Grants

The next meeting of the Trust will be on the 27th of November 2008 and applications should be with the Secretary by the 30th of October 2008

Please read the Guidance Notes & Conditions of Grant below before applying

application packs can be downloaded at the end of this page

Since 1989, the Trust has awarded over £450,000 in grant aid to projects meeting the criteria

Guidance Notes and Conditions of Grant

Grant aid

In the main, the Trust will fund drama and theatre related activities, but in addition, it will also fund projects in film, TV, video, music and dance. The Trustees reserve the right to include other areas if an application merits it, as long as the application falls within the Trust's charitable aims

Eligibility

The Trust usually funds projects or activities carried out by organisations. Individuals sponsored by organisations are also eligible to apply for a grant. Applicants are expected to have raised a large proportion of the project’s costs for which they are applying for a grant.

Application forms

A grant request will only be considered on completion of an application form supplied by the Trust.

Financial conditions

All successful applicants must keep detailed accounts in relation to the disbursement of the grant received and make these available to the Trust for inspection at all reasonable times. Any unused grant must be returned, unless prior permission has been given by the Trust for any other use.

Monitoring

In their efforts to monitor the effectiveness of their grant strategy, the Trustees expect all recipients of grant to inform the Trust of the success or otherwise of the activities for which the grant was given. They also expect to be invited to the performance of plays or events the Trust awards grants to. No grant may be used for any other purpose than that for which it was approved for without the prior permission of the Trust.

The charitable aims of the Trust

All applicants, by accepting receipt of any grant, agree not to contravene the charitable aims of the Trust as summarised in the section of this website called "The Theatre" and as restated in the guidance notes supplied with the application form.

All successful applicants will be asked to confirm in writing their agreement as above before any grant is released.

Logo

All recipients of grant must acknowledge the support of Unity Theatre Trust by using the Unity Theatre device logo (downloadable by clicking here) and the statement, "SUPPORTED BY UNITY THEATRE TRUST" on all publicity and correspondence.

Grant dates

There will usually be FOUR decision dates in any one year, one in each of the following quarters, unless the Trustees deem it necessary to meet outside these dates:

1st Quarter January, February, March

2nd Quarter April, May, June

3rd Quarter July, August, September

4th Quarter October, November, December

Applications should be received 30 days before the planned Trust meeting.

Administration of grants

The Trustees will inform successful applicants how their grant will be administered but it will usually be done in one of the following ways:

i.   Total grant in advance with invoices or accounts on request by the Trustees.
ii.  Total grant after receipt of invoices or accounts.
iii. By instalments, with or without progress reports or and account details of the preceding period.
iv  A progress report should be submitted to the Trust by all successful projects.

You can download the above guidance information with the application form at the following links

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