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Subsidy General facilities Wmo and Youth

This page contains information on the General Facilities Wmo and Youth subsidy.

A grant is an entitlement to money from the community. It is usually a one-off amount that you therefore have to apply for again and again. With that amount, the applicant makes a contribution to realise the municipality's established policy. For example, in the field of care and welfare, education, sports, art and culture, integration and recreation.

These may be organisations and facilities to which the municipality makes a financial contribution, such as sports clubs, the library or playgroups. Small-scale initiatives by residents or foundations are also supported if they fit within the policy.

Each type of grant has its own ‘rules of the game’. Such as the amount of the amount, how you apply for it and how you have to prove that you spent the money correctly.

The higher the amount, the more rules and checkpoints.

As of 1 January 2022, there are 19 Community Meeting Places in the municipality of Apeldoorn, 15 of which are in the various city districts and 4 in the villages.

For 18 of the 19 venues, this is the outcome of the application process for the 2022–2024 Basic Meeting Places grants. (Don Bosco de Maten is funded through a different, temporary funding stream*).

The applicants submitted plans totalling €7.5 million, whilst €5.1 million was available. This meant that the mayor and aldermen had to make some difficult choices.

With a view to ensuring the best possible coverage of Basic Meeting Places across all city districts, the available budget has been allocated across the districts. In addition, the municipal executive has made an extra sum of nearly €150,000 available. To cover the remaining shortfall, the council has had to decide to discontinue the grant for one Basic Meeting Place with effect from 1 January 2022. This concerns the Basic Meeting Place in Koningin Wilhelmina on Operaplein.

In addition, there is a reduction in funding for the Basic Meeting Places in the Northwest/Centre and North-East districts and the villages.

These are the designated meeting points from 1 January 2022:

North-east:      

  • Don Bosco
  • Silver Beauty
  • Atrium
  • Talma Borgh

South-East:

  • Matenhof
  • Berghorst
  • Don Bosco de Maten*

South-West:

  • Bird's nest
  • Graanhof
  • Our Home

City Centre/North-West:

  • Meet & Co
  • Green Courtyards
  • Berkenhove
  • Orca
  • Philadwars

The villages:

  • Hoge Weye (Beekbergen)
  • Uddel Together
  • MFC Klarenbeek
  • Hoenderloo Village Hall

For information about the activities on offer at the various Community Centres, please visit the the ‘Meet Up in Apeldoorn’ website.

Residents of Apeldoorn who need a helping hand do not necessarily receive individual support, but can make use of general services. A number of changes have come into effect in 2021 and 2022. Through these changes, the council aims to respond even more effectively to residents’ needs by offering them opportunities to increase their self-reliance, build networks and participate in society.

The main changes are:

Work by borough

In all four city districts, there will now be a single Samen055 location: a place where residents can go for individual help, personal advice and support (CJG, Netwerk Welzijn, Wmo advisers, activation coaches and debt counsellors). Where possible, we will combine this with a Basic Meeting Point. The aim is to foster closer cooperation between the various support providers. In this way, we want to encourage the use of general services as an alternative to, or in addition to, individual support.

Principal Contractor

Only main contractors may apply for a grant for Basic Meeting Places or Resident Support. The main contractor must have one or more subcontractors carry out part of the activities, amounting to at least 15% of the budgeted wage costs.

Preferred locations

We want to bring together different types of help and support in one place and manage our property portfolio more effectively. That is why we are designating a number of preferred locations for the Basic Meeting Places. If the number of grant applications for Basic Meeting Places that meet the quality requirements exceeds the available budget, priority will be given to grant applications for the preferred locations.

‘Less stringent’ requirements for community meeting places in villages

Villages often do not need a fully equipped, professional Basic Meeting Place. The activities organised there are often run by volunteers. For this reason, less stringent requirements apply to a Basic Meeting Place in a village. These requirements relate to opening hours, staff qualifications and activities. Should the grant applicant provide well-substantiated evidence that even these less stringent requirements are unsuitable, the council may, in such cases, decide to award a bespoke grant.

