees, from the ground up.

We are interested in hearing about projects which bring people together to get involved in making your community better. Tell us how your project will involve and include a wide range of local people and will also tap into local energy, skills, assets and creativity.

We are interested in supporting projects that can show how they will contribute to one, or preferably more than one, of the shared outcomes in the Kirklees Council Corporate plan.

Our shared outcomes are:

• Best Start - Children have the best start in life.
• Well - people in Kirklees are as well as possible for as long as possible.
• Independent - People in Kirklees live independently and have control over their lives.
• Aspire and Achieve - People in Kirklees have aspiration to achieve their ambitions through education, training, employment and lifelong learning.
• Sustainable economy - Kirklees has sustainable economic growth and provides good employment for and with communities and businesses.
• Safe and Cohesive - People in Kirklees live in cohesive communities, feel safe and are protected from harm.
• Clean and green - People in Kirklees experience a high quality, clean, sustainable and green environment.

For more detail on our outcomes please look at our Corporate Plan 2018-20: kirklees.gov.uk

We want to make the process of getting a pledge from us as simple and straightforward as possible. 

If you are a constituted group you can apply for a pledge from Kirklees Council of up to 50% of your target, or up to a maximum of £5,000.

As part of your pitch we ask you a number of additional questions that will help us to assess your application against the criteria we have set for our Fund. 

We will have two funding rounds in the coming year, with the deadline for pitches to the Growing Great Places fund in round 1, being 16th September 2019.  

We shall assess your project between 16th September and the end of October 2019. Our assessment will be based on your overall project pitch, your answers to our additional questions, plus the level of community support and backing in the form of smaller pledges from local people. 

If you are successful, then we will pledge to your project in  the first week in November.  If you are unsuccessful with your pledge, you will be notified of this in the first week in November.

Our towns, villages and communities are the strength of Kirklees. Local people have asked us to do more to recognise this. We should all have a stake in the places where we live, work or visit. So we’re celebrating our places by encouraging more great ideas. You might have a little idea that can have a big impact by bringing a place together. Or you might need some help growing support for an ambitious project that’s just getting started. We want you to feel able to influence your community’s future. Please get involved and help the movement to grow - pitch your ideas, back any projects you like and let other people know. Growing Great Places is all about bringing people and places together. It’s part of our work to grow a stronger local democracy here in Kirklees, from the ground up.

We are interested in hearing about projects which bring people together to get involved in making your community better. Tell us how your project will involve and include a wide range of local people and will also tap into local energy, skills, assets and creativity.

We are interested in supporting projects that can show how they will contribute to one, or preferably more than one, of the shared outcomes in the Kirklees Council Corporate plan.

Our shared outcomes are:

• Best Start - Children have the best start in life.
• Well - people in Kirklees are as well as possible for as long as possible.
• Independent - People in Kirklees live independently and have control over their lives.
• Aspire and Achieve - People in Kirklees have aspiration to achieve their ambitions through education, training, employment and lifelong learning.
• Sustainable economy - Kirklees has sustainable economic growth and provides good employment for and with communities and businesses.
• Safe and Cohesive - People in Kirklees live in cohesive communities, feel safe and are protected from harm.
• Clean and green - People in Kirklees experience a high quality, clean, sustainable and green environment.

For more detail on our outcomes please look at our Corporate Plan 2018-20: kirklees.gov.uk

We want to make the process of getting a pledge from us as simple and straightforward as possible. 

If you are a non-constituted group or an indivdual you can apply for a pledge from Kirklees Council of up to 50% of your target, or up to a maximum of £2,500.

As part of your pitch we ask you a number of additional questions that will help us to assess your application against the criteria we have set for our Fund. 

We will have two funding rounds in the coming year, with the deadline for pitches to the Growing Great Places fund in round 1, being 16th September 2019.  

We shall assess your project between 16th September and the end of October 2019. Our assessment will be based on your overall project pitch, your answers to our additional questions, plus the level of community support and backing in the form of smaller pledges from local people. 

If you are successful, then we will pledge to your project in  the first week in November.  If you are unsuccessful with your pledge, you will be notified of this in the first week in November.