FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

APPLICATION FOR FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE

TO RECEIVE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, YOU OR YOUR GROUP/ORGANISATION MUST HAVE A BANK OR BUILDING SOCIETY ACCOUNT AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO SIGN YOUR APPLICATION FORM

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 MUST BE SIGNED, COMPLETED, AND SUBMITTED ALONG WITH COPIES OF ALL YOUR ORGANISATION'S ACCOUNTS & BANK/BUILDING SOCIETY STATEMENTS. IN ADDITION, AND IF YOU WISH, YOU MAY PROVIDE A LETTER OF EXPLANATION PROVIDING YOUR PROJECT'S DETAILS. ALL OF THESE MUST BE SUBMITTED TO THE CLERK, BEFORE THE COMMENCEMENT OF YOUR RESPECTIVE EVENT OR PROJECT AND PREFERABLY RETURNED AT LEAST TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE NEXT 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 RECEIVES 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 THEIR 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, TO CLAIM THEIR GRANT, OTHERWISE THEIR GRANT WILL EXPIRE ON 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 DEVELOPMENT FUND (CDF) 

ST ANDREWS & DEERNESS COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED ANOTHER ALLOCATION TO 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 TO CLAIM THIS GRANT.

AYRENERGY LTD FUND

THIS COMMUNITY COUNCIL HAS RECEIVED £60,000.00 IN 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