The application process
What are the qualifying
criteria?
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Please note that the European Social Fund’s Global Grants funding has now ceased. This website will be updated with information on the next similar type of funding from the ESF in due course. For further information and advice please contact us.
Each application will be scored on the basis of the information provided
on the application form only. There is a 3 step process which consists of
application form, scoring and approvals.
Each process is kept separate from the other and no one person involved in
one element of the process may be involved in another. We aim to consult
representatives from local communities and target groups when developing the
selection process. Each application will be scored by at least 2 people one
of whom will be an external panel member.
Please note the maximum amount of any one grant awarded is £6,000 and out of
this amount no more than £1000 can be used for capital costs i.e. purchase
of laptops, storage cupboards etc.
All successful applicants must sign a contract which includes a budget for the activities to be funded by the grant.
If you have been unsuccessful in your application there is a process for
appeal. Please contact 01204 335439 to discuss this further.
Grants are available to those areas of Bolton which are identified as target areas in Bolton's Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy. The following areas apply:
Global Grants are only available to non governmental agencies and individuals who would not normally be entitled to access ESF through co-financing or the alternative bidding system.
Even if you are not in one of the above areas you may still be eligible if you fall into the following categories:
All beneficiaries of activities funded by Global Grants must be of
working age and entitled to take paid employment in the UK.
They must be resident in the target areas as listed or fall within the
target groups as listed.
The grant can be used for:
Except for certain kind of activities Asylum Seekers are not eligible
for support from Global Grants.
Allowable activies for Asylum Seekers are:
What is a Global Grant?
Successful projects 2004 -
2007
View the 2007 Global
Grants poster (PDF format, opens in a new window)
European Social Fund
(external site, opens in a new window)
Barbara Burton
Neighbourhood Development Officer
Bolton at Home
1- 3 The Courtyard
Calvin Street
Bolton
BL1 8PB
Tel: 01204 335430
Fax: 01204 335662
e-mail:
barbara.burton@boltonathome.org.uk
