Resourcing Parish Mission (RPM)

Application Form – small projects and events(missions, holiday clubs, outreach, start-up for new congregations, etc)

Please read the Mission Grant Making Criteria before completing this form

Church, Deanery or other body making the application:

Section 1 - How we can contact you

Details of the contact person:

Name:
Address:
PostTown: / Post Code:
What is the best number to contact you on?
Email:

Position in Organisation:

Section 2 - About your Project

a.Description of the project for which you are applying for funding (maximum 150 words).

b.Who will this benefit? (please ring all appropriate age ranges)

0-5 6-11 12-17 18-59 60+

c.Please describe how your proposal might result in growing the number of people coming to church.

d.When will the project run and for how long?

e.Roughly how many people do you think will attend your project?

f.Your project must include some Christian content. What will this be? (maximum 50 words)

  1. Who is responsible for the project? To what body is it accountable? Please give details of names and addresses as appropriate.

g.Please confirm that you are aware of all the relevant diocesan policies that should be taken into consideration in the planning and running of your project and name them here.


  1. Have the necessary DBS checks been completed?
Yes / No
  1. How will you know if this project has been successful?

Section 3 - Financing the small project or event.

  1. What is the overall project cost?

b.How much funding from Resourcing Parish Mission is being sought?Grants are normally for up to 50%. If you wish to apply for 75% or 90% due to deprivation use the CUF tool or the Indices of Dependency to justify your claim. Please do bear in mind that Resourcing Parish Mission only has limited funds, and another church may well have a stronger justification than your own.


c.You can apply for up to £2,000 per project. What is the total cost of this project and tell us how this is good value for money. If you are requesting more than £2,000 please state your reasons. (This question does not work for me. I do not understand it. If a church is going for 90% and they want £2,000 then the total cost is £20,000 – the greater dependency of the church, the greater the total cost can be. Surely the limit needs to be on the total cost, not the size of the application.)


d.The Resourcing Parish Mission grant will onlybe for part of the proposal’s cost.How will you raise the rest of the money?

Section 4– Your Parish Share

Are you up to date with your Parish Share payments? / Yes: / No:
If not, please describe the arrangements for getting up to date:

What percentage of your Parish Share is paid by regular monthly

amount?

Section 5 - Bank Account Details

Name of Treasurer: Phone number:

Grants will be made by BACS transfer. Please provide details of the account to which the money should be paid:

Account Name:
Account No: / Sort Code:

Section 6– Completing your application

Signature of Applicant:
Print your name:
Date:
Please send you application to:
By post:
Resourcing Parish Mission
c/o Mr Richard Barrett
1A Small Street,
Walsall,
WS1 3PR. / By Email:

Don’t forget to attach the estimates for your equipment.

Churches and organisations which receive a grant will be expected to provide feedback on how many people attended, their approximate ages, whether the project was successful or not, and whether you would do it again. Photos welcome.

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