ROMO Community Fund

Description: Romo wishes to engage it's employees in selecting from a shortlist of excellent local projects offering support to families and/or children in the Mansfield or Ashfield area, where the company and staff may support those projects on a longer term basis with grants, volunteer time and gifts in kind as deemed suitable each year.

Type: Project Costs

Status: Open

Maximum: £9,000

Opening: 02/12/2024

Deadline: 10/02/2025

Notes: Apply before deadline



 

Aims

Romo Ltd is a well-established and successful family firm based in Sutton in Ashfield.  The directors and staff are keen to support their local community with another grant program working in partnership with Forever Notts.

A representative panel of Romo employees will select from a shortlist of excellent local projects where the company and staff may support those projects on a longer-term basis with grants, volunteer time, and gifts in kind as deemed suitable each year.

Romo has engaged with Forever Notts to ensure that all projects shortlisted are pre-assessed as the most in need and covering the fund criteria. Chosen grant recipients will be monitored to ensure the outcomes of the award and relationship with Romo Ltd is of greatest benefit to the community.

 

Criteria

Who can apply

This fund is open to locally registered charities and other charitable organisations including Social Enterprises, CICs and CIO’s.

The fund is open to smaller grassroots organisations with a maximum turnover of £500,000 pa.

 

Amount

Groups can apply for up to £9,000 per year.

 

Geography

Applicants must be registered in Nottinghamshire with and  MUST  be delivering projects in the Mansfield and Ashfield area.

 

Theme

Applications will be welcome from any project that is benefitting the families and/or children in the districts of Mansfield or Ashfield.

 

Grants will not be awarded to:

  • Statutory or public services
  • Organisations with large reserves
  • Organisations that do not operate or run activities within the area of benefit
  • Groups not properly constituted or without two years of audited accounts
  • Projects that have already taken place
  • Groups not registered in Nottinghamshire
  • Faith groups unless they are open to the wider community
  • Political campaigning
  • Individuals

 

Amounts available and rounds

The fund runs one round per year.

Groups can apply for up to £9,000 per year

Opening Date: 2nd December 2024
Closing Date for Applications:  10th February 2025

Forever Notts will provide the custodians with a shortlist of pre-assessed applications from which staff and directors will choose the top 6 to invite to present to a staff panel who will decide which groups to award a grant.

Shortlisted applicants will be invited to present to a panel week commencing 24th March 2025 – details to be confirmed.

For more information please contact us on 01623 620202 or email enquiries@forevernotts.com

 

Apply to the Romo Community Fund