1. Applicants must reside in the Merseyside region and the transport provision for the event or promotion must be held in the Merseyside region.
2. Any application that contravenes Merseytravel's Equal Opportunities Policy will be automatically debarred. Applicants may be asked for further details of their Equal Opportunities Policy. (The Merseytravel policy is set out as Note 1).
3. Funding must be for a 'charitable' purpose. (The definition of this is set out as Note 2).
4. No funding will be provided by Merseytravel for any purposes that are already provided for by virtue of statute (the definition of this is set out as Note 3).
5. Funding must relate to a transport based project.
6. Applicants must apply in writing (on letter headed note paper), giving full details of their organisation, the event under consideration, the help required and the total funding required from all sources.
7. Full supporting information concerning the organisation must be provided.
8. Organisations in receipt of sponsorship must acknowledge the Merseytravel Community Links Access Team in publicity relating to the event or promotion or on a vehicle or facility provided by Merseytravel. (Further details of this are set out as in Note 4).
9. Other than in exceptional circumstances, sponsorship for any one particular event or promotion will not exceed £300.
10. Actual amounts of sponsorship will be at the discretion of Merseytravel.
11. Merseytravel may make an offer in kind such as reimbursement for hiring a vehicle or providing materials, up to the amount of £300.
12. At least one month's notice must be given regarding a funding request.
13. Sponsorship applies to the organisation making the request not the individual events or promotions that they are organizing. Organisations may only make one application for sponsorship in any one financial year (taken as 1 April to 31 March). No application for funding in the new financial year will be considered before 1 March of the preceding financial year.
14. Merseytravel will clearly set out the terms under which sponsorship has been agreed, including the need for acknowledgement of sponsorship set out in Guideline 8.
15. Merseytravel will clearly state the reasons for any unsuccessful application and will only accept a resubmission if an application was unsuccessful due to non-compliance with the guidelines and the resubmission complies with the guidelines.
16. Merseytravel will not enter into debate about any unsuccessful application or accept appeals. Merseytravel's decision is final other than in those cases resubmitted under Guideline 15.
17. Merseytravel will require the recipient of funding to sign an agreement, which details the event or promotion for which the sponsorship is to be used and any failure to use such sponsorship for that event or promotion will result in actions for recovery being taken by Merseytravel against the organisations or individuals concerned.
18. All applications will be dealt with strictly on the basis of the above Guidelines on a 'first come' basis, until such time as budgetary provision for sponsorship has been used up. Such budgetary provision may change from year to year.

The Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive operating as Merseytravel ('Merseytravel') may be prepared to offer sponsorship for transport to community events or promotions for which the organizers require additional funding.
Any such support from Merseytravel with be dependent upon the criteria set out below. For further information please contact the Community Links Access Team on: 0151 227 5181.