Maximum rates

The way in which the council pays for the work carried out at the Basic Meeting Places is changing. Until now, service providers have applied for an hourly subsidy to cover the work they carried out. We are now setting maximum hourly rates in line with market conditions in advance, based on the collective labour agreement. In addition, there are standard rates for other services.

More years of funding and the introduction of indexation

To give everyone – both service providers and residents who use the general facilities – the opportunity to adjust to the new situation and to shape it effectively, we are entering into agreements covering several years. Previously, this was done on an annual basis. We are also stipulating that the grant will be index-linked each year.

Grant Scheme for General Facilities: Basic Meeting Places (2022 to 2024) and Resident Support (2021 to 2023) 

The grant for Resident Support and Community Meeting Places has been awarded for several years. Applications for this grant cannot be made. 

The grant scheme was extended for two years in 2023 and will therefore remain in force until the end of 2026. The next application period is scheduled for 2026, after which the new scheme will come into force on 1 January 2027.

From 2021, work-based day programmes will be organised and funded differently. We are developing this through the ‘Werkt Mee’ programme. From 2021, it will form part of the framework agreement covering Youth Care, the Social Support Act (Wmo) and the Mental Health Act (MO/BW); further information can be found at the website of the Midden-IJssel/Oost-Veluwe Healthcare Region and the Apeldoorn’s website is taking part.

We appreciate the fact that residents of the municipality of Apeldoorn volunteer their time to support their vulnerable fellow citizens and informal carers. This support can take many different forms. One example is respite care, where someone temporarily takes over the care so that the informal carer can have a break. It can also include emotional support from friends, or simply helping with shopping or organising schedules and paperwork.

The scheme is divided into five priority areas:

  1. Bringing residents together and/or preventing and/or tackling loneliness
  2. Finance, administration, and digital and language skills
  3. Practical support, for or with the resident
  4. Raising young people to grow up healthily
  5. Supporting informal carers

You can find more information in the Grant Scheme for Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support.

Applications for grants for these priority areas could be submitted until 6 May 2022. This grant scheme runs from 2023 to 2025.

To support residents and their loved ones on their path to recovery, the municipality of Apeldoorn, together with the municipalities of Brummen, Epe, Hattem, Heerde and Voorst (the Oost-Veluwe region), has established a Regional Grant Scheme for General Social Care Services and Supported Housing. This grant scheme is one of the tools the municipalities are using to focus on the prevention of, and provision of support for, mental health issues, addiction and homelessness.

The scheme supports activities in line with the above-mentioned objective in the years 2023, 2024 and 2025. This scheme replaces parts of the previous grant scheme, ‘General Services under the Social Support Act (Wmo) and Youth 2018’.

This concerns the following activities:

  • Community-based night-time shelter for young people up to the age of 23 who are homeless or living on the streets
  • Providing postal addresses to residents who are homeless;
  • Providing information and organising prevention activities in schools, at youth and LVB institutions and organisations;
  • Providing courses, training sessions and workshops for parents, family members, informal carers and loved ones of residents with mental health vulnerabilities and/or substance misuse issues;
  • Providing support to children of residents with mental health and/or substance abuse problems (KOPP/KOV groups), and providing support to the brothers and sisters of residents with substance abuse problems (siblings);
  • Organising activities for people experiencing homelessness, with the aim of acting as a sentinel; and
  • Carrying out outreach work and providing support to homeless people aged 23 and over.
  • Organising activities for people experiencing homelessness, with the aim of acting as a point of contact.
  • Carrying out outreach work and providing support and guidance to homeless residents aged 23 and over.

Applications for the grant could be submitted until 26 June 2022. This grant scheme runs from 2023 to 2025.

If anything changes during the term of your grant, you are obliged to notify us. You can do this by using the online reporting form.

Examples of changes that you must report: a change to the deliverables or activities, a delay in implementation or the cessation of activities, a change to the costs, the budget or the partners with whom you are carrying out the activities. If in doubt, please contact your point of contact or call 14055 and ask for the Grants Office.

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.

Community Meeting Places and Resident Support

Interim report

You must submit the interim report by 1 September of the calendar year using the online interim report form. To do so, please complete the following documents:

• Form: ‘Determining or amending a grant’‘ plus the attachments below for:

You will find instructions in the document Guidance on the Application and Accountability Form for Community Meeting Places and Resident Support (pdf, 726 kB)

Application for a ruling

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.

