Bury VCFA

Bury VCFA is a charity registered with the Charity Commission for England and Wales (charity number 1182039).

Bury VCFA is a local infrastructure organisation that provides volunteering and development support to the voluntary, community, social enterprise and faith sector in Bury, helping groups strengthen their ability to support local communities. It exists to promote the efficiency and effectiveness of voluntary organisations, charities, community and faith groups for the public benefit, by giving advice and assistance to those working in Bury and the surrounding areas. It administered over £326k through 108 grant-investments to VCSE groups and organisations across four programmes: the Bury Culture Grant, the Cost Of Living Grant, Standing Together and the Volunteer Recognition Grant.

Priority Areas

Bury VCFA supports voluntary, community, social enterprise and faith organisations in Bury, strengthening their ability to improve local communities. As a local infrastructure organisation, it provides development and volunteering support, training, networking and advice on finding funding and preparing applications. It also manages grants on behalf of external funders, helping groups from pre-application through monitoring and evaluation. Its listed funding opportunities include VCSE projects addressing women’s poverty and routes into employment, alongside bursaries to develop the community sport and physical-activity workforce. Its approach includes one-to-one support, briefings and bid checks for groups, as well as due-diligence checks and assessment-panel facilitation for funders.

Themes

• VCSE sustainability and resilience
• Women’s poverty and employment
• Community sport workforce

Geographic Focus

Bury.

Applicants complete the application form and email it to the grants inbox.

Deadlines: The four bursary rounds have application deadlines in June, August, October and December.

Application windows:

• The Dewar Charitable Trust Bury Fund: Application deadline by the 29th of November
• LETS Get Bury Moving Coach/Officials Education Bursaries
  • Round 1 closes on 4 June
  • Round 2 closes on 13 August
  • Round 3 closes on 15 October
  • Round 4 closes on 7 December

Who can apply:

• The Dewar Charitable Trust Bury Fund
  • Based in Bury OR have a proven strong track record of delivery in Bury
  • Have an organisational Bank Account with 2 signatories who are not related to each other
  • Be fully up to date with grant reporting to Bury VCFA
  • Organisations must be able to demonstrate appropriate governance, safeguarding arrangements and financial management procedure.
  • Be able to submit a fully completed application by the 29 th of November
• LETS Get Bury Moving Coach/Officials Education Bursaries
  • Constituted as a voluntary, community or social enterprise (VCSE) organisation
  • Based in Bury OR have a strong track record of delivery in Bury
  • With an organisational Bank Account with 2 signatories who are not related to each other OR have a supporting organisation that can provide a holding account
  • Fully up to date with grant reporting to Bury VCFA
  • Importantly for this programme applicants must be members of Bury VCFA

What the charity says:

• Dewar Fund projects must primarily target and benefit women and girls.
• Coach bursary applicants must be members of Bury VCFA.
• Applicants must demonstrate appropriate governance, safeguarding arrangements and financial management procedure.