grant terms & conditions

You will need to confirm that your business is not in receivership or administration or subject to a striking off notice. Additionally, the business and its owners will need to confirm that they are not in arrears with their business or council tax with Gravesham Borough Council.

The Kent Foundation (TKF) and Gravesham Borough Council (GBC) requires that successful applicants agree to provide appropriate information and access for PR and publicity purposes in respect of the Small Business Grant.

TKF & GBC requires the ability to conduct monitoring and evaluation of any project in receipt of grant funding and applicants must agree to share relevant project information post-project completion for a period of 12 months to measure actual performance against agreed outputs and outcomes and the objectives of the intervention.

If during the process of application assessment, scoring and due diligence, unforeseen circumstances result in any changes to your proposal that may require beginning work sooner than anticipated, please contact [email protected] referencing your grant application business name.

By signing and submitting your application you are agreeing to TKF’s requirements for monitoring and evaluation purposes.

Data collected and processed in part of the application process will be processed in accordance with the Data Protection Act 2018. Data may be shared with other Departments within the GBC, TKF, HMRC and other Government departments for the purpose of improving services, keeping records up-to-date and for the protection of the public fund. All personal data is treated with the utmost care and appropriate steps to protect it. TKF & GBC do not sell any personal information to anyone and will never share your information for marketing purposes.

The amount of the Grant shall not be increased in the event of any overspend by the Recipient in its delivery of the Purpose.

If the applicant receives any payments made to it in error or any payments which do not qualify for payment within the terms of the Grant Award it shall promptly repay such sums to the Kent Foundation.

The Grant sum (£500 or £750) is not subject to Value Added Tax (VAT) and no further payments will be made by the Kent Foundation to cover any VAT costs not identified and included in the Grant application form.

The Recipient shall use the Grant for the Purpose only and in accordance with these Terms and Conditions. In the event that the Recipient does not spend the full amount of the Grant within the Grant Period the Recipient shall notify the Kent Foundation and shall either repay the unexpended grant or agree to any course of action proposed by the Kent Foundation to address the underspend.

The Recipient shall not make any changes to the Purpose of the Grant without having first obtained the Kent Foundation’s written consent.

The Kent Foundation reserves the right to close the quarterly application process early if a large number of applications have been made, and to withdraw the scheme at any point if available grant funds are fully allocated.