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Richmond May Fair
Charities Fund
INFORMATION
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Supporting local charities with an interest in the London borough of Richmond upon Thames is fundamental to the objectives of the Richmond May Fair.
Surplus income over expenditure generated by the Fair is to be distributed to local charities subject to retaining only such reserve as is necessary to enable future annual fairs to be held.
Below are the criteria by which the Richmond May Fair Committee will decide which charities to select for donations each year, together with an application form. As the criteria indicate, the Committee’s priority is to donate to charities which support the Richmond town area.
Criteria for Selecting Charities and Projects for RMF Funding Support
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Eligibility of Beneficiary Charities
The applicant for RMF funding -
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must be a registered charity
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can demonstrate its solvency to the RMF Committee by production of relevant accounts
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must show that the focus of its activities is within the London Borough of Richmond upon Thames; or if a charity is based nationally or regionally it must demonstrate a special interest in the Borough
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must have objects and a constitution that encompass the activity or project for which the charity is applying for funding and
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must make sure the activity or project for which funding is sought complies with the requirements for funding set out below -
Eligibility of Projects
In order to be considered for funding the projects or activities must contain the following features –
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although not to the exclusion of conferring benefit in a wider area, they must benefit specifically people who live or work within the Richmond Town Community or its built or natural environment
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for this purpose the Richmond Town Community comprises the local government wards of North and South Richmond, the Richmond Hill area of Ham, Petersham and Richmond Riverside within the Borough
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applicants must satisfy the RMF Committee that the project is sufficiently defined as to its objects and the outcome and the benefits that will arise from it
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they must have been costed and it can be demonstrated that an activity or project requires external financial support to be realized or brought to its full potential and that any further funding needed from other sources can be secured
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no grant has been made by the RMF Committee to the same charity for the same or similar activity or project within the previous 2 years
Applications for funding which relate to specific activities or projects will be preferred over requests for funding of a charity’s general running expenses.
