Submit Applications for North Lancashire Stop Smoking Initiative (UK)

Aims

• The North Lancashire Stop Smoking project aims to:
  • increase the number of smokers accessing the Smokefree Lancashire service,
  • increase the number of people setting a quit date,
  • increase the number of people quitting,
  • increase the number of smokefree homes in the district,
  • reduce the smoking prevalence in the district, and
  • reduce the number of people starting smoking.

Funding Information

• Grants of up to £25,000 are available for community organisations.

Eligible Activities

• Set up Stop Smoking Hubs and host Smokefree Champions, and deliver related activities and campaigns for a period of twelve months, or
• Create partnership projects where organisations deliver activities and campaigns alongside other organisations that want to become Hubs with Champions or are already hosting Smokefree Lancashire provision.
• They can fund a wide range of activities within a Smokefree Hub, including:
  • Putting on events or taking part in other people’s events
  • Undertaking outreach in local schools, groups and businesses
  • Publishing content like websites, videos, podcasts or books
  • Providing training or education
  • Buying equipment or resources

Ineligible Activities

• There are some things they can’t fund, which are:
  • Activities which have already taken place, or you have already spent money on
  • Alcohol or tobacco
  • Contingency costs, loans, endowments or interest
  • Paying someone else to write your application
  • Profit-making or fundraising activity
  • VAT that your organisation can reclaim

Eligibility Criteria

• Voluntary, community, faith and social enterprise organisations are all eligible to apply. They must be at least one of the below:
  • Unregistered voluntary or community organisation
  • Constituted group or sports club
  • Registered charity
  • Charitable incorporated organisation
  • Not-for-profit company
  • Community Interest Company
  • Faith-based group.
• Your organisation must also:
  • Have at least two unconnected people on the board or committee. This means not related by blood, marriage, civil partnership, long-term relationship, or living together at the same address.
  • Have a UK bank or building society account, in the legal name of your organisation, with at least two unrelated people able to manage it.
  • Produce annual accounts by a method and in format relevant to its size and structure, or plan to do so if your organisation is less than 15 months old.

Application Requirements

• They’ll need to see:
  • A bank statement, showing:
    • Your organisation’s legal name
    • The address the statements are sent to
    • The bank name and/or logo
    • Account number
    • Sort code
    • Date (must be within last 3 months)
  • Your most recent accounts
  • Your organisation’s memorandum and articles of association, certificate of incorporation, constitution, or rules.
  • If your project works with children, young people or adults at risk of harm, a copy of your safeguarding policy which explains how they’ll be safe.
  • If your project includes activities which require public liability insurance and you already have this, a copy of the certificate of insurance.

For more information, visit LDCVS.