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Programme Id

About Your Organisation

Organisation

Name of Organisation

Please use the legal / constituted name of the organisation

Is your organisation known by any other names?

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Town/City

County

Post Code

Main Contact

Title

First Name

Last Name

Your role at the Organisation/Job Title

Use the Organisation Address

YesNoWould you like us to use the organisation's address for correspondence or your home address?

Your address

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

Town/City

County

Post Code

e-mail address

Preferred contact number

Alternative contact number

Would you like to receive our e-newsletter? This will keep you up-to-date on new funding programmes and other news. You can read our privacy policy here.

Yes

Finance

Income in the last financial year

How many staff do you have?

How many volunteers do you Have?

How many trustees, directors or decision makers do you have?

Don't worry if your organisation does not have their own bank account. E-mail grants@essexcf.org.uk or call 01245 355 947 and we can talk you through the options before you click submit.

What is the name of your Bank Account?

This should be the organisation’s account name, not the bank name.

What is your Bank Sort Code

What is your Bank Account Number

Does this account have two unrelated Signatories?

YesNo

Please give us a call on 01245 355947 to discuss your bank account before submitting this form.

Please provide the names of your signatories and trustees

Your Request

Have you seen a fund advertised?

YesNo

Please type the fund's name or select it from the list

Is this request to support the core running costs of your organisation

YesNo. It is for project related or other costs

Project Start Date

Project End Date

Please tell us what you would like us to fund.

Max 300 Words but please tell us as much as possible. Include; Who, What, Where, When and How

What is the need for this work and how was it identified?

What difference will this funding make?

How will your work meet the Fund Theme of Community Cohesion and Integration?

How will you engage and involve volunteers in the work?

How many people will benefit throughout the duration of the grant?

Who will be your primary beneficiaries

Who will be your secondary beneficiaries?

What is the primary issue you will be addressing?

What is the secondary issue you will be addressing?

Which district will the activity mostly take place in?

Which area (estate, town, village, borough) do most of the people who benefit come from?

Budget and Documents

What is the total cost of this project?

If your request is for core costs please let us know how much they are in total.

How much are you applying to us for?

Please provide details of the overall budget/cost of this request

You may upload a more detailed budget here if you wish

How would this funding fit with your other income streams? e.g. other funders, fundraising, donations, fees etc.

Have you received funding from ECF in the past 2 years?

YesNo

Have you updated your policies during the past two years?

YesNo

Please attach the following documents

A Bank statement dated within the last 6 months

A copy of your most recent accounts

An estimate or quote to support the amount you are requesting.

A copy of your governing document

Your Equal Opportunities Policy

Your Safeguarding Policy

Would you like to upload any further supporting documentation?

YesNo

Please upload any other documents you think may be useful with your application e.g. images, quotes etc.

Document 1

Document 2

Document 3

If you have any other supporting documents please e-mail them to grants@essexcf.org.uk

And finally.......

the terms and conditions.... Don't worry we have kept them short!

You can read our full terms and conditions on our website but these are the key points

Declaration

I am authorised to make this application on behalf of the above organisation, and I certify that the information contained in this application is correct

By submitting this application

I understand that any grant is awarded on the basis of the information supplied in this application

I understand that any and all monies awarded must be used for exclusively charitable purposes

I undertake that an End of Grant Form will be completed and returned to Essex Community Foundation

If your application is successful, you are agreeing to any information about your organisation being used in publicity by ECF and third party funders in partnership with Essex Community Foundation

I understand that failure to comply with any of the above will impact on future applications for funding and in serious cases may result in grant monies being reclaimed 

Please tick this box to confirm you have read and understood the above Terms and Conditions and that you are authorised to accept them on behalf of your organisation.

I accept

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