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Jack Petchey Internship Programme

Application Form

Thank you for your interest in applying for the 2026-27 Jack Petchey Internship Programme (IP8). We strongly recommend that you print off the guidance notes and refer to them whilst completing the application form. The guidance notes contain the same questions as the application form.

We see this programme as a partnership between Jack Petchey Foundation, the host organisation and the intern. Please ensure you are comfortable with the conditions below before applying.

You can save your progress and return to this form (see top of page). Once you have completed and submitted the form, you will be a sent a PDF of your completed application for your records.

If successful, please confirm you understand that:

it will be your organisation’s responsibility to conduct a fair and accessible recruitment process
your organisation will award your chosen candidate a 12 month, full-time contract from March 2026
the recruitment, employment, supervision, pay and support of the intern will all be managed by your organisation
the grant from the Jack Petchey Foundation will cover a portion of the direct salary costs
Your organisation has the discretion to pay the intern a salary between the National Living Wage (currently £12.21ph) and the Real Living Wage (currently £13.85ph for London/ £12.60ph outside of London), at the relevant rate between March 2026-Febrauary 2027.
Your organisation will take responsibility for providing the balance of funding for this post plus all on costs (Employers' National Insurance, compulsory pension payments, any additional benefits you give your employees, etc.)
your intern’s employment will commence by end of March 2026.

I understand

1.1 Applicant details

First name

Last name

Job title

Email address

Phone number

1.2 Organisation details

Organisation name

Registered charity number

Website

Address line 1

Address line 2

Town/City

Postcode

1.3 Intern Manager details

Please provide details of the staff member who will be line managing the intern post.

First name

Last name

Job title

Email address

Phone number

About Your Organisation

1.4 Please briefly tell us your organisation’s aims and objectives.

1.5 Please tell us how your organisation’s work supports the vision and mission of the Jack Petchey Foundation.

1.6 Please tell us where the young people aged 11-25 that you work with are located (tick all that apply):

LondonEssexOther

If 'Other', please briefly explain the other areas.

1.7 Please estimate what percent of your organisation’s work is with 11-25 year olds in London and/or Essex and provide below.

About the Intern Role

This section should be completed by the person responsible for line managing your intern.

2.1 What will your intern’s job title be?

2.2 Please summarise the main objectives of the role.

Please upload the Job Description & Person Specification for this role.

2.3 Please tell us why this position is needed by your organisation and how it will enable you to support more young people, or to support young people in different ways.

2.4 Please tell us what impact this role would have on young people (aged 11-25) in London and / or Essex.

About the Intern Role

This section should be completed by the person responsible for line managing your intern.

2.5 Please estimate the number of young people (aged 11-25) in London and/or Essex who will directly benefit from the work of the intern.

How will these direct beneficiaries benefit from the work of the intern? Your answer here should relate to young people 11-25 year olds in London or Essex. Please include any relevant information here about the frequency of activity, e.g. weekly, monthly or one-off activity.

Please tell us how you have calculated this number and include any assumptions/estimates you have made.

2.6 Please estimate the number of young people (aged 11-25) in London and/or Essex who will indirectly benefit from the work of the intern.

How will these indirect beneficiaries benefit from the work of the intern? Your answer here should relate to young people 11-25 year olds in London or Essex. Please include any relevant information here about the frequency of activity, e.g. weekly, monthly or one-off activity.

Please tell us how you have calculated this number and include any assumptions/estimates you have made.

About the Intern Role

This section should be completed by the person responsible for line managing your intern.

2.7 Please tell us what the intern would gain from this internship.

2.8 This funding is for a full-time post. Please confirm your organisation’s standard working week in hours.

2.9 Please tell us the hourly rate you expect to pay your Jack Petchey Intern.

Please specifiy

2.10 This funding is for a full-time post. Please confirm your organisation’s standard working week in hours.

Line management

This section should be completed by the person responsible for line managing the intern

3.1 Please tell us about the line management structure for your intern and whether they would be line managed by you for the duration of the internship. For the intern's stability and continuity, please ensure that the line manager remains the same throughout the internship (as far as possible). For more details please read the guidance notes.

3.2 Please tell us about your approach to supporting and motivating a young intern and how or if this differs from line managing other employees.

