Group Name / Reference Number

Promoting and Advancing Equality in Trafford

TraffordEquality Grants Scheme 2015/16

SECTION 1: DETAILS OF YOUR ORGANISATION
What is the name of your group/ organisation?
Date your group/ organisation was established:
Provide details of two members of the group / organisation that we can contact about this application.Applicants should not be related to each other
Name (main contact):
Address:
Postcode:
Daytime telephone:
Email: / Name (secondary contact):
Address:
Postcode:
Daytime telephone:
Email:
We will use your information to contact you about this application.
We also send regular funding bulletins and updates.If you do not wish to be added to our contact list, please tick here. ?
Does your group / organisation have a bank account? (If no, please ensure you complete section 3 of the form) / Yes ? No ?
If the project involves the use of a park, land or buildings do you have permission to use these? / Yes ? No ?
N/A ?
Where an organisation applies for funding to work with children or vulnerable people, a Safeguarding Policy is needed
Does the project involve working with children/vulnerable people?
Do you have a Safeguarding Policy? If yes, please include with your application. If no, contact the Thrive Trafford team (contact details in the guidance notes) who can provide advice on what you need to do. / Yes ? No ?
N/A ?
Yes ? No ?
N/A ?
You do not need to be a formal group with accounts and a constitution to apply for a grant but we would like to know if your organisation has the following:
A constitution or rules of association
Financial statement or accounts / Yes ? No ?
Yes ? No ?
If you have previously had a grant from the Trafford Equality Grants programme have you returned all of your Monitoring and Evaluation forms? Yes ? No ?
Our eligibility check will consider any previous grants received and the quality of the monitoring information provided.
SECTION 2: FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Please note that if a grant is approved you must keep receipts of all expenditure

Please provide details of your organisation’s bank account. We cannot make payments to personal bank accounts. If you do not have a bank account, you will need a referee organisation to accept a grant on your behalf. If this is the case, the referee group will need to complete both sections 2 and 3 below.
Name of organisation’s bank account
Name of bank/building society
Bank account sort code
Bank account /building society roll number
Please provide an original copy of your bank statement if you would like to receive a direct BACs payment, if successful.
Who can sign the cheques for the bank account? Please give names of at least 2 unrelated signatories
1. / 2.
SECTION 3: REFEREE ORGANISATION
If you are using a referee organisation, please ask them to complete this section. If you are unsure of how to obtain a referee please contact Thrive Trafford.
I confirm our organisation has agreed to accept the grant (if approved) on behalf of the applicant or group and provide details of expenditure for a monitoring report after the project has taken place. It is my organisation’s responsibility to hold the funding. It is the applicant’s responsibility to complete the monitoring and evaluation of the funding.I confirm that our organisation will not benefit from any grant made.
Name of organisation / Contact person
Position in organisation / Phone number
Email / Signature Date
SECTION 4: FEEDBACK
How did you hear about the Equality Grants Programme? / ? Thrive Mailout
? Newspaper / ? Twitter
? Poster / ?Previous application
? Other
If other, please give details:
Did you have all the information you needed to complete the form? / Yes ? No ?
Was the application form easy for complete? / Yes ? No ?
For Office Use Only
Date Received
Monitoring Returned
Documents Received
SECTION 5: ABOUT YOUR GROUP PROJECT
5.1. Tell us about your group. Who are you and what do you do? (Maximum 200 words)
5.2 Tell us what you want to do – what is your project? (Maximum 300 words)
Provide details of what you will deliver if your application is successful. Think about the ‘what, where, when, who, how’(how will you know what difference will be made?)
5.3Are you providing training as part of your project? Yes ? No ?
If so, will the training be accredited? Yes ? No ?
If the training is accredited, what qualification will successful participants receive at the end of the project?
5.4 How do you know your project is needed? (Maximum 250 words)
Have you talked to local people? What have they told you about your project and idea?
Are you aware of any other groups doing the same or similar work in the local area? How does your project differ?
This scheme is aimed at supporting some of the more disadvantaged groups in the Trafford community. Please tick any of the following groups that your project is going to benefit:
? Age
? Marriage and civil partnership
?Religion and belief / ? Disability
? Pregnancy and maternity
? Sex / ? Gender reassignment
? Race
? Sexual orientation
SECTION 6:MONITORING & EVALUATION
6.1 How will your project make a difference, how will you measure it and what evidence will you collect to be able to show us this?
Please note successful projects will need to complete project monitoring and evaluation forms, which will be used to monitor progress towards these aims. Thrive Trafford will support you to develop good monitoring plans.
Example Project Aim
To improve the English language skills of people in the local BME community / Example Measures
30 individuals, whose first language is not English, attend our training sessions
20+ individuals complete the Level 2 qualification
80% of feedback reports that attendees are more confident using their English ion everyday situations
Feedback will be gathered with surveys, discussions and photographs before, during and after the training.
Project Aim 1 / Measures
Project Aim 2 / Measures
Project Aim 3 / Measures
SECTION 7: BUDGET
7.1 How much will your project cost?
Please complete the table below showing how much funding you are requesting.
Item or activity / A. Total Cost / B. Amount requested from EqualityGrants
TOTALS
7.2 If the total in column A is higher than the total in column B, tell us where the rest of the funding is coming from (Maximum 200 words)
(Please outline details of any other grant awards, pending grant applications, match funding or donations in kind your project has secured or is in process of securing)
7.3How have you worked out your costs? (Maximum 200 words)
You need to provide estimates/quotes/internet pricing of anything above £300. Please ensure costs include VAT(at 20%). Have you provided these? / Yes ? No ?

Would you like some help to complete the form? Please look in the Guidance Notes for details of how to access support. You can call and email us at any time.

Please return to the Thrive Trafford teamby

  • e-mailing:
  • or post to: Grants Team, Thrive Trafford, Customer Hub, Sale Point,126-150 Washway Road, Sale, M33 6AG.

All applications must be received by 5pm, Friday 14th August 2015.

Applications received after this will not be accepted.

THANK YOU

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