RTM Promotion Pool grant provides funding for a fixed number of hours that an agency can spend in anyone year responding to requests from local authorities or tenants’ groups for ad hoc information and advice.

The approved agency’s estimate of the amount of time it will need to spend on Promotion Pool supported activities must be included in the application for Promotion Grant.

Making an application for Promotion Pool grant

At the beginning of the financial year the agency should submit the completed application for Promotion Pool grant (available on this page) to the Resident Involvement Section at the Corporation.  The application should set out an estimate, based on the previous year’s expenditure, of the number of hours the agency expects to spend on Tenant Empowerment Programme during the course of the year. 

The Corporation will generally process applications for grant within 30 days of receipt of a complete submission.

Supporting documentation

The agency must attach the following information to the application for grant form:

• an estimate of the time (ie. travel time, preparation time, meeting time) and direct costs the agency expects to incur on supported activities during the financial year.  The agreed Overhead Percentage Rate (OPR) must be noted on this form;
• Guidance on OPR is provided at Calculation of the Overhead Percentage Rate (OPR) and there is also an Overhead Percentage Rate (OPR) calculation spreadsheet available in Microsoft Excel format.
• a claim form accompanied by supported activity cost sheets and activity reports for each element of the claim (forms available on this page)

Information on claiming Promotion Pool grant is available at Promotion pool: grant claim