Community group template for applications

Please complete your application using this template. Provide as much information as possible – the boxes/spacing in the form will expand according to your text. Supporting information can be submitted with your application as PDFs.

Name of Organisation:

Full address:

Website (if any):

Contact name for the application:

Contact telephone number:

Contact email address:

Alternative contact name and telephone number – in case we can’t reach the main contact

Please answer the following questions providing as much information as possible.

1. Can you explain the purpose and history of the organisation?

2. How is the organisation managed? (Please explain the management structure you have in place. You must also provide a copy of your constitution and a copy of your last full year accounts)

3. Where does the organisation hold its bank account? (Please provide the sort code and bank account number - but not detailed records)

4. Are you applying for a grant of £2,500 or £5,000?

5. How would the grant be used by your organisation? (Provide a table showing breakdown of costs if possible, to clearly show use)

6. If you were successful, how would your activity benefit the community? In particular, how would it promote educational attainment or foster cross-community cohesion?

7. What is the age range of those who would benefit from the grant?

8. Are you able to estimate the number of young people that would benefit from the impact of this grant to support your activity?

9. What timescales, key dates or milestones do you propose for your activity and how do you propose to engage the Foundation with these?

10. How will your project reflect the diversity of the community you operate in?

11. What do you propose to do to gain some media coverage and stakeholder involvement from the grant and your activity?(Please provide proposed dates and ideas)

12. What will you commit to do to promote the project and the Foundation support on social media?

13. How do you propose to evaluate the benefits achieved as a result of receiving a grant?(The Trustees will expect to receive an end of project report – a sample report is available to view on our website).

14. Is there any other information you would like the Foundation trustees to take into consideration in support of your application?

When complete please send your application by email to foundation@nationalexpress.com by Friday 10 March 2017.