Community Grants
A substantial proportion of the MCR budget is reserved for community grants. Essentially, this represents a sum of money that any MCR community member can apply to fund events or purchases benefiting the wider community or a group of ‘corpuscles’.
Proposals for community grants should include an estimate of the involved cost (if needed, the MCR Treasurer can help with this) and a short justification of how the grant, if approved, will benefit the MCR community. Ideas and costed proposals for community grants are encouraged at any time of the year and should be directed to the MCR Treasurer (mcr_treasurer@corpus.cam.ac.uk).
New: you can find the latest version of the community grant form here! If you wish to submit a proposal, fill it in and send it to the MCR Secretary (mcr_secretary@corpus.cam.ac.uk) or the Treasurer (mcr_treasurer@corpus.cam.ac.uk).
Consideration of submitted proposals will depend on the amount requested:
- Proposals valued less than £50
- Proposals between £50 and £100 will be evaluated by the MCR committee executive body (President, Vice President, Secretary and Treasurer) on a rolling basis. Three votes in favour of the proposal will be needed to approve the grant
- Proposals between £100 and £200 will go before the whole MCR committee on a rolling basis. Resounding support (>50% committee members) is needed to approve the grant.
- Proposals exceeding £200 will be discussed and voted on at the next scheduled Open Committee Meeting. Participation of the proposer(s) to the meeting is highly recommended for discussions. Resounding support (>50% members) is needed to approve the grant.
The MCR Treasurer will update proposers when a decision has been made. A summary of all applications made in periods between committee meetings will be shared with the MCR Committee in the Treasurer’s update at each meeting – this will be included in the meeting minutes and circulated to the community by the MCR Secretary.
Please speak to the MCR Treasurer if you have questions about community grants.
Examples of Community Grants approved in 204:
- A laminator (£31.28) and a bookbinder (£84.23)
- Board Games (£91.55)
- A bike pump (£25.99)