Maternity and Neonatal Voices Partnership

You can apply if you are one of the following:

• Registered charity.
• Constituted Community group.
• Company Limited by Guarantee with charitable aims.
• Community Interest Companies, Community Interest Organisations.
• Social Enterprises (including some Co-operatives).
• Parish Council (for non-statutory funded work).
• PTAs.
• Churches and other religious organisations (if the funded activity is not deemed to be proselytising).

Your organisation must have a minimum of three unrelated management committee members (trustees/directors etc.) who are independent and unrelated, and none of whom have more than 50% control. It is also a requirement that you have a minimum of two bank signatories.

Your organisation must adhere to the government-issued Charity Commission guidance and Charity purposes and rules.

Funding to charitable companies or CIOs is restricted to funding their charitable objectives only.

Your organisation must be a member of the LLR ICB VCSE Alliance. You can join the Alliance by emailing [email protected]

Any national charities would need to be able to demonstrate that they have a local branch. This would include a local bank account, finances, and showing how you fundraise and deliver in the local area only.

Who Cannot Apply?

• We cannot fund individuals. If you are an individual or a family facing difficulties, we recommend that you contact Charity Link on [email protected] or 0116 222 2200.
• Private, profit-making businesses, companies (limited by shares), commercial enterprises or sole traders.
• Statutory organisations like schools, colleges, academies, universities or local councils (but PTFAs, Parish Councils etc. may apply for projects which benefit the wider community and are non-statutory in nature).
• Statutory bodies such as city and county councils or health institutions cannot apply.
• National charities (but we may consider locally managed branches benefitting Leicestershire and Rutland communities).
• Organisations whose main purpose is to fundraise to re-distribute funds are not eligible.
• Faith-based and political organisations, including places of worship, are eligible to apply for funding, for non-religious and non-political activities ONLY, under the following conditions:

o Grants must be used for activities that benefit the wider community and are non-religious and non-political in nature. The funded activities should not aim to influence individuals' religious or political choices. Grants cannot be used to support organised religious activities, such as prayer and worship services, or any costs associated with promoting religious or political beliefs.

• Organisations demonstrating poor management of previous grants, or poor financial health.