The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Liverpool City Region’s childcare and care home businesses including a fall in demand alongside an increase in costs to manage within a Covid safe environment. As a direct response to the challenges these businesses are facing, a new fund, the LCR Care Providers’ Grant, has been created by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The grant will be administered by each of the six local authorities that form the Combined Authority, namely Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
Sponsoring Agency: Knowsley Council
Type of Fund: Grant
Deadline Available: Available
Deadline Date (mm/dd/yyyy): 05/18/2021
Size of the Fund: Less than USD $50,000
The Covid-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the Liverpool City Region’s childcare and care home businesses including a fall in demand alongside an increase in costs to manage within a Covid safe environment. As a direct response to the challenges these businesses are facing, a new fund, the LCR Care Providers’ Grant, has been created by the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority. The grant will be administered by each of the six local authorities that form the Combined Authority, namely Halton, Knowsley, Liverpool, Sefton, St Helens and Wirral.
The LCR Care Providers’ Grant will be allocated quickly and efficiently, with the first funding to reach applicants within 10 working days of the application being approved, subject to the application being compliant. Successful applicants will be notified by email, and payments will be made by BACS (payments usually take 3 working days to arrive in accounts). Please note, due to the volume of applications expected, it may take several weeks to consider applications and for applicants to receive a decision.
Priority Areas
The amount of funding available under the LCR Care Providers’ Grant is not expected to meet the demand from businesses, and unfortunately, not all applicants will be successful. Therefore, in determining the eligibility criteria, the Council has sought to balance the number of businesses it can support within the priority areas and the overall amount of money that is available. In administering the grant, the Council will adopt the following priorities:
• Provide the greatest assistance to eligible micro and small businesses (this includes home-based businesses, sole traders and charities);
• Provide support to as many businesses as possible within the available financial resource;
• Deliver a grant application process which is as simple and straightforward as possible and makes decisions as quickly as possible;
• Ensure that there is proper due diligence and that fraud and error are avoided.
Categories of Business Eligible to Apply
• Registered Childminder
o Grant Value: £500
• Registered Out of School Club
o Grant Value: £2,500
• Registered Day Care Nursery / pre-school provision
o Grant Value: £5,000
• Registered Care Home (Adults)
o Grant Value: £5,000
Eligibility Criteria
• Registered Childminder; Registered Out of School Club; Registered Day Care Nursery / pre-school provision; Registered Care Home (Adults)
• All businesses must be an Ofsted registered childcare provider or CQC registered adult care home provider.
• All businesses must be a small or micro business (as defined in Section 33 Part 2 of the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 and the Companies Act 2006) and be able to accept the grant under Covid-19 Business Grant Subsidy Allowance rules (see section 4 and 9 below).
• Operational premises must be based in the Liverpool City Region;
• All businesses must be currently trading and continuing to trade with a view to making a profit or surplus (i.e. not a dormant company).
• All businesses must employ 1 or more people (a sole director, or self-employed counts as 1 staff employee).
More information at: https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/business/financial-support-to-help-businesses-during-the-co/liverpool-city-region-care-providers-grant
