The Council will consider applications for funding from voluntary and community groups, sports and social clubs and cultural bodies  if the following criteria are met:

1. the organisation must be based in the parish of Pickering or membership of the organisation includes Pickering people or benefits Pickering people;

2. provision of a written statement of the purpose and requirement for funding;

3. submission of latest audited accounts (for established organisations) or appropriate financial information for new ventures; the total cost of the project for which money is being sought, whether grants are being sought elsewhere (and, if so, how much); any fund raising activities on the part of the applicant.

The applicant may be asked to return the whole or a proportion of the grant to the Council if the purpose of the grant fails.

The grant of an award is entirely at the discretion of the Council whose decision is final.

The Council considers applications at its meetings on the third Monday of each month. Applications should be submitted to the Town Clerk by the Tuesday immediately preceding the third Monday of the month. In practise applicants are advised to contact the Town Clerk before the deadline to ensure that any issues are clarified before the request is formally submitted.

For clarification of any of the points listed above, please contact the Town Clerk, Town Council Office, Kitching Room, Memorial Hall, Potter Hill, Pickering, YO18 8AA, 01751 476503, townclerk@pickering.gov.uk.