The Ealing and Brentford Consolidated Charity (EBCC) is a small locally based charity that has a limited amount of funds to give each year by way of grants.

The EBCC is committed to providing routes out of poverty for the residents of Ealing and Brentford who are in need, hardship or distress. Our vision is to create communities where those on low incomes have dignity, respect and genuine opportunities to escape poverty.

Through our grant programme we aim to develop supportive partnerships with community and voluntary organisations engaged in appropriate work tackling poverty and the root causes of it.

EBCC can only accept applications from community groups and voluntary organisations. For grant purposes, the area boundaries are restricted to the TW8, W5, W7 and W13 postcodes.

a) Our programme will consider applications which

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Strengthen the voluntary and community sector.

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Aim to alleviate poverty tackling root causes.

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Promote healthy living and eating opportunities for disadvantaged groups.

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Provide for those on low incomes.

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Overcome isolation.

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Tackle homelessness or threatened with homelessness amongst non- statutory groups.

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Support victims of domestic violence.

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Assists disadvantaged people within the community to access local services.

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Meet the emotional and physical needs of disadvantaged people who have or who care for those who have a physical or learning disability or suffer from a debilitating illness, for which no other funding is available.

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Provide counselling and support services for those who find it hard to cope with every day life.

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Improve employment and educational opportunities.

The above list is not exhaustive and EBCC will make grants available for start- up, core or project costs

b) We will not support proposals

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Which do not benefit the residents of Ealing and/ or Brentford

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From individuals

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Which trustees consider ought properly to be funded by statutory funders such as local and central government and the health authority.

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Commercial organisations

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Funding retrospectively

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Travel, transport costs

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Promotion of political and religious beliefs

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Capital costs

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Organisations with free reserves more than three months its operational costs

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General appeals

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Academic research

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Hospitals, schools etc

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Ecology and animal welfare

From applicants who have been rejected by us in the last 12 months

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From organisations that are currently receiving grant funding from us- unless this is coming to an end within the next 10 months.

We expect to make funds of approximately £200,000 per annum available for grants. Whilst there is no minimum size of grant, the maximum amount which will be awarded is £40,000. The average grant however, is likely to be about £6,000 in total.

The amounts may be spread over one, two or three years and in some cases over longer periods, where this can be justified. We support long- term strategies for dealing with poverty and hardship and therefore organisations which have received funding may re- apply for support if the effectiveness of the project can be demonstrated and it continues to meet our criteria and priorities.

In most cases, we undertake post evaluation monitoring and review of grant recipients and our findings will influence any decision to return for funding for the same project or a different one.

As our programme is relatively small, we cannot guarantee funding and applicants are advised to apply to other funders.

The Trustees will ask for evidence that the grant has been spent for the purpose for which it was given. The form this will take will be decided on an individual basis and stated as part of the offer of a grant.