Growing Communities Fund application form questions
Application form: GROWING COMMUNITIES FUND
Grant awards to support proactive, effective, measurable, and sustainable actions to enable individuals and communities to tackle the current cost of living issues through reducing food and fuel inequalities, building self-reliance, community resilience and improving mental health and wellbeing.
This fund closes February 2025 or earlier if the funds run out.
Section 1
1.Name of your organisation
2.Address of your organisation/project (please write as one line).
3.Preferred contact number/s
4.Main Contact Person and Job Title (please tell us if this changes)
5.Email Address
6.What type of organisation are you?
A registered charity
Unincorporated club or association
Community Interest Company
Charitable Incorporated Organisation
Parish Council
School
Other
7.Please state your company, charity or CIC registration number. State N/A if not applicable.
8.Please state your organisation VAT Registration number. State N/A if not applicable
9.Turnover for the last accounting year, approx.
10.How long has the organisation been established approx.
11.How many of staff/workers are involved in working for the organisation?
12.How many volunteers, excluding management committee, are involved in the organisation?
13.Will you be working with children or vulnerable adults?
Yes
No
14.Do you have a Safeguarding Policy and when was it last updated? If you don’t have a Policy, why not? Briefly explain how you ensure that your staff, volunteers and service users are safeguarded? Do you have a designated Safeguarding Officer?
Section 2
Impact
15.Please list any beneficiary groups who will benefit from your grant. Select up to 3
People with physical, learning or sensory disabilities
People with mental health issues
Black, Asian and minority ethnic/refugees/asylum/immigrants
Older people
Children and young people and their families
Families/Parents/Lone parents
Carers or people in care/care leavers
People economically challenged as a result of the cost of living crisis
Homeless people
Victims of crime/violence/abuse
Other: Please state in Q28
16.Please list any ethnic groups who will benefit from your grant:
White (includes Traveller, Roma or any white background)
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African
Asian or Asian British
Mixed or other ethnic groups
17.Please list any issues that will be addressed by this grant. Select up to 3
Stronger Communities/rural isolation
Lack of arts, culture and heritage opportunities
Anti-Social Behaviour/ bullying/Crime reduction/at risk of offending/domestic violence
Disability and access
Skills/support into employment
Homelessness/chaotic lifestyles
Health and wellbeing
Refugees/Asylum seekers/immigrants
Addressing the climate change emergency
Lack of sport and recreation opportunities
Food and fuel poverty
Caring Responsibilities
Access to services
Other: Please state in Q28
18.How many people will directly benefit from this funding approx?
19.District council where your project will take place
Exeter City
East Devon
West Devon
South Hams
Torridge
Teignbridge
Mid Devon
North Devon Council
20.Link to your website, Social Media etc. State N/A if not applicable
21.Have you received funding previously from Devon County Council? (This is so we know whether to set up your bank details on our system).
Yes
No
22.Do you require the support of a Host organisation? (See Guidance if unclear).
Yes
No
23.Name of host organisation
24.Address of host organisation
25.Telephone number
26.Email address of host organisation
27.Contact name at host organisation
Section 3
Your Project
28.BRIEFLY tell us about the specific challenges the people or community you plan to support with this funding are currently facing.
29.Please provide a BRIEF description of your project.
for our triage, it will expediate our assessment of your application if you ensure you address each of the bullet points below or as many as you can:
- What are the benefits or outcomes that you hope to achieve from this funding and how will you know whether or not they have been achieved?
- Will the project enable individuals and communities to build self and community resilience during the current financial climate, perhaps by addressing food/fuel poverty?
- Does the project provide access to a safe place to work, learn, socialise or encourage healthy activity?
- Will the project enable people to improve their own mental health and wellbeing as part of a community?
- Does it challenge inequality?
- How do you know why the project is needed?
- Does your organisation consider the environment and respond to the climate emergency, ie, by reducing waste?
- Is the project innovative or pilot new ways of working?
30.Please let us know of any local networks or partnerships your organisation works alongside. State N/A if not applicable
31.How do you propose to ensure that the benefits of this project are sustained beyond the lifetime of this grant funding for both your organisation and the beneficiaries?
32.Please provide a full postcode (no gaps) of where the beneficiaries of the project will be concentrated (NB: this can be nearest major town if the project is widespread)
This information will be used to analyse the geographical spread of responses but will not be shared or used to identify responses.
33.Start date of project.
Please input date (dd/MM/yyyy)
34.What date will you be able to provide evidence of spend to the value of this grant (as near as)
This will be the point at which we can transfer the funds to you if you are requesting over £!000. In any case, we cannot go beyond 28/02/2025.Date.
Please input date (dd/MM/yyyy)
35.End date of project (as near as). State ‘on going’ if this is the case.
36.What is the total cost of the project or activity (£ amount only)
37.How much has been raised so far? What funds are already available to you to cover the total costs? If none, state N/A
38.How will you raise the balance if applicable?
39.Out of the total project or activity cost (entered at Q39), what amount of Growing Communities Fund are you applying to us for? (£ total amount only).
40.Costs broken down for this application.
Examples could be:
. STAFF COSTS £XXX (3 STAFF @ £xx PER HOUR x 12 HOURS)
. OPERATIONAL/ACTIVITY COSTS £XXX
. PREMISES/OVERHEADS COSTS: £XXX
. CAPITAL COSTS £XXX
. PUBLICITY COSTS £XXX etc
41.Other costs broken down for this application if applicable
42.Bank details: Account name as shown on organisation’s bank statement or passbook:
(there must be two or more unrelated signatories for this account).
(Schools – NB: Academy Trusts will need to supply full bank details, and will be paid once the application is agreed. DCC Schools will need to insert an internal cost code on the form instead of bank account details and any grant funds will be transferred after the spend occurs.)
43.Account number
44.Sort code (no gaps/dashes)
45.TERMS & CONDITIONS
I confirm that I am authorised to apply for funding on behalf of the organisation
I confirm that I have read, understood and agree to the Devon County Council Grant Agreement Terms and Conditions that apply to this application and any Growing Communities Fund (GCF) that is awarded should my application be successful.
46.PLEASE DO NOT SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION WITHOUT READING THE GUIDANCE AND SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS which can be found on our website. Please be aware if you knowingly make a false statement to obtain grant aid for yourself or anyone else you risk prosecution, the recovery of all grant payments, an additional financial penalty and exclusion from other schemes operated by Devon County Council. By signing this form you are agreeing that you have read and agree with the above declarations and that you will notify the Grants team immediately in writing of any changes to details noted on this form and any attachments.
I confirm that I have read and understood the Guidance and Supporting Documents. You will be able to print or save this form when you submit it.
47.Signature (enter your name)
48.Have you spoken to your local Devon County Councillor about your project, and if so who would that be? Click here to see who your local CC is: https://www.devon.gov.uk/democracy/councillors-by-map/.
Our County Councillors are always interested to hear from organisations that are doing good work within the community – Please email us if you have a publicity/press event that your Councillor could be invited to.