Volunteers play a central role in the social life of the municipality of Apeldoorn. Volunteers are active in a wide variety of areas and make an important contribution to the social fabric of the municipality. Examples include tackling loneliness or providing extra support to young people and informal carers. But this also includes volunteering to provide debt counselling or, conversely, practical support such as doing the shopping for a neighbour who has difficulty getting about. As a local authority, we support these forms of volunteering and we want to continue doing so. Through the ‘Volunteer Support and Informal Carer Support’ grant scheme, we are putting this ambition into practice.
The ‘Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support’ grant scheme forms part of the General Services provided by the municipality of Apeldoorn. This means that activities seeking funding under this grant scheme must be accessible and inclusive for everyone. Activities cannot, therefore, be exclusively for the organisation’s own members. The activities must contribute to the objectives of the grant scheme and of the Wmo (Social Support Act).
Organisations can apply for grants for activities that, through the voluntary efforts of local residents, help people to participate (or continue to participate) in society. The scheme is primarily aimed at supporting residents in vulnerable situations. Hobby and/or sports clubs, for example, are not covered by this grant scheme.
Here you will find all the information about the scheme, how to apply for this grant, important documents, and how to submit your accountability and finalisation report once the grant has been awarded.
The ‘Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support’ grant scheme opens every three years for a new application and award process. In the meantime, new activities and organisations are not eligible to apply for a grant under this scheme.
The application period for the 2027–2029 Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support grant scheme ran from 3 March 2026 to 28 April 2026.
If anything changes during the term of your grant, you are obliged to notify us. You can do this by clicking the ‘Amend/Confirm’ button at the top of the page.
Examples of changes you must report:
- a change in performance
- delay in implementation
- the cessation of the activities or the termination of the partnerships through which you carry out those activities.
If in doubt, please contact your point of contact.
The local authority will assess whether the change gives rise to a need to amend the grant decision. You will then receive an amended decision.
If the grant you have received under this grant scheme exceeds €35,000, you must submit a request for approval.
Please submit the application for the grant to be finalised, together with the final accounts covering the full calendar year, before 1 May of the following calendar year.
Please use the form below the ‘Amend/Confirm’ button, together with the attachments listed below:
- A detailed annual report on the subsidised activities
- The completed and signed Financial Accountability Form (PDF, 123 kB)
- Recent annual accounts
The annual accounts are structured in the same way as those submitted with the grant application
- Auditor’s report for a grant of €200,000.00 or more
The audit report covers the audit of the financial accounts relating to the performance targets set out in the grant award decision and complies with the Inspection Protocol from the municipality of Apeldoorn.
- Grant Scheme for Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support
- Please save all attachments as: type of attachment, name of institution, year (without using any special characters).
- When you fill in a form, we save your progress for you. This happens automatically when you move on to the next set of questions by clicking the ‘Next’ button.
- You can view your submitted or temporarily saved application on your ‘My Business Page’ under ‘Your Business’ at mijnapeldoorn.nl (log in using eHerkenning or your username and password).
- We will only be able to assess your application properly once we have received the application and all supporting documents from you. A decision on the application for approval will be made 12 weeks later.
You can submit a request to postpone the application for finalisation using the form under the ‘Amend/Finalise’ button.
Do you have any questions about the grant? Please get in touch via: subsidiebureau@apeldoorn.nl.