Cheshire East Council prides itself on supporting the Voluntary Community, Faith and Social Enterprise (VCFSE) Sector. Having a responsive grants process, a good relationship with the sector and a shared understanding of meeting either existing or emerging needs of the community, allows for systematic partnership working. The needs of our communities can change and the need to pilot and test service delivery to sense check what works in what areas is important and we aim to do this through grant allocation. To support good health and wellbeing, there needs to be the right services in the right places that create healthy neighbourhoods. We aim for Cheshire East to be a place that supports good health and wellbeing for everyone.

To be eligible for funding from Cheshire East Council organisations must:

1. Be a voluntary or community organisation, registered charity or other not for profit organisation operating within Cheshire East. 

2. Have a set of audited accounts, or as a minimum an organisation bank statement, and are able to provide such information as the Council reasonably requires in order to satisfy the Council as to the organisation’s financial position and its need for the assistance requested. Organisations established for less than 3 months that do not have this information available, must be able to provide proof of their organisation bank account;

3. Have a management committee with an up-to-date Governing Document which must be signed by at least two members of the committee who are unrelated to each other.

4. Have appropriate safeguarding policies relevant to their organisation, which must include a requirement that staff / volunteers are cleared with the Disclosure and Barring Service where appropriate.

5. Have a bank or building society account in the name of the organisation applying with at least two signatories who are unrelated to each other.