Wiltshire's Energy, Food & Community Support Fund

Prefills

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Wiltshire Community Foundation is working in partnership with Wiltshire Council to help deliver the county's allocation of the Government Household Support Fund which has been allocated to councils in England by the Department for Work and Pensions.

Voluntary groups in Wiltshire will be able to apply for grants to provide direct support to individuals or fund projects which support those most impacted by the increased cost of living, in the Wiltshire Council area. The programme is intended to cover a wide range of support to meet immediate needs and help those who are struggling to afford food, pay household bills, other related essentials.

Eligibility

We are a local or regional organisation only working in Wiltshire or Swindon or in the south/south west of England and we are one of the following:

constituted voluntary or community organisation
not-for-profit company including community interest companies where the majority of directors receive no payment from the company

We are not a statutory organisation (incl schools, town and parish councils)

We have:

a constitution and an active voluntary management committee with at least 3 people who are not:

related to each other or in a long-term relationship
living at the same address

a bank account with two signatories who are not related to each other
financial records showing less than 12 months running costs in unrestricted reserves at the end of last financial year.

The people who will benefit from this grant live in the Wiltshire Council geographical area.

The project or activity funded by this grant will take place in Wiltshire Council geographical area and will start within 6 months.

We have a suitable safeguarding policy and procedures

Not Eligible

Unfortunately, your responses indicate that your organisation, you, or your plans do not fit our eligibility criteria so we will not accept an application. To be fair and transparent for all applicants, we apply our eligibility criteria strictly and cannot change them for your circumstances. If you are a new group in the process of setting up a constitution or committee or opening a bank account and would like to discuss making an application please call us.

If you are a local voluntary group you may find information on other sources of grants through our e-bulletin or from the national database www.myfundingcentral.co.uk. Funding advice is available from Wessex Community Action or Voluntary Action Swindon.

If you need further advice on safeguarding you can find further guidance here.

If your circumstances change and you feel an application would now be eligible, you may wish to contact us first on applications@wiltshirecf.org.uk

Thank you for confirming you are eligible for a Wiltshire's Energy, Food and Community Support Progamme. The application form questions are below.

We like to receive applications from small groups. If you are new to fundraising, do not worry about getting your application "right". We will talk to you when we have read it to make sure we understand what you want funding for.

You can save the form at any time and return to it. When you have finished it, you will be sent a copy of your answers which you can print if you wish.

If you have any queries, please contact the Grants Team applications@wiltshirecf.org.uk or call 01380 738985.

Organisation Contact Details

Name of your organisation

Street address

Town/City

Postcode

Website

Main Contact Details

The person we will contact to discuss the application

First name

Surname

Role in the organisation

Phone number

Email address

Project Details

How will the grant be used to support individuals most impacted by the increased cost of living? - Please be specific about what support you will offer e.g. supporting individuals with their household bills via vouchers or support to access schemes to reduce bills e.g. social tariffs, purchasing household items such as cookers, white goods, heaters or providing food

- If you are providing an activity such as a lunch club, cookery course, warm space etc - tell us where and when it will take place, and how long it will run for

If you are looking to help individuals with their household bills what will be the value of the support you provide to each household?
- If varied according to need, please specify the criteria/reasoning that will be used to determine the amount, please note we expect the maximum support to an individual household to be no more than £200 in total

Tell us about the people who will benefit from this grant. - What are their needs and how do you know?

- How will you identify them e.g. referral from professional working in the community, existing list of individuals you already work with
- What do you expect the impact of the grant to be?

What connections do you have with other organisations within the community and how will this project compliment any existing services

In which area (estate, town, village) do most of the people who will benefit live?

Which local authority will the activity take place in?

Postcode of the area where the people who will benefit live

Provide the postcode of the area where most of the people who will benefit live. If they come from several places, just select one. If this is too difficult, use your organisation's postcode, but only if you are based in Wiltshire.

Project Costs

How much are you applying for?

What is the total cost of the project?

If you are asking us to contribute towards an event, project or activity, what are the total costs?

When will you start to spend the grant?

Project Budget Breakdown


Project Activities Costs

Project/Activities Costs Breakdown


Overheads Costs

Overheads Costs Breakdown

The Difference you will make

In this section we ask you to help us understand the difference the grant will make. We need this so we can tell the donors who give us funds what has been achieved with their funds.

If you have any difficulty in completing this section, please do contact us.

Please note that this information is for our records and reporting. It is not part of the information we consider when deciding whether to award you a grant.

Select the most suitable description of the challenges faced by the people who will benefit from this project or activity

Please select any other notable issue that is relevant.

