Please read the funding programme guidance available on our website BEFORE completing your application.

All fields marked with a red asterisk are compulsory fields and must be completed.

Please use the 'any other information box' to expand on anything you wish to make clearer. 

To SAVE your work click 'Save my progress and resume later' either at the top or bottom of the form. 
After entering a password you must click SAVE - you will then receive an email with a link to your saved form.
We recommend you save your work regularly - avoid leaving unsaved work open on your computer if you stop working on the application.

When you have finished your application click 'SUBMIT' at the bottom of the form.
You will receive an email confirming you have submitted the form.

If you experience any difficulties please contact the Grants Manager (see below) 

Pre-application support is particularly encouraged for groups who have not applied to our grant programmes before but is available for anyone in need of advice about the application process, or if you are unsure whether your project/activity is suitable. Please email our Grants Manager to arrange a 20 minute phone call. Please also contact us if you need the application form in an alternative format.

Grants Manager, Ellie Maguire: grants@dorsetcf.org / 07592 032666

These are the details that will be used for correspondence purposes and is the person we will contact if we have any queries. The contact person should therefore be someone who has a good knowledge of the application. 

Outcomes are changes and benefits experienced by beneficiaries in their lives. 
PLEASE SELECT A MINIMUM OF 2 OUTCOMES THAT REFLECT THE AIMS OF THE ACTIVITIES FOR WHICH YOU ARE REQUESTING FUNDING

Please complete the relevant itemised budget sections, to indicate the costs of the activities for which funding is requested. For each section, please tell us:

• the total cost 
• the amount requested (this may or may not be the same as the total cost)
• what this will cover

If you are requesting a contribution to your overall annual expenditure, the total cost for each section should be your expected annual expenditure.

The form has calculated the totals below based on your itemised budget. Please make sure these figures are correct and make changes to your itemised budget if needed.

Please upload the following required supporting documents or indicate if you prefer to send them separately by email (please note, they need to be received by the application deadline)

If you have sent supporting documents in the last 6 months, you only need to attach a recent bank statement, and your accounts if these are more recent.

1. The organisation and main contact details, and the details of the grant can be shared with Community Action Network (CAN), and BCP Council, who provide the funds for this programme.

2. The grant recipient must promptly notify and repay immediately to Dorset Community Foundation (DCF) any money incorrectly paid to it either as a result of an administrative error or otherwise. This includes (without limitation) situations where the grant recipient is paid in error before it has complied with its obligations under the Terms and Conditions.

3. The grant can only be spent as stated in the grant application and for no other purpose, unless you have written approval from DCF to change the use of the grant. DCF reserves the right to require repayment of the grant (or a relative proportion) if the grant is not used for the purpose and activities as stated in the grant application or subsequent written agreement from DCF.

4. The grant must not be used to fund items or activities retrospectively.

5. The grant funded activities must not be designed to, or include elements that are designed to influence people’s religious or political choices.

6. The grant applicant must start the funded project within 2 months of receipt of funds and complete within 12 months of receipt of funds, unless otherwise stated in the grant confirmation email or subsequent correspondence. Extensions may be requested but remain at the discretion of DCF.

7. The grant recipient agrees that it will not apply for, obtain or accept Duplicate Funding in respect of any part of the funded activities for which the grant has been paid. Duplicate Funding means funding provided by a Third Party to the grant recipient, which is for the same purpose for which the Grant was made but has not been declared to DCF. This includes payments for the same expenditure items from government support mechanisms. DCF reserves the right to require repayment of the relevant proportion of the grant if the project has received duplicate funding.

8. