If you are a care-experienced adult that is beig supported by Surrey County Council you may be eligible to apply. 

Examples of what grants may be used for or towards include:  Course fees and examination costs; Travel costs for education, training or employment; Childcare for short-term education or training; Equipment, materials or tools; Work- or training-related clothing; Volunteering/work placement costs ; Online learning

If you are 15 years old but turning 16 in the next 1-2 months you are eligible to apply. Please submit your age as 16 here. 

Applicants will be experiencing financial disadvantage and tend to be in one of the following groups: ⬧ People who have achieved or are likely to achieve fewer than 5 GCSEs at grades 4-9  ⬧ People not in full-time employment ⬧ People with disabilities or restricted by health conditions ⬧ People with mental health conditions ⬧ People in or leaving care ⬧ Carers (including Surrey Young Carers) ⬧ People who are at risk of, or have been in trouble with the law ⬧ People who are or were eligible to receive free school meals ⬧ People who are in receipt of college bursaries ⬧ People who occupy low-paid roles ⬧ Refugees 

The people who make decisions about how you operate - trustees or directors. The majority should be unrelated.

We can only fund work which has a charitable purpose

Your organisation's total income in the last financial year

Our funding supports the residents of Surrey, we cannot fund work where the purpose is to support people outside this area

How long your organisation has been operating

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What is the official name of your organisation?

Forename(s)

Surname

Email address

Prefered contact phone number

Select the type of your organisation or group.

What type of organisation/group are you?

Charity Number

Please provide your company registration number.

Company Number

Describe your organisation's mission, goals, and the services it offers (maximum 150 words).

Please describe the overall aims and objectives of your organisation and the activities or services you provide.

How much funding are you requesting from Community Foundation for Surrey in Year 1? 

Please provide the cost in GBP. 0 is acceptable if only applying for one year of funding.

How much funding are you requesting from Community Foundation for Surrey in Year 2?

Please provide the total cost of the proposal in GBP.

What is the total cost of the activity, provision or organisational work for which you are seeking support?

The total amount of funding raised towards this proposal so far (GBP). If no funding has yet been secured, please enter £0. This is perfectly acceptable and there is no disadvantage for your application.

How much funding towards this proposal have you raised or secured to date?

Please tell us briefly what you would use the funding for, who will benefit and how the funding would be used. Funding can support existing Green Health provision and core/business-as-usual costs, as well as expansion, development or organisational development. You do not need to propose a new project. Maximum 200 words.&nbsp;

Please tell us what you are seeking funding for

Please tell us briefly about the people or communities you work with, the need or opportunity you have identified, and what tells you that this activity or provision is needed. Maximum 150 words.&nbsp;

What need or opportunity are you responding to? 

The anticipated start date for spending the funding. Retrospective grants cannot be awarded.

When are you hoping to start the funded activity?

If your activity/provision crosses boundaries please select all needed.

Which local authority area(s) in Surrey will the activity primarily benefit?

Provide a representative Surrey postcode for the geographical area benefiting from your work. We cannot fund work which does not benefit Surrey residents.

Please provide a SURREY postcode that best represents the geographical area your work will benefit.

Please select all that genuinely apply. We do not expect every proposal to address all areas, and selecting more options will not increase the likelihood of funding.

Which of the following statements best describe the contribution your proposal is expected to make?

Select the primary demographic group(s) of people being supported.

What is the primary group of people being supported by this work?

Indicate how you learned about the Community Foundation for Surrey.

How did you hear about us?

Opt-in to receive the grants e-bulletin with information about future funding opportunities and application deadlines. By ticking the box, you agree that we can contact you via email and hold your data.

Would you like to receive our grants e-bulletin?

Address - Building Number/Name and Street

Town/City

County

Postcode

Your organisation's general or office email address.

General/Office email

Indicate if your organisation is part of a larger regional or national entity.&nbsp;

Are you part of a larger regional or national organisation?

The year your organisation was established.

What year was your organisation established?

Your organisation's total income over the last accounting year in GBP.

Income over last accounting year

Your organisation's current unrestricted reserves in GBP.

What are your current unrestricted reserves?

Provide the number of individuals in each staffing and volunteer category.

How many of each of the following are involved in the organisation?

How many full time staff / workers

Part time staff / workers

Number of trustees or management committee members.

Trustees / Management committee

Number of volunteers (excluding trustees/management committee).

Volunteers (excluding trustees/ management committee)

The specific amount of funding requested from the Community Foundation for Surrey in GBP

How much funding are you requesting? 

The total amount that the whole project is estimated to cost in GBP

What is the total cost of your project? 

The total amount of funding raised for this project so far in GBP

How much have you raised to date?

Describe the problems, disadvantages, and/or needs faced by the people your work supports (maximum 300 words).

The "Problem" - What problems do the people you work with face?

Describe the work you are seeking funding for, addressing where, when, what, how, who, and why (maximum 250 words).

Please tell us about the work you would like funding for

Explain the intended positive changes, how lives will improve, and the wider community benefits (maximum 250 words).

The change you want to make - How does this work help to solve the problems described above or how this project will make your organisation stronger and more resilient?

Which of the two themes are you applying for?

