Your organisation's total income in the last financial year

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NextGen Grants Round 1 Launch and Grow Application Form

What is your organisation's name?

What is the name of the main contact?

What is their position or job title?

What is their email address?

What is their telephone number?

What is their mobile number?

What is the organisation's postal address?

Your organisation does not have to be based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich for you to apply.

Is your organisation based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich?

Please include a link to your organisation's website:

Are you happy to be contacted about other similar funding or children or youth related opportunities by Royal Borough of Greenwich

Organisations are classified as ‘majority led’ by people from Black and Global Majority backgrounds if 50% or more of their leadership are from Black and Global Majority backgrounds.

Please confirm if your organisation is black or global majority led.  Organisations are classified as ‘majority led’ by people from Black and Global Majority backgrounds if 50% or more of their leadership are from Black and Global Majority backgrounds.

Does your main contact have any specific communication needs that we should be aware of? E.g., braille, large print or sign language?

When was your organisation set up?

Is your organisation not-for-profit? (It does not have to be for you to apply.)

What is the date when your organisation adopted its current legal status?

What type of organisation is this?

If other, state below the type of organisation

Is your organisation a registered charity?

Charity number:

Is your organisation a company limited by guarantee?

Company number:

Other legal status details (if applicable):

Is your organisation Ofsted registered?

If so, what is your Ofsted registration number?

What is your most recent Ofsted rating?

How many permanent staff do you have?

How many volunteers does your organisation have?

You should only select 'Yes' if you have made a formal agreement with another/other organisations to apply as a partnership or consortium and are able to share a written agreement evidencing this. You should not select 'Yes' if you are planning to use some delivery partners for elements of your project, but do not have a formal agreement with them to apply for funding as a partnership or consortium.

Are you applying as a group of organisations, e.g. as a consortium?

Please attach your Memorandum of Understanding/Agreement:

Please name your lead partner organisation. This is the organisation that we will expect policies to be associated with.

Please list all partners in the consortium.

Please describe the operational and administrative arrangement of the consortium.

Can you confirm that you will pay the London Living Wage to all staff on the programme?

Where relevant - has each member of your Board/Management Committee signed a declaration to confirm that they are eligible to serve as a Trustee/MC Member and that they meet the Charity Commission's 'Fit and Proper Person' test?

Are any people involved in your organisation related to any trustee/senior leadership/management/staff and/or volunteers, or do they have a close association with them (outside their professional relationship)?

Have any of your board, trustees, senior leadership team etc. committed an act of serious misconduct in the course of business?

Within the last 5 years have any complaints been upheld against your organisation to any professional body?

Has your organisation been in a state of bankruptcy, insolvency, compulsory winding up or receivership, and/or does it have arrangements with creditors?

Have any of your board, trustees, senior leadership team etc. been convicted of a criminal offence related to business or professional conduct?

If you have answered yes to any of questions 35-39 above, please provide an explanation.

This includes any agreements that may have ended because of poor performance, safeguarding issues, Charity Commission investigation, or court actions taken against the organisation, including any significant employment tribunal hearings in the last five years. Please include any actions taken by your organisation to address these issues and the improvements that have been implemented.If you do not have any response to share here put 'Not applicable'.

Please outline any serious issues that have arisen from previous funding and service delivery in relation to performance, quality or safeguarding.

Are you, or have you been in the preceding 10 years, subject to any Ofsted or Charity Commission suspension, improvement notice or equivalent regulatory action?

You can contact us at nextgen-greenwich@royalgreenwich.gov.uk

Please confirm that you will inform us of any serious issues in relation to performance, quality or safeguarding, including any material changes in regulatory status, regulatory investigations, suspensions, or other similar action, that takes place following the submission of your application, the outcome of your application or during any NextGen Grants funded activities you deliver.

Please attach your governing document (e.g. articles of association, constitution or instrument of governance):

Please ensure that this document has been reviewed within the last 12 months and includes the date of last review and the date of next review.

Please attach your Equality and Diversity Policy setting out your organisation's understanding of, and approach to, its obligations under the Equality Act 2010:

Please attach your Safeguarding Policy and Procedures including safer recruitment procedures:

Please attach your Health and Safety Policy:

Please attach your Whistleblowing Policy if separate to your Safeguarding Policy. If this is included in your Safeguarding Policy, please ensure this is very clearly marked.

Is your organisation registered on the Data Protection Register with the Information Commissioner's Office?

Please attach your Data Protection Policy and Procedure (GDPR):

Please attach evidence of current Public Liability Insurance of at least £5m:

Please attach evidence of current Employer's Liability Insurance of at least £5m:

You can view and sign the charter here: Sign our Equality and Equity Charter | Royal Borough of Greenwich

All providers must sign the Equality and Equity Charter. Please confirm you will sign this before delivery.

Does your organisation use, or does it plan to use, a Royal Borough of Greenwich venue for delivery?

If yes, what agreement do you currently hold for the Royal Borough of Greenwich venue (e.g. rental, lease etc.)?

Does this agreement explicitly allow you to deliver the activities on site that you are proposing to deliver, including all methods of delivery (e.g. sub-contracting etc.)? We will also refer to our own records.

