Chat is offline Accessibility Tools Sign in SOCIETIES VOLUNTEERING GREEN ADVICE DEMOCRACY REPRESENT WHAT'S ON SHOPS & VENUES ABOUT US SOCIETIES A-Z of Societies Start a Society Get Funding Society Insurance Society Handbook Book Rooms & Venues Society Elections 2021 Get Funding Spend It is the Guild’s mechanism to distribute additional grant funding to its societies. Alongside the overall principles and values of participatory budgeting, the Guild wants to ensure that societies who are wishing to organise good events or activities, or buy items, for their society have access to funding to support them to do so. Societies should have the access to the money that they need, when they need it. Spend It is split in to two different formats, depending on how much your society needs and what for, called Mini Spend It & Big Spend It. Big Spend It: All society committee members are invited to an online meeting as attendees, where bids will be presented to them by other society committee members as presenters. Attendees can make amendments to the bids by consensus, and all attendees can then vote on the bids. The bids with the most votes, up to £4,000 in total, will be funded. We invite bids that are for: More than £350, up to £4,000 Large items/events/activities Projects that include collaboration between societies Projects that are likely to have a longer lead-in time Projects that have a benefit to the wider society/student community Important Big Spend It Dates: Big Spend It Meeting Deadline for bid to be submitted Deadline for money to be spent Wednesday 27th October Wednesday 13th October Monday 15th November Wednesday 1st December Wednesday 17th November Wednesday 9th February Wednesday 16th February Monday 7th February Monday 18th April Saturday 30th April Wednesday 13th April Friday 29th July You can find the Big Spend It Bid Form here Mini Spend It: A panel of recruited and trained society members meet once per month, six times a year, to approve small bids from societies. We invite bids that are: Up to £350 For small items/events/activities Likely to only impact one society Likely to have a short lead-in times Important Mini Spend It Dates: Mini Spend It Meeting Deadline for bid to be submitted Deadline for money to be spent Wednesday 10th November Wednesday 27th October Wednesday 1st December Wednesday 8th December Wednesday 24th November Wednesday 2nd February Wednesday 9th February Wednesday 23rd January Wednesday 2nd March Wednesday 9th March Wednesday 23rd February Wednesday 27th April Wednesday 4th May Wednesday 20th April Wednesday 15th June You can find the Mini Spend It Bid Form here. For both Spend Its: Money will not be awarded for the following activities: Affiliations that do not directly benefit students as students Party political affiliations Donations to organisations Expenses for attendance to a political rally/demo for non-student related issues Donations to other charities Other projects that contravene the Guild’s mission or values, its legal obligations or any Guild guidance, policy or procedures Repeated bids: Societies cannot apply to both Big and Mini Spend It for different elements of one event, activity or item. Societies cannot apply more than once to Big or Mini Spend It for different elements of one event, activity or item. If a society is successful in Big Spend It, they cannot normally submit another bid that semester. Consideration will be given to whether societies have already been awarded money in that academic year. Another bid could be submitted to Mini Spend It, but would need to be for a different event, activity or item. Any questions? You can always get in touch to ask about Spend It at saadmin@liverpool.ac.uk Navigation Home Societies Connect About About Us Terms And Conditions Privacy Venues Student Discounts Contact Us Contact Us Opening Times How To Find Us Guild Work at the Guild Advertising Green Guild History of the Guild Accessibility Guide University University of Liverpool My Liverpool Campus Development Strategic Plan 2026 Student Support Sport Liverpool Liverpool Guild of Students, 160 Mount Pleasant, Liverpool, L3 5TR. University Of Liverpool Students Union Registered Company Number: 07324992 Registered Charity Number: 1137398 Terms of Use