FUTURE WORKFORCE FUND GRANTS PROGRAMMEA partnership approach to delivery and innovation that supports young people in communities across Greater Manchester

Application Form

GRANT APPLICATION FORMPlease read the grants programme prospectus in full before completing this application.

If you need any assistance with this form, please email greatermanchester@princes-trust.org.uk. The prospectus and FAQs can be downloaded from https://www.princes-trust.org.uk/fwf-grants-programme

We have given a word limit for some questions, we will only look at information you give us within this word limit.

Most sections have further sub-questions in the grey box below them. This is the information we need to receive about your application to understand what you are proposing – please use sub-headings within your answers to make it clear what part of the question you are answering.

If you are submitting an application as a partnership, there should be one lead partner who submits the application form. All partners within your application must have read the application and consent to be a part of the partnership. We will ask for proof of this before the awarding of grants.

Organisation Name:

Registered Organisation Address:

Website address (if applicable):

Company or Charity registration number:

Is the organisation VAT registered?: Yes No

Main Contact

Name:

Email:

Daytime Telephone: Mobile:

Role at the organisation:

Second Contact

Name:

Email:

SECTION 1: ABOUT YOUR ORGANISATION

Telephone: Mobile:

Role at the organisation:

You must have all of the following to apply for a grant from this fund and will be asked to provide proof of these documents if successful:

Health and Safety PolicySafeguarding PolicyEquality, Diversity and Inclusion PolicyData Protection PolicyRecent annual report which includes audited/independently verified accounts Financial Policies and Controls in placeRelevant Insurances to suit organisation and activities

Do you have all of these documents and can you provide them on request?

If you are not able to tick this box, then please do not complete this application form as we won’t be able to consider your application.

What does your organisation do? (200 words, unscored)Briefly tell us about your core activities, your vision and values and how long you have been operating.

Are you applying to this fund as a partnership? (please tick) Yes No

If Yes, how many organisations are in your partnership (including yours)?

Please list the names, addresses and main contacts of your partners:

Partner 1 Partner 2 Partner 3 Partner 4

Name of Partner OrganisationRegistered address of partner organisationContact Name

Role at organisation

Email address

Daytime telephone number

Website address

Registered Company/charity numberIn receipt of funding if application successful Yes/No?

How did you hear about this funding opportunity?

The Prince’s Trust Local Authority GMCA VCSE Support Organisation

If other, please state:

(This section is scored at 10%)

2.1 Please fill out the below table outlining your funding request. The smallest grant amount available is £10,000. The maximum grant amount available in this fund is £25,000.

£ DetailsGrant amount reguestedMatch-funding – financialMatch-funding – in kind

2.2 Will this grant cover the whole of your project? Yes No

If No, please tell us where you will get the rest of the money from (i.e other grants) We willneed confirmation that you have this funding if you are successful.

2.3 Please fill out the below table outlining your budget for the project and the budget narrative box below the table.

Expenditure (i.e. operational delivery costs, staff costs, volunteer expenses, marketing and publicity costs)

Cost (£)

SECTION 2: FUNDING REQUEST AND BUDGET

2.2 Budget Narrative Briefly outline how you have worked out your costs for this project. We want to ensure costs represent value for money. Please also outline any other in-kind support you can quantify, that adds to the support provided to young people.

(This section is scored at 20%)

Project Name:

Project Duration:

Forecasted delivery start date:

Forecasted delivery end date:

3.1 Project Summary (max. 750 words)Please give an outline of your project.

a. We want to know what you plan to do, why you plan to do it, when it will happen and in what part of Greater Manchester.

b. We want to know how your proposal meets the objectives of the fund c. Which barriers does the project seek to remove for young people and/or how will it

stimulate demand from employers?d. We want to know what makes it innovative, how you will build in employer

engagement and employability skills. e. What methods will you seek to ‘test and learn’ to remove these barriers to

engagement?

SECTION 3: PROJECT SUMMARY

3.2 How many young people will you directly engage through this project? ______

3.3 Is this a new project? Yes No

If No, please explain the history of the project:

(This section is scored at 20%)

4.1 Delivery Model (max. 750 words)Tell us how you will deliver the project.

a. We want to know the delivery model will you use, including referral pathways, recruitment of young people, staffing model and other forms of support.

b. How many sessions/interactions do you plan to deliver for young people? c. How will you ensure the successful delivery of activities? d. Tell us about your organisation’s track record and experience of delivering similar

activities to those outlined in this project.

4.2 Safeguarding (max. 300 words)Tell us how you will keep people on the project safe.

a. How will you ensure the safeguarding of young people, volunteers, and staff on your project?

b. What safeguarding processes do you have in place? c. How will you ensure they are adhered to?