Describe how you will measure and report on the outcomes and impact of your work (maximum 200 words).

Outcomes and Impact - How will you measure and report on the positive changes made for people?

Describe how you will measure and report on the outcomes and impact of your work (maximum 200 words).

Outcomes and Impact - How will you measure and report on the positive changes made on your organisational capacity?

Use this field for any additional information you deem important (maximum 200 words).

If the questions above have not provided you with the opportunity to tell us what is important to you, please use this field to provide any extra information.

The estimated number of people who will benefit from this funding by assessing your services.

How many people will benefit from this funding?

Select the main outcome your activity aims to achieve.

Select the primary outcome for the project or activity you want funding for

Budget

Bank name

Bank sort code

The name on your organisation's bank account.

Bank account name

Bank account number

Have you received a grant from Community Foundation for Surrey in the last 4 years?

Please upload your supporting documents, please note that they are part of your application and must be provided by the deadline. We cannot process incomplete applications.

Supporting Documents - all required

Governing Document

Please upload your organisation's formal safeguarding policy document(s). This should include policies for both Children and Young People, and Adults at Risk/Vulnerable Adults as applicable to your work.

Safeguarding policy and procedures

Finance Policy

Your statement should be no more than 3 months old. Transactions should be redacted for privacy

Bank Statement in the name of the applying organisation

If your R&A are more than one year old, please also provide an update on your financial position.

Most recent annual report and accounts. 

Tick if supporting documents will be sent via email instead of uploaded. Please note your application is not complete until we have received your supporting documents and we cannot process your application if you do not supply these supporting documents by the deadline.

If you cannot upload your documents please tick the box to indicate that they will be sent by  email

Certification

By submitting an application to the Community Foundation for Surrey, the organisation named in the application (referred to as “you” in these Terms and Conditions) agrees, if awarded a grant, that:  

Any grant is awarded on the basis of the information supplied in this application. 

Any and all monies awarded must be used for exclusively charitable purposes as defined on the Charity Commission website https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/charitable-purposes/charitable-purposes.
 
The award is intended only to fund the work specified in your request and only for expenditure incurred after the date of your grant award. 

The award should be recorded as Restricted income in your accounts unless you are specifically notified that the grant is unrestricted. 

You will act lawfully in carrying out your project in accordance with best practice and guidance from your regulators, and follow any guidelines issued by us about the project or use of the grant and let us know promptly about any fraud, other impropriety, mismanagement or misuse in relation to the grant. 

You will inform us of any Serious Incident as defined by the Charity Commission https://www.gov.uk/guidance/how-to-report-a-serious-incident-in-your-charity 

If the project/activity changes in any way from the original application, the Community Foundation for Surrey will be notified immediately. Significant variations may result in the grant being altered or withdrawn. 

If you have been unable to start using the grant within three months of receipt, or it cannot be used for the purpose for which it was awarded you will contact the Foundation as soon as possible. 

You will immediately return any part of the grant that is not used for your project, or which constitutes an unlawful subsidy. 

You will keep accurate and comprehensive records about your project during the project and for five years afterwards and provide us on request with copies of those records and evidence of expenditure of the grant, such as original paper or electronic receipts, invoices, and bank statements. 

An End of Grant report will be completed and returned to the Community Foundation for Surrey within 3 months of completion. 

You will acknowledge Community Foundation for Surrey funding using our logo in accordance with the relevant guidelines for recognising your grant, which can be found on our website https://www.cfsurrey.org.uk/apply-for-funding-3/publicising-your-grant. 

Public information about any grant awarded may be shared in open datasets.  No personally identifying information will be published.


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We want this funding not only to support Green Health activity now, but also to help make Green Health provision in Surrey stronger and more sustainable for the future. Please tell us what you expect to be stronger or more sustainable by the end of the two-year funding period. This might include staff or volunteer capacity, core infrastructure, systems, partnerships or referral pathways, impact measurement, income or fundraising, or making effective existing provision more sustainable. We do not expect applicants to address all of these areas. Maximum 200 words.

How would this funding strength your organisation and/or your Green Health provision for the future?

Are there people or communities who could particularly benefit from your work but experience barriers to taking part? If so, what are those barriers and what will you do to reduce them? Barriers might include physical accessibility, transport, cost, geography, culture, confidence, information, or people's sense of safety and belonging. Maximum 150 words.&nbsp;

How will you make your Green Health activity accessible and inclusive?

Data Protection: In order to process your Expression of Interest and where appropriate, invite a full application, we need to record your details on our database. The information will not be shared with another party without your explicit permission. Our full privacy policy can be viewed on our website <a target="_blank" rel="noreferrer" href="https://www.cfsurrey.org.uk/privacy-policy?rq=data%20protection">https://www.cfsurrey.org.uk/privacy-policy?rq=data%20protection</a>

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Expression of Interest: Organisation and contact details

Expression of Interest: Your Funding Request

Expression of Interest: How your proposal contributes

Expression of Interest: Delivery and Geography

Expression of Interest: Referral & Consent

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Stage 2 Application: Budget

Stage 2: Bank details

Stage 2 Application: Referee

Please upload your supporting documents. Your application is not complete until you have provided these documents. 

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