Grants for Financial Assistance
COMMUNITY WELFARE GRANT
FUNDING
Community Chest, The
House of Industry and Rural Grants
Scheme
Guidance for Completion of
Application Forms Online
Please click on the
relevant links below to access the online form required. Once
you have completed the form and clicked the "Submit" button a pdf
version of the form will be displayed for you to print off. In
addition a copy will also be sent to you (within 24
hours) via the email address you have entered into the
form. It is therefore important that you you provide a valid
email address in the email field on the form.
To open the pdf file you are required to have Adobe Acrobat Reader
installed on your computer, if you do not have this software it is
available to be downloaded free by
clicking here and following the onscreen
instructions.
Please print off the PDF form, sign it and return with the
relevant documentation to the following address:
The Community Welfare
Team
Bedford Borough
Council
1st Floor
Borough Hall
Cauldwell St
Bedford
MK42 9AP
Please note that each individual form will be displayed/emailed
separately, but they are required to be gathered together and sent
in as one application.
On each form there exists the ability to save a partially completed
form to be completed at a later date (no more than 10 working
days). If you click Save during completion of the form you
will be asked to create an account which will involve
setting up a username and login to enable you to re-access
this form at a later date. You must have completed the first
section for this function to be available. You will then be
sent an email with a direct link to the partially completed
form.
Once a username and login have been created they will be saved on
the system indefinitely, if you forget your password you should
contact the Council's Web
Analyst for your login details, quoting the form reference
number.
COMMUNITY CHEST FUND 2012/2013
Financial assistance of up to £1,000 is available to applicants
throughout the year subject to funds being available. Please read
the criteria on the application form to ensure that you are
eligible to apply.
Electronic copies of supporting documents to accompany a
Community Chest Application Form can be emailed to alice.carrington@bedford.gov.uk.
Community Chest Application Form
THE HOUSE OF INDUSTRY ESTATE - voluntary, community
and charitable organisations
Assistance is available to applicants throughout the year
subject to funds being available. Please read the separate
guidelines to ensure that you are eligible to apply.
House of Industry Application Form for Organisations 2012 to
2013
Electronic copies of supporting documents to accompany a House
of Industry Estate application can be emailed to alice.carrington@bedford.gov.uk.
Contacts for Community Chest
Fund and The House of Industry
Estate:
Head of Revenues &
Benefits (Benefits and Community Welfare) (01234) 718351
Sue.audin@bedford.gov.uk
Community Welfare Officer (01234) 276284
Sue.mealor@bedford.gov.uk
House of Industry Administrator (01234) 276271
Alice.carrington@bedford.gov.uk
The Community Welfare Team
Borough Hall
Cauldwell St
Bedford
MK42 9AP
RURAL GRANTS SCHEME
Applications for funding are invited from
rural organisations or rural Parish Councils and can be submitted
at any time, although they are normally considered three times a
year, in April, September and January, subject to funds being
available. Please also note that all applications must be submitted
through the relevant Parish Council. Please read through the
criteria on the application form to ensure that you are eligible to
apply.
Please click here to complete an online application form for
the Rural Grants Scheme.
Hard copy application forms, guidance notes or further information
can also be requested by telephone from the Director of Finance on
(01234) 718208 or by post from:
Director of Finance,
Bedford Borough Council,
Borough Hall,
Cauldwell Street,
Bedford,
MK42 9AP.