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PBIP Community Grants - Small Projects

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January 04, 2024 - January 04, 2024

West Dunbartonshire Council has allocated £471,000 from its Place Based Investment Programme (PBIP) funding to be used as Community Grants. Community groups based or delivering services within West Dunbartonshire are now able to apply for new capital funding for their projects.

The money is split into a small grants lot (£71k for bids of up to £5,000) and a large grants lot (£400k for bids of £50,000 or more). Both grants must be used for capital investments, which means they can used for equipment or property upgrades but not for the ongoing running costs of an organisation.

West Dunbartonshire Council is using the Participatory Budgeting (PB) method to administer the Small Grants Fund. This follows the process that the Council’s Communities team used when administering the Community Budgeting Phase 6 fund. PB is a democratic process which involves citizens directly in making decisions about budgets.

PB is part of a wider agenda for engaging communities, developing participatory democracy and public services reform. It also links to the Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 and helps to deliver the public sector equality duty by advancing equality of opportunity and fostering good relations between different groups.

Community groups and voluntary organisations across West Dunbartonshire are invited to make applications for funding of up to £5,000 to fund small capital projects which align with their aspirations and need

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Accepting projects

January 05, 2024 - January 23, 2024

Applications will be accepted up until the Grant deadline on 23 January 2024.

They and can be made using the PBIP Application Form which is available on the council website here.

Each application will be screened by the Council, with successful applicants being able to promote themselves on the Council’s Consul Website.

Local people will then have the opportunity to vote for their preferred group and project.

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Reviewing projects

January 24, 2024 - February 07, 2024

The Council will assess every application to the Small Grants Fund in order to determine whether their projects meet the grant's core criteria. If projects are deemed to be elgible, they will be uploaded to this website and put forward for public vote.