Turin | SEFIT Challenge Fund Application Form

Section 1: About Your Organisation - We are collecting general information about your organisation in this section of the application.

Project Name

Helptext: If applying as a partnership, please fill out the following information for the lead applicant organisation

Organisation registered name (if different):

Parent organisation (if it applies):

Organisation Address:

Year organisation started operating:

Year Organisation registered:

What is the legal standing or your organisation?

Non-profit organisation Small and medium sized enterprise (SMEs)Other

Please specify:

Entity registration number:

Codice fiscale / partita IVA se applicabile

Does your organisation have its main impact in Turin?

When an action has a measurable effect on someone or something it is called an impact. For instance, what you do in your project will have an impact after a certain length of time.

How many staff does your organisation currently employ?

Please enter your website and social media addresses:

Website

Twitter

Facebook

Is your project being carried out by a partnership?

Partner 1 Registered Name:

Partner 1 Entity registration number:

codice fiscale / partita IVA se applicabile

Partner 1 Legal Standing:

Please specify

Partner 2 Registered Name:

Partner 2 Entity registration number:

codice fiscale / partita IVA se applicabile

Partner 2 Legal Standing:

Please specify

Partner 3 Registered Name:

Partner 3 Entity registration number:

codice fiscale / partita IVA se applicabile

Partner 3 Legal Standing:

Please specify

Section 2: About the issue and your solution - In this section we are collecting information about the work you are doing and how it makes a difference.

1. Which of the following objectives does your project support? (Select one only):

1. Financial and Consumption Education: projects empowering people through energy conservation skills and promoting behaviour change as a countermeasure to the growing poverty caused by the high cost of energy 2. Green Jobs: projects focusing on the training and employment of disadvantaged individuals in the field of the green economy3. Sustainable mobility: projects focusing on improving the sustainability of transport and mobility in the city of Turin4. Youth Participation: Promoting youth involvement in climate change to encourage their dialogue with the Municipality of Torino and local stakeholders on climate change issues.

Please explain how your project meets the objective you have chosen

2. Please describe the problem or social issue your project addresses.

A social issue is a challenge or problem faced by a person (or group of people)

3. Please provide a step by step description of how your project works.

4. Which of the following vulnerable target groups does your project support, if any? (Select all that apply)

People experiencing poverty or socio-economic disadvantage People from minority ethnic communities Vulnerable young people Other (Please specify)

Please Describe:

5. Please indicate the age of range of the people your current project directly works with (Choose all that apply)

Children (0-14 years)Youth & Young adults (15-29)Adults (30-64)Older people (65+)

Section 3: Impact, Testing and Scaling - In this section, we are collecting information about how successful your project is in terms of its impact. We also want to know how you plan to scale (grow) your project.

6. Optional - Please provide a link to a 2 - 3-minute video or short portfolio. This video should tell us who you are, why you are applying for the grant, what you are hoping to achieve over the next 3 years.

If you are providing a video, don’t worry - you don’t need to produce a high quality or expensive video. You can use a smartphone or tablet. We just want to hear you telling the story of your project in 2 - 3 mins max. Please tell us: who you are, why you are applying for the grant, the problem/issue your project is trying to solve, and what you are hoping to achieve with the grant. You can then upload your video to YouTube or Vimeo. Please do not password protect it. You can insert the URL link here.

7. Describe the expected impact of your project. For example, the number of participants and the expected outputs and results. Mention any measurement tools and evaluations you have used and would also use for this project.

‘Outputs’ are usually short-term results made up of measurable things like the number of participants or the number of years taking part in a programme. ‘Outcomes’ describe the changes that have happened. Examples of outcomes include increased confidence in participants or improved environmental metrics

8. Outline how you involve stakeholders in the design and evaluation of your project.

A stakeholder is a person, group or organisation with a vested interest, or stake, in the decision-making and activities of an organisation or project. Stakeholders can be members of the organisation they have a stake in, or they can have no official affiliation.

