Expression of Interest

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:

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Essential Information For All Applicants

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.

First name

Last name

Role within organisation/group

Telephone

Address line 1

Address line 2

City

Postcode

Email address

Organisation Details

Organisation name

Please outline the aims and objectives of your organisation

As it appears on any governing documents.

Does your organisation have its own address that is separate to the home address of any individual associated with the organisation?

YesNo

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

Address line 1

Address line 2

City

Postcode

Email address

Telephone number

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.

Website

Facebook

LinkedIn

Twitter

Instagram

Do you consent to allowing us to use your details for publicity?

YesNo

Organisation Details

Organisation legal status (select all that apply)

Registered charity

Charity number

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

Unincorporated club or organisation

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

Company limited by guarantee with charitable aims

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.

Company number

Community interest company

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

Other

Please specify

You must select at least one status from the list above

Calculations

Calculation

Validation

Month established

Year established

Please give details of all relevant Qualifications, Memberships or Accreditation. See examples.

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

Are you part of a larger regional or national organisation?

YesNo

What is the name of the national organisation?

Is your organisation new and has not yet produced a set of annual accounts?

YesNo

What was your organisation's income over the last complete accounting year?

£

What end date do the accounts relate to?

Expenditure over last complete accounting year?

£

What were your unrestricted reserves at the end of your last complete accounting year?

£

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.

Please explain your 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.

For more information visit https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charities-and-reserves-cc19/charities-and-reserves

Please provide a 12 month income & expenditure forecast

How did you hear about Heart of England Community Foundation?

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

Full time paid staff / workers

Part time paid staff / workers

Volunteers

Management Committee or Trustees

Project, Activity or Service Details

Project, Activity or Service name

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

Requested funding start date

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

Requested funding end date

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.

Approximately How many months do you anticipate the duration of this project.

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

Which of the Social Fabric Fund principles does the proposal meet and why?

Project, Activity or Service Details

How many volunteer hours will contribute to this specific project, activity or service?

Apart from the community, who will be responsible for delivering the proposal? What is their background, skills and experience?

How will you measure the impact of your project, activity or service and how will you report the difference the funding has made?

Is part of the proposal a community asset transfer?

If yes, relating to what building or piece of land?

Project, Activity or Service Details

How many people will benefit from this funding?

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.

How will the community benefit from the proposal?

Which Local Authority area do the people who will benefit from the proposed activity, live in?

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

How has the community been involved identifying local priorities and helping shape the proposal?

How will the community continue to be involved with shaping and delivering the proposal.

What are the arrangements for longer-term sustainability beyond the term of any funding award?

How does the proposal align to the following community power fundamentals?

· Involve communities in decision making:

· Work alongside communities to take practical action.

· Enable communities to lead.

Project, Activity or Service Costs

How much are you applying for (including VAT)?

£

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

What is the total cost of the project, activity or service?

£

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

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Is there a remaining balance?

YesNo

Please provide details on how the remaining balance will be covered and whether it has already been secured.

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.

Bank statement from within the last 3 months - We require an official Bank Statement not a transaction list

Copy of Governing Document e.g Constitution, Mem & Arts

Equal Opportunity Policy

Annual accounts

List of committee members

Safeguarding policy