The Access to Justice Foundation
October 2017 Application Form

Primary Contact for this Application
Main contact name:
Position in the organisation:
Contact telephone number (direct):
Contact email address:
Contact address:
For joint applications please provide the organisation information for each organisation
Details of your Organisation
Basic Organisation Details
Organisation name:
Charity registration number:
Company registration number:
Organisation website address:
Geographical Information
What geographical areas does your organisation provide services in?
Organisation Structure
How many members of staff do you have (paid)? / Full Time / Part Time
How many regular volunteers (unpaid)?
What form of governance does your organisation have?
Basics of Service
Do you: / Yes / No / Area(s) of law/ level
Hold a Legal Aid contract?
Provide pro bono advice services?
Employ paid solicitors?
In addition to advice, do you provide non advice services?
What is your organisation’s purpose? 80 words max.
Which of the key criteria identified by the Foundation’s trustees does your application fit?Please tick the appropriate box
☐ Provision of regular representation at court or tribunal
☐ Projects and schemes that make use of pro bono lawyers (whether or not in addition to advice agency staff) to provide advice
☐ Provide advice services to litigants in person in court or tribunal on the day of their hearing
What will you do with the money? 300 words max.
Include information on:
  • What your key aims are
  • How you expect to achieve these aims
  • What outcomes you expect from the provision of funding including how many vulnerable individuals you anticipate the funding assisting
  • How you will monitor the extent to which your aims have been achieved

How does the project or organisation for which funding is requested widen the availability of access to justice for the vulnerable?100 words max.
In which local or regional area will the services described be provided? 50 words max.
What other free legal advice provision is there in this location? How do you work with these service providers? 150 words max.
What steps will be taken to ensure sustainability and/or effective use of resources? 150 words max.
Please provide an example of how your work has benefitted vulnerable people or a case study of a typical beneficiary.
200 words max.
Is there anything else you would like to add in support of your application?
150 words max.
Financial Information
How much funding are you looking for in total?
£
How much grant funding are you applying for from us?
£
What, if any other sources of funding are you looking into?
Source / Amount
£
£
£
What will the funding pay for?
Item / Cost / Notes
Staff / £
Accommodation / £
Travel / £
IT / £
Training / £
£
£
£
£
Please send your latest annual accounts, which should be no more than 9 months old.
Please supply two line accounts for your organisation
Year / Income / Outgoing
2015 / £ / £
2016 / £ / £