Please select the main difference your project or activity will make

Please select another difference your project or activity will make

Please select a third difference your project or activity will make

People who will benefit

How many households will benefit from this project

Select the most suitable description of the people who will benefit from this project or activity

If relevant, select another type of person who will benefit

Activity

Select the main activity you will carry out with this grant

if relevant, select another activity you will carry out with this grant

Age Group

Select the age of the people who will mainly benefit from this project

if relevant, select the age of other people who will benefit from this project

Ethnicity

Select the ethnicity of the people who will mainly benefit from this project

If relevant, select the ethnicity of the other people who will benefit from this project

Gender

Select the gender of the people who will mainly benefit from this project

If relevant, select the gender of the other people who will benefit from this project

Sexual Identity

Select the sexual identity of the people who will mainly benefit from this project

If relevant, select the sexual identity of any other people who will benefit from this project

Supporting Documents

Please upload the following documents:

Your organisation’s most recent accounts

If you do not have formal accounts, we want to see your records of last year’s income and expenditure and how much your organisation had at the end of the year

Financial plan for this year

We would like to see a simple plan of how much money you expect to spend this year and what you will spend it on.

Recent bank statement

We use this to check your bank details

Safeguarding Policy

Equalities Policy

Constitution or governing document

If you are a registered charity, you do not need to send your constitution

If you have not uploaded all the above documents, please confirm you will email the others to applications@wiltshirecf.org.uk or post them to us

Terms & Conditions

If the Foundation awards a grant, the following are our terms and conditions:

We will spend the grant only for the purpose stated in our application. We understand that Wiltshire Community Foundation may reclaim any grant identified as misspent.
If we want to change how we use the grant, we will contact Wiltshire Community Foundation for approval before spending it.
If we cannot do all or part of the work described in the application or if the activity costs less than anticipated, we will contact Wiltshire Community Foundation to discuss how to use any remaining money before spending it.
We will keep receipts and other proof of expenditure related to this grant, so that Wiltshire Community Foundation can see them if required.
When requested, we will provide Wiltshire Community Foundation with information about how we spent the grant, what took place and the benefits of the grant. This will usually be completed via an online form at the end of the grant.
In accordance with its Privacy Policy, Wiltshire Community Foundation will hold the details of our group’s chairperson, secretary and treasurer until the end of the grant. The Foundation will hold the details of the grant application’s Main Contact until the completion of the grant period, which is usually 7 years after the grant payment. This is for the purposes of monitoring expenditure of the grant, financial audit and assessing the impact of the Foundation’s grant programmes. We will inform the Foundation of any change in these details during these periods.
During the grant period we will inform the Foundation promptly of any incident arising from our activity that results in, or risks, significant harm to beneficiaries or other people in contact with us through our work
Our group’s name, the amount awarded and the purpose of the grant may be published on the Foundation’s website and, social media accounts and publications. If we feel this is not appropriate for our group, we will let the Foundation know. We understand this will not affect the grant payment.
We agree to acknowledge Wiltshire Community Foundation and Wiltshire Council in all publicity relating to this grant (e.g. press releases). To co-operate with publicising the grant in, for example, the local media and Wiltshire Community Foundation and Wiltshire Council publications.
To use both Wiltshire CF's logo on all printed publicity connected with the grant (e.g. leaflets, posters), in line with the logo guidelines.
If you provide photos or film footage as evidence of the use of the grant we may use them in our own publicity materials unless you have asked us not to do so. When photos or film are sent through to the Community Foundation it is assumed that full consent has been obtained and that the Community Foundation and Wiltshire Council has the right to use the photograph(s) / film footage provided in any publicity materials, books, newspapers and magazines articles, on their websites and via social media.
Unless you ask us not to do so, it is assumed that the Community Foundation and Wiltshire Council has full consent to use any information, photographs or case studies provided in your End of Grant report form in their publicity materials

I confirm that I am:

authorised to make this application and declaration on behalf of the applicant organisation.
accept the terms and conditions above.
certify that the information contained in this application is correct and that the supporting documents are the full and current documents which accurately represent my organisation’s current financial position, policies and governance.

Tick the box below to confirm

Yes - I agree to the above declaration

Publicity

The Community Foundation would like to feature successful applicants in publicity to encourage further giving to the Foundation. Please tick the publicity box below if you are willing to take part.
Wiltshire Community Foundation will use the personal data about you and other individuals named in your application to administer this grants programme and to tell you about other grant programmes, in accordance with our privacy policy.

Tick the box below to confirm

Yes to featuring in publicity