Bradford Trident

Bradford Trident is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1107561).

Bradford Trident Limited exists to promote, for the benefit of the public, a regeneration programme within and around BD5. It grew out of a New Deal for Communities initiative and aims to engage people and families to develop skills and enterprise, improve health and wellbeing, enhance the environment and celebrate the community. It gave £20,000 to its Community Council to support the council's operation and community activities, of which £10,000 funds small grants to local community and voluntary groups.

Priority Areas

Bradford Trident describes itself as the community anchor for Little Horton and Southern Bradford. Its mission is to help people and families develop skills and enterprise, improve health and wellbeing, enhance the environment and celebrate the community; it does this through community assets, centres, services and partnerships. Its grant-making includes funding the local urban parish council, which administers small-grant awards for local community and voluntary groups. The published small-grant guidance describes support for group activities or events bringing community benefit. It sets out round-specific interests in older people’s activities, environmental initiatives, education and young people’s issues, and engaging new communities. The guidance also expects projects to be sustainable and groups to contribute some of their own funds or other funding.

Themes

• Health and wellbeing
• Older people activities
• Environmental initiatives
• Education and youth issues
• New communities

Geographic Focus

Groups within the Bradford Trident Community Council area.

No application process is published in the charity's annual report, its register entry or its website. The contact shown is for getting in touch.

Who can apply:

• Bradford Trident Community Council Small Grant Scheme
  • Groups within the Bradford Trident Community Council area can apply to the fund. Those outside this area who can demonstrate direct benefit to the residents will also be eligible to apply.
  • Groups will apply to the fund using the agreed application form.

What to send:

• Bradford Trident Community Council Small Grant Scheme
  • A group constitution or set of rules and a copy of the most recent or audited accounts.
  • The agreed application form.

Applying again: Bradford Trident Community Council Small Grant Scheme: Organisations will not be awarded funding more than once a year.

What the charity says:

• Applications are assessed on merit, the group’s financial stability and whether it can be sustainable without funding.
• Groups are expected to contribute their own funds or other funding to the project.
• Where outside partnership funding is being sought, the council wants it secured before awarding a grant.
• Funded groups submit a monitoring report and photos showing how many people from BD5 benefited after project completion.
• Shortlisted proposals are presented to a panel, which scores applicants to decide which proposals are funded.