Family Grantfunding Application Form

STRONGER FAMILIES PROGRAMME

FAMILY GRANTFUNDING APPLICATION FORM

Before completeing this application form please ensure that you have read the ‘Supporting Information’ document.

If the form is not completed correctly this will result in it being returned to the applicant for further information and will delay the process for allocating funding.

The ‘Family Grant’ is accessible to families supported through the County Durham Stronger Families Programme.

The 2 main objectives of the Stronger Families Family Grant are to:

Improve the Quality of Families Lives (Essential, Practical Household Items)

This will help to improve the quality of families' lives and can be used to incentivise family members to make positive changes. Funding can be spent on the cost of practical household items such as new fridge, dining table, washing machine, baby equipment or removal costs.

Reward families for positive outcomes achieved

This will be used to reward families for the achievement of positive outcomes and must beoutlined in the care/support plan.Funding can be spent on days out, family meal, out of school activities.

Please complete this form electronically and return to

Section 1 - Main Contact/Applicant Details
Applicants Name:Click here to enter text.
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Organisation:Click here to enter text.
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Telephone Number:Click here to enter text.
Are you the Lead Professional for the family?Choose an item.
If no, please provide contact details for Lead Professional
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Section 2 - About the Family
Parent/Carer (s) Name:Click here to enter text.
Family Address and Postcode:
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Child/ren Name(s) / Age(s)
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Section 3 - Reason for application

Please summariseissues faced by the family (e.g. ASB, Youth crime, poor school attendance, parents mental health, domestic violence etc)

Please detail how the funding will impact on the family?

Level of intervention

Section 4 – Alternative Sources of Funding
Have alternative sources of funding been explored/applied for? Choose an item.
If yes, please provide further information
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Section 5 - Funding Information & Detailed Breakdown of Costs
Please indicate how much funding you are applying for / (£)

Improve the quality of families lives(£200 maximum)

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Reward families for positive outcomes achieved(£100 maximum)

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Provide a detailed breakdown of costs

For items over £50 please provide estimates or quotes from retailers e.g print screens, web link to online catalogues etc and attach to this application.If this information is not provided we can not process the application.

What will the funding be spent on? / Cost
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Section 6 - Team Around the Family Endorsement
Date of TAF:Click here to enter a date.
Section 7 - Family Progress
Please review and complete the Family Progress Summary below in conjunction with the Family Outcomes Framework
N.B. in order to consider the reward element of the grant there must be at least two indicators for ‘Good evidence of progress’
Criteria met / Good evidence of progress / Some limited progress / No progress / Not Applicable / FOP Outcomes achieved (e.g. 1, 3, 4)
Education / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐
Crime/ Anti-Social Behaviour / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐
Employment/NEET / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Domestic Abuse / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Child who needs help / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Health Needs / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
Other Outcomes: / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ / ☐ /
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Any other information that you feel may support this application
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Section 8 – Payment Options
The Team around the Family should agree which is the most appropriate way to pay the grant to the family that they are working with
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A cash payment which is collected from the most appropriate One Point Hub / ☐ /
A direct payment to a third party on receipt of an invoice e.g. payment to a taxi firm for travel expenses (this must be discussed with the One Point Hub prior to submitting your application) / ☐ /
Please indicate the most appropriate One Point Hub to administer and collect cash payment from
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Section 9–Team Around the Family and Family Declaration
This form must be submitted electronically via the Lead Professional/nominated individual’s email address. By doing this the Lead Professional/nominated individual are confirming that this application is accurate, that the money will be used for the purposes indicated and that the family will provide a receipt to the nominated individual to evidence how this money has been spent.
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Date:Click here to enter a date.
Section 10 – Data Protection
Data Protection Statement
The family’s personal details provided by the Lead Professional will be held on computer by the Think Family Team and will only be used by Durham County Council when considering this application of funding.
All funding is subject to monies being available within the Think Family Budget. All applications received, will be considered and approved by the Family Grant Panel.
Section 11 – What Happens Next

Please return your completed form electronically to:

Please note that if sending this completed form from a non DCC email account, please send it securely to

The Family Grant Panel review the application and email the Lead Professional / Nominated Individual confirming the outcome of the application. We will attach an evaluation form to this email for the Lead Professional to complete together with all family members after the grant has been spent.

Email confirmation will be sent to the relevant One Point Admin. Lead and the nominated individual confirming that the professional can collect the cash grant payment from the relevant One Point Hub. One Point Hubs will not give cash directly to families

Grants must be collected within one month of receipt of the confirmation emails. If you are having difficulty collecting the cash within this timescale please contact the Think Family Team. If the cash is not collected and we do not hear from you within one month of sending this email and the cash is not collected we will assume that the family no longer require the cash and the application will be closed

All receipts must be returned to the nominated One Point Hub within 1 month of collecting cash

For information on alternative sources of funding please visit our Operational Guidance at