Application Form

Completing the form

Your proposal - Please read the application brief carefully. Please ensure that your project activity clearly links to the requirements set out in the brief. Please be realistic about what you want to achieve and indicate clearly the planned outcomes and outputs. Please note that although we understand that participant numbers will be estimates at this stage, we only expect small variances so please be realistic. Projects must take place between June 2016 and February 2017.

Monitoring and evaluation–Your proposal must include ways to monitor and evaluate your activity. The tools and methods you choose must be appropriate. If working with referral partners, please tell us about your partnership and the evidence they can share with you about the impact the project will have on the young people. Remember this information should be useful for you as well as informing us of your progress.

Match funding–If your activity includes match funding, ensure that match funding source you are clearly shown. We understand that at application stage, some match funding will be unconfirmed.

Development and legacy - Please consider how you will continue delivering activity or embedding new learning after our funding has ceased. Thinking about the future from the start allows you to build steps to achieve this into your activity. We can help you share your learning and connect with new partners.

Talk to us!

We encourage you to attend a surgery session. This will give you the opportunity to talk through your ideas with our project staff and ask specific questions about the application form before the deadline. This can take place face-to-face, by phone or on Skype. Surgeries will be allocated on a first come, first served basis. Please email to book your place.

Submitting your application

Please type your answers in the form provided. Save you application with your NAME as part of the file name. Applications must be emailed along with your project budget to with the subject line ‘INNOVATE PROPOSAL’ by 5pm on Monday18th January 2016. We do not accept hard copies. Please email us if you have any special needs or requirements. Applications received after the deadline will not be considered.

ABOUT YOU OR YOUR ORGANISATION

Name
Position (if applicable)
Organisation (if applicable)
Address
Telephone
Mobile
Email

Please confirm that you or your organisation have (tick all that apply):

Sound Connections membership / Child protection policy / Disclosure
Public Liability Insurance / Health and safety policy
Individual / Organisation History
Please describe relevant previous experience and track record of working with young people in challenging circumstances through music. (max. 200 words)

YOUR PROPOSAL

Project title
Location and borough
Project summary
Please describe the musical approach, genres, activities, target group and setting. (max. 500 words) Use bullets if this helps!
Timeframe
Please explain when the project will take place and for how many sessions. Projects must be completed by February 2015. (max. 100 words)

BENEFICIARIES

Number of participants
Please give the total number of participants you aim to work with and their age group. (max. 50 words)
Need
Please explain why the young people you wish to work with need this activity. Please consider the information in the Sound Connections brief when answering this question. (max. 300 words)
Partners
Please tells us about the partners and referral agencies you will be working with on this project and how you will recruit young people. (max. 150 words)

OUTCOMES

Please list THREE outcomes. These can include musical outcomes for young people, personal or social outcomes for young people, or professional outcomes for you or your organisation. An outcome is a change in skills, attitude or behaviour.
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EVALUATION & PROGRESSION

Evaluation and monitoring
Please describe how you intend to evaluate the project, for example the methods you will use and who will be consulted. Please also explain how young people will be consulted on the project. (max. 150 words)
Progression and legacy
How will young people progress beyond the project and how will your project continue once Sound Connections funding has finished? (max. 150 words)

BUDGET

Please complete the attached budget template indicating the costs involved in delivering your project.

REFEREES

Referee 1 / Referee 2
Name
Position
Organisation
Address
Telephone
Mobile
Email

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