Please provide an explanation where relevant:

We recommend that applicants do not to apply for an annual amount that is&nbsp;more than 50% of their annual turnover. &nbsp;E.g. if the organisation's turnover is £10,000 per year, our recommendation is that the organisation does not apply for more than £5,000 per year. As our grants are for two years, this would mean applying for a max of £10,000 in total across the two years.&nbsp;Please refer to your annual turnover in Financial Year 25/26.If you choose 'Yes' you can provide a rationale for this in a drop down box.

Will the annual amount of funding sought be your principal source of income (over 50% of your annual turnover)?

If yes, please provide an explanation of how your organisation will manage this sustainably.

Have you or are you applying for any other funding from the Royal Borough of Greenwich (e.g. Next Gen, Greenwich Neighbourhood Growth Fund, Neighbourhoods Fund) in the last 12 months?

If so, which funding have you applied for?

Were you successful in your application (if results known at this time)?

If successful, how much funding did you receive in total?

Does your organisation have a UK bank account?

Is your organisation registered for VAT?

What was your organisation's annual turnover for last financial year?

Please provide the total amount held in unrestricted, restricted, or both types of reserves.

How much does your organisation currently hold in reserves?

Please outline your Reserves Policy.

If you do not have these, please provide an explanation and other evidence of financial history, ideally over the last two years.

Please attach your last two years' Audited or Independently Examined Accounts.

If you do not have two years' accounts, please provide an explanation and other evidence of financial history.

Does your organisation have outstanding debts to the Council?

If yes, please explain what plan is in place to repay this, over what period, when the last payment was made and how much is left to pay.

Please cover: who is responsible for overseeing the organisation's finances; how financial decisions are authorised and monitored; and the financial controls you have in place.

Please outline your organisation's financial management arrangements.

Include:- Organisation name- Referee name- Referee role- Referee’s phone number- Referee’s email address- What work did you deliver for this organisation / what is your relationship with this organisation- Dates you delivered this work (where relevant)- Value of the work (where relevant)

Reference 1:

Reference 2:

What is the name of your project?

Please describe your project in one sentence.

Which grant are you applying for?

Which NextGen Greenwich priorities does your project most align with?

How much funding are you applying for? (Year 1)

How much funding are you applying for? (Year 2)

Please ensure this matches the sum of your Year 1 and Year 2 figures and aligns with your budget.

How much funding are you applying for in total? (Total=Year 1+Year 2)

Note the programme can fund activities for 5-18 year olds and up to 25 with SEND or care experienced.

What age range of children and young people are you looking to work with?

This is the number of unique individuals that you anticipate will take part in Year 1.

OUTPUTS: How many children and young people will participate in your project in Year 1?

This is the number of unique individuals that you anticipate will take part in Year 2.

OUTPUTS: How many children and young people will participate in your project in Year 2? 

This is the number of unique individuals that you anticipate will take part in total across Year 1 and Year 2.

OUTPUTS: How many children and young people will participate in your project in total? (Total = Year 1+Year2)

Calculate this by dividing the TOTAL grant you are requesting by the TOTAL number of children and young people that will participate over the lifetime of the grant (2 years). Your budget template can help you to do this.

What is the cost per head?

Please provide a number for each output type that applies to your project, for example: - X Sessions - X Events - X Workshops - X Other

OTHER OUTPUTS: What other outputs do you expect your project to deliver in total across the 2 years?

Are there any partners you will be working with?

If yes, who are the partners?

What is the address of the venue you plan to primarily deliver from?

What is the postcode of the venue you plan to primarily deliver from?

Is use of this venue agreed with the owner, or do you need to agree this at a later stage?

If you need to provide any explanation about your venue/s please do so here.

Which wards in Greenwich will you primarily deliver in?

What times of day will you primarily deliver in?

E.g. Weekly, bi-weekly, termly etc.

How often will you deliver? Please describe the duration and frequency of your activities.

If fixed, what days do you plan to deliver?

You can select more than one, but be aware that you will be asked to report back on all outcomes selected if successful.

OUTCOMES: What are the outcomes you expect your project to achieve?

Please list the outcomes that your project will achieve by copying the outcome/s you have chosen and providing a percentage for each outcome selected. E.g. CYP have improved positive relationships that make them feel supported - 70%.Possible outcomes:CYP have improved life skills / understanding of opportunities &amp; feel more prepared for the future​&nbsp;CYP feel more supported and have improved knowledge of support available and how to access it.​CYP feel safer at home, in the community and online.CYP feel more empowered and are heard, influencing decisions / changeCYP have improved physical &amp; mental health and understand how to access help when needed​&nbsp;CYP have improved positive relationships that make them feel supported.

OUTCOMES: What proportion of children and young people that participate in your activities do you think will achieve each of these outcomes?

This section of the form is not scored. You will need to provide key information about your organisation. You can save and return at any time. 

Organisational Registration

Compliance and Due Diligence

Financial Due Diligence

If your organisation is recommended for a grant we may take up references. Please include details of two referees who know your work and can provide feedback about your organisation's suitability to deliver your project.

This section is not scored.

References

Key Project Information

This section includes a series of questions which are scored by assessors. You can see the percentage weighting for each question stated with it, and the word count shows at the bottom of your response box. You can download a PDF or Word copy of the questions if you want to, and draft your responses offline. 

Young assessors may review and assess 4 of the responses. These are marked. 

Quality Questions

Round 1 Launch and Grow