Grants

Great Salkeld Parish Council has the power to award grants to local organisations in the interests of some or all Parish residents. These will usually be allocated at the November meeting of the Parish Council, to be paid at the start of the next financial year. Unless a grant is awarded through a specific duty of the Council, the Parish Council awards grants through section 137 of the Local Government Act 1972. The law requires that Section 137 grants must be “in the interests of or will directly benefit the area or its inhabitants, or of part of it, or some of it” and that “the direct benefit should be commensurate with expenditure”. All grants are awarded at the discretion of the Parish Council.

Grants must be shown to fit at least one of the following criteria;

• Providing a service to members of the Parish;
• Enhancing the quality of life for those living in the Parish;
• Improving the local environment;
• Promoting the Parish in a positive way.

A full copy of Great Salkeld Parish Council’s Grant Policy and Application Form can be found here – Great Salkeld Parish Council Grants Policy

All grant applications must be made in writing to the Parish Clerk. Requests can be sent through the grant application form, by email at clerk@greatsalkeld.org.uk or by post to 2 Folly Brow, Armathwaite, Carlisle, CA4 9SN. Please ensure you include the name and correspondence address of your organisation, the amount you are requesting, how this money will be used to the benefit of the Parish, and whom any award should be made payable to.

The total grant money available to be awarded under section 137 of the 1972 act is limited to an index-linked figure relative to the number of persons on the electoral role. The maximum expenditure in 2022/2023 is £9.93 per elector. In Great Salkeld Parish there are 241 electors, making the maximum limit to be expended under section 137 in this tax year £2,393.13.

Grants awarded 2022-2023