4.3 Please list what you need to do to set up and deliver this project in the below table. You do not need to list every aspect of the project, but tell us what will be the expected key

SECTION 4: DELIVERY MODEL AND TIMELINE

milestones and the expected dates for achieving them. If needed, you may add extra rows.

Key Activity/Milestones Key Timings/Dates

(This section is scored at 15%)

5. Target Audience and Evidence of Need (max. 500 words)Tell us what the need is for this project.

a. Which cohort/group of young people do you intend to work with? b. What is your evidence base for this?c. What are the needs of your target cohort and why do you believe your project will

work for them?d. How does your project meet local and/or sub-regional priorities?e. Are there any specific needs for your target cohort with relation to the Covid-19

situation and how will you address these?

(This section is scored at 15%)

6. Outcomes and Impact (max. 500 words)Tell us what positive results the project will have for young people.

a. What outcomes do you hope to achieve for young people by taking part in the project?

b. How will you monitor these outcomes? c. What progress do you expect young people to have made at 4 weeks and 3

months after the project in terms of Education, Employment and Training activity?d. What soft skills will the young people develop? e. What will be the legacy and long-term impact of the project?

SECTION 5: TARGET AUDIENCE AND EVIDENCE OF NEED

SECTION 6: OUTCOMES AND IMPACT

(This section is scored at 10%)

7. Partnerships and Collaboration (max. 350 words)Tell us who you will work with to make the project a success

a. Will you work with referral agencies, employers, other youth organisations or Local Authorities and in what capacity will they be a partner?

b. What will partners bring to the collaboration and how will you work together? c. Why do you believe these partnerships will be a success?

(This section is scored at 10%)

8. Data Collection and Monitoring (max. 350 words)Tell us how you will meet the outlined monitoring requirements of this grant.

a. What tools will you use? b. Who will be involved in this data collection? c. What processes do you have in place to safely collect, process and share data?

SECTION 7: PARTNERSHIPS AND COLLABORATION

SECTION 8: DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING

SECTION 9: BALANCING CRITERIA

This information will be used at the second stage of the evaluation to ensure a balanced portfolio of projects covering geography, diversity and employer engagement. This part of the application form will be used to discuss and decide on recommendations after the first stage of the evaluation. Please include information in this table that you think will aid our decision-making. Each section has a word count limit of 150 words.

GeographyWe want funding to benefit young people throughout Greater Manchester. Which GM regions and localities will you work in?DiversityWe want funding to benefit a diverse range of young people, from a range of cohorts experiencing a need for support. Who is your intended audience for the project and how will you ensure they get involved?Employer EngagementWe want to see links with local, regional or national employers. How will you incorporate employers and employer encounters in to your project?

10.1

Please declare any interest of employees, board members or committee members that may be relevant to your application:

10.2 I declare that to the best of my knowledge the answers submitted, and information

contained in this document are correct and accurate.

I declare that, upon request and without delay I will provide the certificates or documentary evidence referred to in this document.

I understand that the information will be used in the selection process to assess my organisation’s suitability to receive a grant.

I understand that the Trust may reject this submission in its entirety if there is a failure to answer all the relevant questions fully, or if false/misleading information or content is provided in any section.

SECTION 10: YOUR DECLARATION

I am aware of the consequences of misrepresentation.

I agree that The Trust, at all times acting reasonably, has sole discretion as to whether or not this application is successful.

I give my consent to The Prince’s Trust to collect and process the information in this Application Form in the manner detailed in the Privacy Notice (below).

I understand my right to request a copy of the information held about me by The Prince’s Trust.

Signature One

Name: Date:

Role at organisation:

Signature :

Signature Two

The declaration must be signed by two representatives of your organisation. This second signature needs to be must be the Chair of your Board/Management Committee or Chief Executive Officer.

Name: Date:

Role at organisation:

Signature :

Privacy Notice

We will collect the information in this form in order to contact you about your application and any resulting project, assess the application and make sure any resulting project is run safely and smoothly.

To find out more about how we use personal data, please see our privacy policy: https://princes-trust.org.uk/cookies-privacy-terms

If you would like to remove your consent, see the information we hold about you, ask us to change any of this information or ask us to delete your data, please contact Data.protection@princes-trust.org.uk

I give consent to The Prince’s Trust to collect and process the information in this Application Form in the manner detailed above.

Send your completed application form to greatermanchester@princes-trust.org.uk with the subject line: “your organisation name – FWF Grants Programme Application” by no later than 5pm on Monday 27th July 2020.

You will receive a receipt of application by email and your application will go through to the assessment process.

We will inform you if there is any further information we require from you. We will notify you of the result of evaluation by email.

WHAT HAPPENS NEXT? Thank you for taking the time to complete the application form.