Empowering Children and Young People

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Completing your application

Thank you for your interest in our Empowering Children and Young People funding round. The purpose of this funding is to support projects that inspire, empower, and inform vision impaired children and young people, providing them with robust support mechanisms and life-long skills that give them opportunities to thrive. We will be distributing project grants of up to £30,000. Please review our funding criteria here to check that you are eligible for funding before proceeding.

In addition to completing this form, we’re asking applicants to upload a project proposal of up to 750 words. This is an opportunity to present the details of your project and the impact you are hoping to see. Guidelines for the proposal can be found here.

The deadline for applications is Monday October 14th, 11:59pm.

Following receipt of your application, we may contact you to arrange a short call if there is anything we’d like to check or clarify prior to assessing your application.

If you have queries or require assistance in completing your application, please email: socialchange@fightforsight.org.uk

Section A: About your organisation

Organisation Name. If you have a trading name enter it here and the full name of your charity in the next question. 50 characters maximum. If your organisation name is longer than 50 characters enter the short name that your organisation is normally referred to here and the full name in the next box.

Other names your organisation is known by or any other former names

Address Line 1

Address Line 2

City

Post Code

Country

Phone

Please enter numbers only. Do not include spaces.

Website

Choose the description that applies to your organisation from the list below.

Charity number and/or Charitable Company number (if applicable)

Primary contact (for queries relating to your application)

Primary contact first name

Primary contact last name

Job title

Phone (direct dial if possible)

Please enter numbers only. Do not include spaces.

Briefly describe your organisation’s vision and mission, including the primary beneficiaries you support: (max. 200 words)

What proportion of staff and volunteers, including trustees, are blind/partially sighted? (max 100 words)

Please provide details of your financial turnover in the last three years, including annual income, and any other information you feel we should know. (max 200 words)

Within the last 12 months, have there been any financial, regulatory or governance issues within your organisation that you feel we should be aware of? (max 200 words)

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Section B: About your project

What is the title or name of your project? (max 30 words)

What is the core purpose of your project? (max. 100 words)

Is the project aimed primarily at supporting children and young people? (max. 30 words)

Please provide the impact you intend your project to have? (max. 100 words)

What is the duration of the project in months? (enter a number)

What is the anticipated project start date? (dd/mm/yyyy)

In which geographic location(s) will your project be focused?

In 750 words or fewer, please summarise the purpose and anticipated impact of your project. Please upload your proposal here and refer to our proposal guidelines here.

Section C: Project finances

What is the total cost of your project? (£)

Please enter numbers only

How much funding are you seeking from Fight For Sight? (£)

Please enter numbers only

If the total value of the project is greater than the amount of funding you have applied for, how do you propose to raise this additional cost? (max 100 words)

Please upload a detailed project budget. We appreciate things might change as the project gets under way, but it would be useful to have an understanding of estimated costings.

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Section D: Due Diligence

Your Audited Accounts

Provide a link to your most recent, audited accounts (if this is available online) or upload a copy below with the "Choose file" button. You must provide one or the other as your accounts are required.

Upload a file with your most recent audited accounts here. If your accounts are available online you do not need to upload a file and can continue to the next question.

If your most recent, audited accounts are available online add the web address here. If you uploaded a file above then enter "File uploaded" to continue to the next questions.

Note: Web links are restricted to 255 characters long. If your link is longer and you are getting an error above then replace the link with a concise description and email the link to socialchange@fightforsight.org.uk

Safeguarding

Please upload your Safeguarding Policy.

Within the last 12 months, have you logged any significant safeguarding incidents internally, with the Charity Commission, or with any other regulatory body? If yes, please provide details. (max. 100 words)

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Section E: Referees

Please provide the details of two referees. They could be a partner organisation, funder or service user but should not hold any formal or paid role within your organisation.

Please ensure that they have given consent to be contacted by us.

Referee 1

Referee first name

Referee last name

Referee relationship to your organisation

Referee organisation (if relevant)

Referee job title (if relevant)

Referee email

Referee phone (direct dial if possible)

Please enter numbers only, without spaces

Referee 2

Referee first name

Referee last name

Referee relationship to your organisation

Referee organisation (if relevant)

Referee job title (if relevant)

Referee email

Referee phone (direct dial if possible)

Please enter numbers only, without spaces

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Section F: Declaration

I confirm that the information provided in the proposal is correct at the time of submission, and that I have the full authority of the organisation named on this application to submit this proposal. If there is any change then Fight For Sight will be notified at the earliest opportunity.

Name of person completing form

Job title of person completing form

Date form completed (d/m/yyyy)

Review and submit

When you have fully completed your application, please click the Review button below. You will be given the opportunity to check your answers before final submission. Please proofread your proposal and ensure it is easy to understand from the perspective of someone new to your work.

You will also be able to print and save your answers. (To save your answers, click the 'Print this Page' option, then select the destination as 'Save as PDF' instead of your printer.)

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