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Main Grant

General Information

Please complete this section for your organisation. If you are completing this on behalf of a partnership please complete the "General Information" section for the lead applicant in the partnership.

Organisation name

Organisation address

Charity / Company Registration Number

Annual Turnover

Website Address

Twitter / Instagram / TikTok or any others

Social media handles

If you are completing this application on behalf of a partnership, please enter the names of other organisations in the partnership

Lead contact

Contacts name

Contacts job title

Contacts email address

Contacts phone number

Organisation information

Tell us about the charitable aims, missions and values of your organisation 

How long have you been delivering? What are your current opening hours for children and young people in term time and during school holidays?  What are you currently delivering? Who attends your regular sessions? 

Tell us about your track record of delivering services to children and young people in the borough.

This may include how you work with local charities, business and public services

Tell us about your partners within Kensington and Chelsea. 

How do your trustees and senior leadership team reflect the lived experience of children and young people attending your sessions?

Children and young people

How do you ensure their voice is authentically heard and acted on?

How do you engage children and young people in the design/delivery of your services?

What barriers have you identified for underrepresented groups and how does your service address them?

How do you reach and engage with underrepresented children and young people in your services?

Please upload the completed EDI form for the last year of your services. The link can be found on the cover page of the grant application form

Service Delivery

Tell us the name of your service / project

How many children and young people will you reach per year?

What specific activities or services will your project deliver? Why have you chosen these services?

Please provide a detailed description of your services

Please select a minimum of 3 out of the 5 priority areas

Which priority areas identified from the review does your service respond to?

Explain how your service will meet and deliver these priority areas

For example, schools, leisure services, museums and libraries, other VCS organisations, or private organisations

Explain how you will work in partnership and collaborate with other local services working with children and young people to enhance and deliver your programme and service

Describe the age, demographics and specific needs of the children and young people you aim to work with and how they will benefit from your project

Who will your project support?

Do you have consent to deliver your service from the location? If you intend to apply for the lease of any Council buildings, more details will be provided in Section 4

Where will your service take place?

Outline the delivery times and any key milestones of your service delivery

When will your service take place?

Please include information on how you will reach underrepresented children and young people

How will you promote your service?

Inclusion and accessibility

Please include reference to children and young people with SEND, children and young people from the global majority, girls and young women, LGBT+ children and young people, young carers and/or care experienced children and young people

How will you ensure that your services are inclusive and accessible to all children and young people?

How will you work with the families and communities of the children and young people you are supporting in your services? 

Outcomes and evaluation

Consider how children and young people will benefit and what value the services adds to the local community and or wider services available to children and young people in the local area

Please a minimum of 3 expected outcomes of your service for children and young people, with reference to your 3 or more chosen priority areas

Please reference what data you will collect to assess impact

How will you measure the success of your service outcomes?

Describe the methods you will use to gather their input and how this feedback will inform future improvements

How will you collect feedback from the children and young people participating in your service?

Risk assessment

Upload a risk assessment for your proposed services and site you are planning to deliver from

Budget and financial support  

Upload a budget of your proposed services. Please find the budget template on the cover page of the application form

Please reference any match funding or additional income that you have or will secure for this programme. 

How will you ensure financial sustainability of your organisation and services across the grant period?

Document uploads  

Please ensure that the following policies are publicly available on your organisation’s website or on the Our City website:  
  
Safeguarding policy  
Health and safety policy  
Complaints procedure/policy  

Please upload the following documents:  
- Bank statement dated in the past 3 months  
- Insurance certificate for public liability and employer’s liability insurance cover  
- Safeguarding policy and procedures
- Health and safety policy

If you are applying to lease one (or more) of the council properties, please complete the section below for the property/properties you are applying for.  ALL questions are required if you are applying to lease one (or more) of the following:

Lancaster Youth Hub 
Golborne Youth Club 
Chelsea Youth Hub 
Canalside Centre, with Cremorne Watersports site 
Little Wormwood Scrubs Adventure Playground 
Flashpoint Adventure Playground 

Site details

Name of site(s)

Proposed opening hours and times

Experience and management

Include any relevant details about previous facilities you have managed and how that experience will help you effectively manage the site(s) you are applying for

Describe your organisation’s capacity, infrastructure and experience in managing buildings

Outline your plans for regular maintenance, cleaning and health and safety checks

How will you ensure the safety and cleanliness of the building?

Using the building

Describe the ways you will ensure the building is used efficiently and effectively to support children and young people and the local community, eg how you will partner with local organisations to ensure the building used by local charities and community groups? We expect a minimum of 3 partnerships per 6 months

How do you plan to maximise the use of the building to its full potential?

How will you handle the booking and scheduling of different organisations or groups using the building?

Include information such as different partners, timings, activities, numbers or anything else you feel relevant

If you are applying to run multiple sites, please provide site specific information about your services 

Please include any fees for services, fundraising activities and grant applications

How do you plan to sustain the finances of running the building?

Proposal and planning

Include your goals, projected activities, and any planned developments or improvements for each year (Year 1, Year 2, Year 3)

Provide a detailed proposal and plan for the use of the building over the next three years.

Outline the key activities, programs, and initiatives you plan to implement and the expected outcomes.

What are the specific objectives and milestones for each year (Year 1, Year 2, Year 3) of your building lease?

How will you engage with the community to gather feedback and ensure that the building’s use aligns with community needs? 

Please include details on reduction through recycling of materials and reuse of equipment, training your employees, volunteers and/or service users to adopt 'green' practices. 

How will you ensure the environmental sustainability of the building?

Health and safety

How will you manage the health and safety of the building and outdoor space for all building users?

What training will you provide to staff and volunteers to ensure they are equipped to manage health and safety effectively?

Please confirm on behalf of your organisation by ticking the box;   

- The information provided is correct to the best of my knowledge  
- Any funding secured will be used for the services or purposes described in this application  
- Upon request and without delay our organisation will provide the certificates or documentary evidence referred to in this document.   
- The information will be used in the process to assess my organisation’s suitability to be awarded funding   
- The authority and Young K&C 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  
- You are aware of the consequences of serious misrepresentation  
- Our organisation will keep records of all expenditure and will provide service reports  
- Our organisation fully complies with UK Equalities and Human Rights Legislation and promotes equality and diversity in everything we do. We follow anti-discriminatory practices and encourage people of different backgrounds and abilities to participate in our activities.   
- Our organisation complies with the relevant child protection requirements (e.g. DBS checks)   

Please upload a staff and volunteer training and development log  

About your organisation

Tell us about the children and young people attending your services


Tell us about your proposed project and services

Project and proposal

ONLY COMPLETE if you are applying to lease one of the council properties, please complete the section below for the property/properties you are applying for.  

Building and premises

Declaration and confirmation of submission