9. Please describe your plans to scale your impact over the length of the fund.

Scaling can include 'scaling deep' (e.g. more impact to current beneficiaries), 'scaling out' (e.g. expanding geographically) or 'scaling up' (e.g. collaboration with others)

10(a). What are the three most important things that your project wants to achieve through the Fund? Note this impact is to be achieved during the fund timeline of July 2024 - April 2025

10(b). How would you know if your project has succeeded in its goals? Please provide details on the projects targets, desired social impact, outputs and outcomes.

This impact is to be achieved between the fund timeline of July 2024 – April 2025.

Section 4: Innovation and how your project is ready for investment

11. How is your project innovative? What makes it different from other similar projects (if any)?

Innovative can mean new, different or creative.

12. What is the total amount of funding you are applying for? The maximum total grant is €27,000 for objectives 1-3 (Strand 1) and €38,000 for objective 4 (Strand 2)

Note the SEFIT Fund Approval Committee makes the final decision of how much money is granted to each project

13. Please describe how you will spend the funding you are applying for.

Note: You cannot spend it on scholarships/bursaries (grants), buildings, vans/cars, renovations, large equipment or hardware.

For the next question you will be required to download this project budget template and reupload it with your completed information.

Please click here to download your copy.

14. Please provide a breakdown of your project’s planned income and expenditure (spending), including the proposed SEFIT Programme funding and any other income. Please use the template provided above to highlight how the funding will cover expenditure.

Please download and edit the excel above, then fill it with your financial information. Please upload it by pressing 'Choose File'

15. Who is the project manager of this project? Tell us about their experience and how they will help make the project a success.

The leader for this project will participate in SEFIT’s Accelerator Programme and report on the grant to us. If you do not have a project leader yet, please tell us about the experience of the people within your organisation. The accelerator programme is a series of workshops your organisation takes part in if they are awarded the fund.

Section 5: Financial Information - In this section we are collecting information about your project’s finances up until now, and your forecasts (expected spending).

16(a). Please upload the latest financial statements (audited and/or full (not abridged) accounts for your organisation).

When your company’s financial records have been checked by an auditor to make sure that they are correct and lawful, these records are called audited accounts.

For the next question, you may need to download this Management accounts template and reupload it with your completed information.

Please click here to download your copy.

16.(b) Please upload management accounts for the project you are applying for.

Management accounts are reports that assess your company’s performance over a certain period (for example monthly or quarterly). They usually consists of: a profit and loss account, a balance sheet, a cash-flow statement, and an analysis or commentary. If you do not have Management Accounts, please download and edit the linked sheet above, then complete it with your project's financial information.

17. What are the top 3 non-financial supports that would be of benefit to the project/organisation if you are successful and why?

Examples include support with: strategic planning, marketing, communications, impact measurement, leadership development, business planning, organisational development, fundraising, financial sustainability

Section 6: Referees, disclosures and other details - In this section we are collecting additional information to confirm your application information.

Disclosures

Is your organisation involved in any litigation, or are you aware of any potential litigation against you?

Litigation: Settling a dispute in a court of law.

Are you or any member of your immediate family a staff member or board member of Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini?

Immediate family members include siblings, parents, partners and children.

For the next question, you need to download this Declaration of Honour template and reupload it with a completed digital signature from a senior staff member of your organisation (e.g., CEO).

Please click here to download your copy.

Please download and sign the preceding Declaration of Honour and upload it here.

Other Details

I consent for Rethink Ireland and Fondazione Giacomo Brodolini to store my information appropriately and contact me in relation to this funding application.

How did you first hear about the Fund?

Optional: Is there anything else you would like to tell us in support of your application?

Annex 1. Here you can share any other files you think are necessary to support your application. This is not a required action.

Annex 2. Here you can share any other files you think are necessary to support your application. This is not a required action.

Turin | SEFIT Challenge Fund Application Form

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