3.3 If successful, please tell us what your organisation would do in March 2026 when Jack Petchey Foundation funding for this role ends.

3.4 Please provide a link to a short video (max. 3 minutes) of the person who will be line managing the intern, explaining what their approach would be (please refer to the guidance notes for more details).

Please provide a link to your video here so that we can view it online by uploading it to Google Drive, You Tube or DropBox, and ensuring that all sharing permissions are enabled.

In the video, the line manager should cover: their role; their approach to managing the intern and how they would support the intern to maintain a high level of enthusiasm to learn, motivating them to excel in their internship and set and achieve their professional goals; what previous line management experience they have to support this.

Financial Information

4.1 Please confirm your most recent financial year end date (month and year)

Month

Year

20242025

4.2 What was your organisation’s income and expenditure for the last three full financial years? Please indicate if the figures are audited or unaudited.

If figures are not yet available for the most recent financial year, please indicate this (Unaudited). Attach a copy of your latest management accounts when prompted at point 7.3 (page 14 of this application)
If you do not have any of the figures for the sections below please just input 000 (zeros).

	Annual Income	Annual Expenditure
2022 Financial Year End	£	£
2023 Financial Year End	£	£
2024 Financial Year End	£	£
2025 Financial Year End	£	£

Financial Information

4.3 What are your current unrestricted reserves and restricted reserves?

Unrestricted reserves

Restricted reserves

4.4 Please tell us what impact the recent economic situation has had on your financial position (e.g. inflation, utilities, staffing costs, demand for services) and what steps are you taking to reach / maintain financial security over the next 12-18 months?

4.5 Does your organisation have a bank account in its own name and are two signatories required?

YesNo

Organisation Management

5.1 Please describe your organisation’s management structure. Please include posts within the senior team and where this intern role will sit.

5.2 Please list the members of your Board, and include a brief summary of their area of expertise.

5.3 In which year was your organisation established?

5.4 How many of the following posts does your organisation employ?

(Please do not include freelancers/sessional workers)

Full time staff

Part time staff

Supporting information

6.1 Have you received any funding from JPF previously?

YesNo

6.2 Is your organisation currently running the JPF Achievement Award scheme?

YesNo

6.3 Has your organisation hosted a Jack Petchey Intern before?

YesNo

Please provide the amounts and dates of previous funding received from Jack Petchey Foundation in the last 5 years (since 2020).

Supporting documents

Please upload the following documents:

7.1 Most recent annual report and accounts

7.2 Annual budget - current financial year

7.3 Latest management accounts. (as submitted to your board for review)

7.4 Safeguarding or Child Protection Policy

7.5 Equal Opportunities / Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Policy

7.6 Employers' Liability Insurance

7.7 Public Liability Insurance

7.8 Health and Safety Policy

7.9 Data Protection Policy

Chief Executive/ Director’s commitment to Jack Petchey Internship Programme

Your organisation has the discretion to pay the intern a salary between the National Living Wage (currently £12.21ph from 1 April 2025) and the Real Living Wage (currently £13.85ph in London/£12.60ph outside London), at the appropriate rate from March 2026 to February 2027.
Your organisation will take responsibility for providing the balance of funding for this post plus all on costs (Employers' National Insurance, compulsory pension payments, any additional benefits you give your employees, etc)
The line manager will deliver an induction programme for the intern and provide ongoing regular supervision.
Both the line manager and intern will join a ‘welcome’ videocall or meeting with Jack Petchey Foundation in March 2026.
Both the line manager and intern will attend the Launch Conference in April 2026. This conference will take place in person in east London. There will be no costs for this conference aside from transport.
The intern will be released from work to attend four professional development workshops coordinated throughout the year by Jack Petchey Foundation.
The Line manager and intern will attend half-day review/progress meetings coordinated by Jack Petchey Foundation in September 2025.
Both line manager and intern will attend the end of internship celebration event in February 2026.
Both line manager and intern will complete a six-month monitoring/feedback form and an end of internship monitoring/feedback form.

Please confirm that your Chief Executive/Director has read and agreed with the information above.

If there are any further comments you would like to make in relation to your application, please add them here.

Chief Executive Declaration

Chief Executive or Director's Name

First Name

Last Name

Job Title

Email address

I certify that the information supplied is accurate to the best of my knowledge.

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