Please read the following text before beginning your application:

• The Cambridgeshire High Sheriff’s Award Scheme is open to Cambridgeshire based organisations supporting children and young people to undertake charitable projects.
• To be eligible for funding from the Cambridgeshire High Sheriff’s Award Scheme, organisations must:
  • operate a Child Protection Policy
  • secure CRB checks for anyone working directly with children and young people
  • operate an Equal Opportunities Policy
  • have a bank account that requires at least 2 independent signatures for cheques written

The deadline for submission of applications for a 10/11 Award is 31 July 2010. Grants will be awarded to successful applicants in December 2010. Groups that receive an award will be invited to attend the High Sheriff’s Award Ceremony which will be held in March 2011 (date tbc). At the ceremony groups will receive a Certificate from the High Sheriff of Cambridgeshire and be invited to tell the audience about the project they received funding for.

You can apply to the Cambridgeshire High Sheriff’s Award Scheme for a grant towards projects that fit one of the following three categories:-

1. Voluntary Commitment Grants: Grants of up to £500 for projects that involve young people in voluntary commitment (defined as giving their time for the benefit of others and not as attending a club or activity for their own benefit) and are working to achieve one or more of the following:
   • A lasting effect on the community by making it a safer and more pleasant place in which to live;
   • Enhance the quality of life of others in the community through provision of an activity or entertainment;
   • Significant improvement of the local environment;
   • Promotion of crime reduction activities.


2. Music Grants: Grants of up to £500 to projects involving young people in music projects. Projects should be offering young people one or more of the following:
   • New opportunities to learn to play musical instruments, or learn to sing;
   • Opportunities to develop musical talent.
   • An opportunity to perform to an audience.


3. Activity Grants: Grants of up to £200 to projects that involve young people in positive activities, for example:
   • Dance groups
   • Sporting activities
   • Drama groups
   • Activity days

When you have completed your application online and submitted it to CCF (by clicking the “submit” button), an automatically generated email will be sent to the email address you provided on the application form with a copy of your completed application and a “Section B”. Section B requests you to submit some supporting documentation such as your Child Protection Policy – and gives you the chance to nominate a young person for a certificate to recognise a significant contribution they are making to their community. Please follow all the instructions in Section B and print, complete and return it to us at the address provided. 

If you are unsure about any of the above text or have any other queries then please contact Marion Branch on 01223 410535 or e-mail info@cambscf.org.uk