Co-op Foundation Space to Connect Fund

Co-op Foundation Space to Connect Fund - Expand application

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Introduction

Please use this form to apply for a Space to Connect Expand grant of up to £10,000.

You can use this funding to:

Continue to provide communities with a space to connect by building on learning generated by "Explore" projects
Provide communities with a space to reconnect, through a revised approach if you need to respond to more immediate community needs

All applicants with a fundable proposal will be awarded a grant.

Please read the guidance before submitting your application. You can also access an editable copy of the questions.

Please submit your application form by midday (12pm) on Monday 14 December 2020.

You can contact us at foundation@coop.co.uk if you have any questions about this funding or your application.

Application form

Declaration and consent to sharing information

I confirm I am authorised by my organisation to submit this grant application on its behalf. I understand my information will be stored on the Co-op Foundation’s secure system and deleted in line with our retention policy. I agree the Co-op Foundation may use this application, and may share this application (including any personal details provided) with key stakeholders, which include the Co-op and the government. You can contact us about your data and change your preferences at any time by emailing foundation@coop.co.uk or writing to us at Co-op Foundation, 1 Angel Square, Manchester, M60 0AG. Read more about how we use your data.

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Application main contact

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Application alternative contact

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About your organisation

Your organisation's full legal name

Any other 'working name'' used

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Town or city

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Have there been any major changes to your legal structure since you applied for 'Explore' funding? (If yes, no more than 100 words)

If you have updated your safeguarding policy since you applied for 'Explore' funding, please upload it here.

If you have updated your diversity policy since you applied for 'Explore' funding, please upload it here.

The work you want to deliver and the difference it will make

1) How would you use a grant of up to £10,000? (Up to 300 words)

2) What timescales would you deliver your activites in? (Projects should be completed within one year) (Up to 150 words)

3) Will you be delivering your 'Expand' project in a different community to your 'Explore' project? If so, please provide more information below. (Up to 150 words)

4) How will you continue to involve local people, including more disadvantaged members of the local community, in delivering this project? (Up to 200 words)

5) How would this funding improve your ability to make your space accessible, inclusive and welcoming to the whole community, including those who may feel excluded or face more barriers to getting involved? (Up to 200 words)

6) How would your project continue to help people build social relationships and a sense of belonging in the community? (Up to 200 words)

Budget

7) What was your organisation's annual income in your last financial year? NB: You can only enter a numerical value, no symbols, commas or decimals.

8) What is your organisation's projected annual income for this financial year? NB: You can only enter a numerical value, no symbols, commas or decimals.

9) If there is a significant difference between this year's and last year's financial position, please explain why this is. (Up to 150 words)

10) The maximum grant award is £10,000. How much are you requesting? (The value of the grant requested must not be more than 50% of your organisation's total annual income). NB: You can only enter a numerical value, no symbols, commas or decimals.

11) Please provide a budget showing a breakdown of the total cost of the activities, the grant requested from the Co-op Foundation and any other contributions.

Sustainability

We're interested to understand how you think this funding would affect the financial sustainbility of your community space, to inform our own learning. Your answers to this question don't affect our assessment of your proposal.

12) Do you think this funding would have a positive impact on the financial sustainability of the space?

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13) Is there anything you can tell us about your reasons for this answer? (Up to 150 words)

Your feedback

We’d value your feedback on our funding guidelines and application form. Your responses to this section won’t be used to assess your application but will help us continue to improve our grant application processes.

How clear did you find the guidance about this Fund? (1=not clear at all, 5= extremely clear)

How easy did you find this application form to complete? (1=very difficult, 5= extremely easy)

Do you have any comments about your experience of applying to this fund? Was there anything you particularly liked, or anything that could be improved?

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