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Welcome to the Heart of England Community Foundation Expression of Interest for the Social Fabric Fund.

Before you proceed with your application, please read the following information carefully.

You will process my details in accordance with the following policies and information:

Questions followed by an asterisk are mandatory and must be answered.

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Guidance

Please note that we do not score questions individually. Some have a higher word count because we require more information from you. The questions are designed so that we can determine if your project, activity, or service meets the criteria and so that we can ensure we have all the information we require to make a decision. If we think there is some information missing a member of the team will contact you. 

Before completing this Expression of Interest, please refer to our Fund Fact Sheets for details of the funding programmes available.

If you are unsure about applying or have any other queries then please contact our Grants Team on 024 77800 520 or e-mail us: info@heartofenglandcf.co.uk and we will be happy to help.

Good luck and we look forward to receiving your Expression of interest.

Contact Details

The contact person should be someone who has a good knowledge of the organisation as this is the person we will contact if we have any queries.

Organisation Details


As it appears on any governing documents.


If the organisation doesn't have an independent location we will use the contact details of the primary contact.

The telephone number should be one at which the organisation is easily contactatable, especially during office hours. 

Staying connected online

We'd like to keep in touch with you during the grant application process and beyond, so please  provide your organisation's website and social media details if you have any.

Organisation Details

Organisation legal status (select all that apply)

A registered charity is an organisation that is established for charitable purposes and registered with the Charity Commission. 

Groups made up of members of the local community, for example Residents Associations.

An incorporated firm without share capital, in which the liability of its members is limited by the amount each one of them undertakes to contribute at the time the firm is wound up, usually £1.

Introduced in 2005, CIC’s, are designed for social enterprises that want to use their profits and assets for the public good.

You must select at least one status from the list above
Calculations


If your project, activity, or service contains any training, education, counselling etc please list qualifications of those delivering these sessions. Also list any memberships or accreditation's your organisation may have e.g. British Gymnastics, Football Association, English Cricket Board.

Organisation Details



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Unrestricted Reserves - Money shown in your accounts at the end of the financial year that can be spent on whatever the management committee see fit. The Charity Commission recommends organisations have 3-6 month unrestricted reserves.


Reserves - Money shown in your accounts at the end of the financial year. These are generally categorised as Restricted and Unrestricted Reserves.
Restricted Reserves - Money shown in your accounts that are to be used only for certain things. Such as other grants awarded for specific projects.


How many of each of the following are involved in the organisation?

Project, Activity or Service Details

If you do not have a name for the project, activity or service that is ok. 

Our average turnaround time for applications is 8-10 weeks. Please allow a minimum of 12 weeks from submission of your application.

This could be up to a period of 12 months from your start date, but this can be less depending on how long you wish to deliver your project for. 

If your project, activity or service is on-going, you should enter the start and finish dates of the funding period.


If you do not know the planned project end date or expect this to continue long term, please state indefinitely.

Project, Activity or Service Details





Project, Activity or Service Details

We realise that you cannot give exact figures but please estimate as accurately as possible. This information is important and will be used to evaluate the Project, Activity or Service at the end of the grant period.



Please select the local authority in which this activity will take place.




Budget

To help us understand what you're planning to spend the money on, we would like you to provide a breakdown of your costs





E.g. how many hours, how many sessions, cost per hour and duration of delivery, salary per annum.

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E.g. Travel costs

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E.g. room hire cost per hour, how many hours?

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E.g. leaflets, advertising costs


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E.g. Equipment


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Project, Activity or Service Costs

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These are the amounts you've entered on the previous page

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These are the amounts you've entered on the previous page




e.g. Other funders, covered by own reserves etc. Have you already secured some elements of this?

Additional documents

If you are applying to us for the first time using this form, you need to attach all of the following documents. If you have applied to us using this form within the last 12 months, you only need to attach a recent bank statement.






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