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Brighter Futures in Banbury Community Insight Fund

Grant Conditions

Conditions
Brighter Futures in Banbury Community Insight Fund

The following conditions shall apply:

  • The grant recipient will not operate for profit for its members.  There will be no distribution of assets or funds from this grant to any individual during the existence of the organisation or on its dissolution.
  • Membership will be open to all and will not be refused on other than reasonable grounds. There will be no discrimination on grounds of race, sexual orientation, disability, occupation, religious or other opinion. 
  • The grant recipient shall have a written constitution, bank account in the name of the organisation and audited accounts.
  • All works and activities covered by the grant will conform to all relevant statutory obligations, bylaws, licences, regulations and consents.
  • The grant-aided assets/activity will be adequately insured, and the organisation will maintain adequate insurance covering public liability.  Evidence of insurance cover must be produced for the Council if requested.
  • Money will be spent on the purpose approved by this grant and no material changes to the grant purpose will be made without making a request in writing and the Council’s written approval.  Any such requests must be directed to the relevant Community Development Partner.
  • The Council shall reserve the right to suspend, defer or withhold or clawback any or all of the Grant payments and/or require repayment of all of the financial assistance if:
    • all terms and conditions of this Agreement are not met in full
    • any information given to the Council in connection with the application for the Grant is found to be false or misleading or there has been a failure to disclose any material fact which would have had a bearing on the initial consideration of the application.
    • there is a substantial or material change in the nature, scale or timing of the Project;
    • the Project extends to purposes other than those specified in the application; or
  • Cherwell District Council (CDC) accepts no liability for the outcome of the use to which the grant funding was spent nor for any product purchased by the grant recipient.
  • The grant recipient shall keep a financial record of the spending of the grant and retain a copy of any appropriate invoices and receipts,and submit these to CDC if requested.  You will be provided with templates once you have accepted a funding offer.
  • The Council reserves the right to inspect the assets and/or activities for which the funding has been sought on giving reasonable notice to the applicant.
  •  It shall be a condition of this offer that if there is a change to the assets and/or activities as set out in the original application and this offer letter, you notify this to the Council for approval prior to progressing.  Any changes will be re-evaluated and a variation letter will be sent to you if this is acceptable.
  • CDC reserves the right to withhold a grant or require repayment if it finds that any form of deliberately false or misleading information was provided either at the application stage or subsequent to the offer letter.
  • Any assets of value purchased with the aid of a grant should be retained and used for the agreed purpose for a period of the lifespan of the project activity and/or project asset. If used for another purpose or disposed of, this must be reported to Cherwell District Council who reserves the right to require repayment to the value of the asset or the transfer of it to another beneficiary.
  • It shall be a condition of this Agreement that the Council’s Brighter Futures in Banbury Community Insight Fund support will be acknowledged in any of the Recipient’s publications and publicity materials that directly relate to the project and in presentations (oral or written) and interviews.
  • It shall be a condition of this grant offer that feedback will be provided by the grant recipient to the Council and a template will be provided for this purpose.  This shall commence once the project has been completed in order to measure the outcomes and achievements of the project.