Useful to know

  • You will find instructions in the document Guidance on the Application and Accountability Form for Community Meeting Places and Resident Support (pdf, 726 kB)
  • The form asks for the file number. You will find this number on your grant decision, under ‘Our reference’ in the top left-hand corner.
  • 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 for a postponement of the application for a decision.

Community support, support for informal carers and support for volunteers

The grant for Community Support, Volunteer Support and Informal Care Support has been extended until 1 January 2023. Further information on the accounting and finalisation of the Community Care grant up to 1 January 2023 can be found under “Accounting and finalisation of the 2021 grant”.

For the interim reporting on the use of funds, to be submitted before 1 September each year and by 1 May following the end of the grant year for the Informal Care Support and Volunteer Support grant from 2023 onwards, please use Reporting Template for Vo and Mzo (PDF, 156 kB).

You must submit the report by 1 May, together with the application for a decision and the financial statements. The financial statements consist of:

  • Financial report or annual accounts
    The annual report or the annual accounts are structured in the same way as the budget submitted with the grant application.
  • An auditor’s report is required for a grant of €200,000.00 or more, or if this is specified in the grant award decision
    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 Apeldoorn Municipal Audit Protocol.

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 within 8 weeks of that date.

Resident Support and Community Meeting Places

The grants for Resident Support have been awarded until 1 January 2025. Further information can be found under “Accounting for and finalising grants for 2022 and beyond”.

Community meeting places, Social support services, Support for volunteers and Support for informal carers

Interim report
You are only required to submit an interim report if you receive a grant of €10,000.00 or more for Community Support, Volunteer Support and/or Informal Care Support. You must prepare an activity report covering the first half of the calendar year. Please use the reporting template below for this purpose. The interim report must be submitted by 1 September of the calendar year via the online interim report form.

Application for a ruling
Please submit your application for the final grant award, together with the final accounts for the full calendar year, before 1 May of the following calendar year. By submitting an application for the final grant award, you are asking us to make the grant that we have paid to you as an advance payment final. You must submit your application for a decision online.

Please complete the form in full and enclose the following attachment(s):

  • Activity Report. To do this, use the template under ‘Reporting Templates’
  • The completed and signed Financial report on the General Facilities grant scheme (pdf, 8 kB).
  • Financial report or annual accounts
    The annual report or the annual accounts are structured in the same way as the budget submitted with the grant application.
  • An auditor’s report is required for a grant of €200,000.00 or more, or if this is specified in the grant award decision
    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.

You can submit a request for a postponement of the application for a decision.

Submission of financial accounts by a partner in a partnership

  • Please note! Are you a partner – but not the lead partner – in a General Services partnership? In that case, the substantive report must be submitted by the lead partner. You must submit the financial statement yourself. This consists of: The completed and signed Financial report on the General Facilities grant scheme (pdf, 8 kB).
  • You don’t need to fill in everything. It is sufficient to provide:
    • Your contact details.
    • The reference number of the grant decision. If there are several grant decisions under the Wmo and Youth General Services Grant Scheme, please state the details of all the decisions to which the financial report relates.
    • The total amount you are requesting to be determined.
    • Whether all obligations have been met.
  • Financial report or annual accounts
    The annual report or the annual accounts are structured in the same way as the budget submitted with the grant application.
  • An auditor’s report is required for a grant of €200,000.00 or more, or if this is specified in the grant award decision
    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

You can submit a request for a postponement of the application for a decision. Please inform your partners in the partnership of this.

Reporting formats for 2021 and 2022

Community support:
The grant decision you have received sets out what you need to submit

Support for volunteers:
Volunteer Support Accountability Template 2018 (docx, 27 kB)

Support for informal carers
Reporting Template for Informal Care Support 2018 (doc, 24 kB)

Useful to know

  • The form asks for the file number. You will find this number on your grant decision, under ‘Our reference’ in the top left-hand corner.
  • 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 (You log in using a Level 3 eHerkenning account. Read more about E-Herkenning.
  • 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.

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