# Skipton Building Society offers 161 £500 donations to local groups

- Link: https://fundraising.co.uk/2014/06/05/skipton-building-society-offers-161-500-donations-local-groups/
- Published: 2014-06-05T14:10:42+01:00
- Author: Howard Lake

Skipton Building Society is accepting applications for Grassroots Giving 2014, its
annual grantmaking round designed to help fund development of grassroots organisations
in the Society’s communities. This year there are 161 donations of £500 available.

They are only available to local groups or community organisations, not registered
charities. The latter can access funding from The [Skipton Building Society Charitable Foundation](http://www.skiptoncharitablefoundation.co.uk/).

The Society has published a list of activities and projects that are not [eligible for funding](http://www.skiptongrg.co.uk/apply-for-funding/criteria-for-applicants/),
including rent and/or maintenance of a property, animal welfare, party political
activities, medical research and medical equipment, and direct costs of fundraising
events. In addition, organisations that have “an annual net profit of more than 
£10,000” are not eligible either.

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[Applications to Grassroots Giving](http://www.skiptongrg.co.uk/apply-for-funding/)
must be received by 31 July 2014. The public will then be invited to vote on a shortlist
of organisations and the winning groups will be notified after 1 November.

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