Form 2: LLST application form for organisations looking for funding to keep the doors
open of pro bono services (i.e. where the legal advice is provided by legally qualified volunteers)
that need time to regain sustainability.
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Organisation Name:Charity Reg. No:
Company Reg No:
Address:
How much funding are you looking for?
What is the funding for? (50 – 100 words max please, there is space for more detail below)
Contact name (full name):
Position:
Contact email:
Contact telephone number:
For admin purposes if you are awarded a grant:
Name of Bank Account:Sort Code:
Account Number:
Website:
Twitter Account:
Facebook Group:
Where does your organisation provide services?
What services does it provide?
Why does your charity exist?
Note: We are already convinced of the importance of free legal advice provision however we want to know what your key focus is, and why it is particularly important in the area you work in (geographically or area of law).
Organisation Structure
How many members of staff do you have (paid) fulltime:How many members of staff do you have (paid) part time:
How many regular volunteers (unpaid)?
Do you have any patrons (and if yes, who are they)
Do you (please answer Yes or No and provide details of Area(s) of Law)
Yes/No? / Area(s) of LawHold a Legal Aid Contract?
Provide pro bono advice services?
Employ paid solicitors?
Where has your organisation made a difference?
Note: these do not need to show exact legal detail, preferably they will focus on the human impact. These help LLST understand your work and may potentially be used as an example of the work we fund in our own promotional materials (please ensure these are anonymised and suitable for publication).
For example:
Gita was trafficked into the UK and forced to work from the age of 5 years old. She was kept as an unpaid maid and was routinely abused. Aged 15 she managed to escape. Without money, language skills or an understanding of normal life in the UK she lived on the streets before being placed in care. With the help of her local Law Centre she applied for refugee status and was properly recognised as a victim of trafficking. She is now beginning to build a new life.
Why is this pro bono service facing closing its doors?
What difference does this pro bono servicemake?
What is the problem this is seeking to address and what evidence is there this is needed?What do you do to help alleviate the problem identified above?
How much does the service cost currently and how many people have been helped (please give a time frame)
How long have you been running this service for? Have you replicated it at all?
Do you know of other organisations who run a service similar to this? If yes, have you spoken to them about this and how has this affected your planning and running of the service?
What the funding will pay for
Note: the aim of this breakdown is not only to show LLST why you need the funding requested, it is also to see whether there may be ways in which we can help reduce your costs if funding is granted, and ensure all related costs have been thought through and accounted for. LLST are committed to ensuring full cost recovery for the services we fund whilst ensuring best value for money. Please be honest and up front about costs and their sources—if we have queries we will come back to you for an open and honest discussion.
The item headings are provided as a suggestion and do not have to be applied rigidly—please however do give us enough detail to be able to understand the costs. If you give only vague headings we may query these.
Item / Cost / Source / Notes (how was this worked out i.e. % of overall org. costs)Staffing (detail)
Accommodation
Travel
IT resources
Training
People - beneficiaries, partners and other stakeholders
Have you asked the people who this service is aimed at helping about their views about the service or had other input from this group in the planning or implementation process? How did you do this and what was the outcome?Which other organisations work nearby with this group?
Have or are you working with them to deliver this service? If yes, how is this working and if not why not?
Who else could be important to the success of your project? Who will be interested in it?
Your work plan or timetable of action
Note: We ask to see a work plan to help us assess whether the project is well thought out, achievable and realistic. It is not something we expect to be set in stone but will the basis on which the project starts.
Fill in the chart below, with your anticipated timeline of when you will need to do certain things to get the service/partnership up and running. You can change the headings to weeks or months depending on your project. There are another 8 boxes provided on the next page so that you can use more weeks/months as you wish. Ideally the timetable should run for the length of time you are requesting funding (or longer if you wish).
How to use this:
Some key things to remember to add (if relevant):
● Consultation with different groups, or people involved
● Communication with the different stakeholders identified above
● Recruitment of staff or volunteers for the service
● Training for staff or volunteers
● Production of documents/publicity materials or policies
● Deciding and implementing data collection
● Dates of events where the service will be publicised
● Time for reflecting on how the service is running and whether adjustments need to be made
Month/Week 1
Month/Week 2
Month/Week 3
Month/Week 4
The future
If LLST provide this funding to “keep the doors open” what steps do you plan to undertake to ensure the continued sustainability of the project/service?Last updated April 2016