Application Form(May 2018)

IMPORTANT – PLEASE READ BEFORE SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

  1. Before you submit your application, please check:
  2. That everything adds up correctly
  3. That there are no spelling or grammatical mistakes
  4. That you have correctly listed past support to your group using the list of past YuFund projects available at
  5. Ensure that your endorser sends a copy of their completed endorsement in Word Format from their own email address before midnight on 11 May 2018.

Please double check that you have done all of the above before sending a completed copy of this application form as a Word Document to . If you have any questions please ask or you risk your application not being accepted.

A.Lead applicant information

Your full name
Your personal email
Your phone number

B.Your group

Name of the club, society, college or department applying for funding
Group/project email
Group Officer position & email
Group Officer position & email
Group Officer position & email
  1. Number of paid up members of your group.
/ Annual membership fee £
  1. Current club/society own funds balance at time of application.
/ £ / Plans for use of these funds
  1. Has the society, club or project received funding from YuFund or York Annual Fund in the past? (please indicate*)
/ No / Yes / If yes, please indicate when & how much:

*check the list of past YuFund projects available on

C.Project Information

  1. Title of the project or activity for which the funding is sought.

  1. Project type (please tick all that apply).
/ Volunteering
Creative/Society
Sport
Improved facilities
Supports diversity and inclusion
Employability
Other (please list)
  1. Outline your project and 2/3 key objectives (300 characters max, excluding spaces).

  1. Number of membersactively taking part in your project

  1. Brief description of your project or activity and what you hope to achieve for your group. (1200 characters max, excluding spaces). See model application statement.

  1. Please demonstrate how your project contributes to the wider University of York or York City community

  1. Demonstrate how your project will advance personal or career development of students

  1. How will you be able to acknowledge the support of YuFund publicly?

  1. If your project is ongoing
Please outline the ways in which your project will be sustainable beyond support from YuFund.

D.Project Budget

Project costs (insert more rows/amend headings if necessary)

Expenditure item(amend headings as applicable) / Amount
Equipment hire/purchase
Personnel (coach/speaker etc)
Venue hire
Print
Publicity
Hospitality
Food & drink (YuFund grant cannot cover these costs)
  1. Total Project Cost
/ £
Income source (amend headings as applicable) / Projected / Confirmed
Tickets
Fundraising YuStart
Fundraising other
Sponsorship
Club Funds
Other
  1. Total income
/ £

E.Funding

Amount of grant requested:
Project costs Aminus project incomeB / £
When do you plan to spend this grant, if it is awarded? (Please indicate ) / Summer Term 2018
Autumn Term 2018
Spring Term 2019
Other (please give details)

F.Endorsement

This is an important section of the form and you will need to obtain a full statement from your endorser following completion of the form, so please leave at least a week prior to the application deadline to enable this. No application will be considered without an endorsement.

Note to endorsers: The quality of your endorsement will have a material bearing on the success of this application. Projects are required to demonstrate their benefit both in helping students toreach their potential– in their studies, employability or participation.

Projects with the widest benefits to the University and community will be prioritised. It is your responsibility in endorsing this project to put yourself in the place of our donor community and agree that reflects good use of donated funds.

Endorser name
Endorser position
Email address of endorser
  • Why should this project be funded?
  • Any additional supporting information or comment.

Signed
Position
Date email sent

For office use only

Additional information/comment for committee consideration
Name
Position

Revised 16 February 2018