Funding Applications                                  

Our monetary allocation for clarification.

The Forum which includes the Committee is made up of volunteers. As such no person is paid any money for services rendered. They give their time and work for the community freely.

NB. All our Meetings are open Public Meetings, including Committee Meetings.

Committee meetings are held when necessary after a Forum meeting. An announcement is made at the Forum meeting inviting anyone to attend and listen to the Committee Meeting

We, Corringham and Fobbing Community Forum are allocated a sum each year by Thurrock Council; this money is held by the Council. NB. It is not held by the Forum. 
Our allocation for the year 2009/10 is £11,200. We are permitted to apply for a % (£745) of this amount for administration costs. This we do. 
For the Forum to spend any of this allocation they must provide proof of the minutes of the meeting where an application was debated and voted upon by the whole Forum. The purpose of this is for transparency and audit purposes. This negates any accusation of a closed shop.

 For practicality this is how Corringham & Fobbing Community Forum achieves this transparency.

  1. An application is made to the Forum
  2. .It is then later discussed at the next Committee Meeting and a recommendation is achieved.
    NB. All our Committee Meetings are open to the public.
  3. The application is then put to a full open Forum Meeting for debate with the      Committee’s recommendation.
  4. The full Forum vote on the application and their decision is abided by. This is always recorded in the minutes.
  5. The Forum then fill in the necessary paper application to the Council for the project agreed. The application must fit the Councils criteria. If it does not, it will be refused. This process alone takes approximately one month.
  6. If the Council sanction the application payment is made to the Forum. If  VAT is involved then Forum can ask the Council to pay direct.

This on average takes 3 to 4 months to achieve. In an emergency a special Committee Meeting can be called, this could shorten the timescale to 2 months. This relies on the Committee’s availability but the same 6 steps above would apply.

Application Form
Please complete with as much detail as possible leaving the last page blank. Submit to the Forum, Although it is not neccessary, it is advisable to attend a Forum meeting with your application as the Forum may wish to clarify a point.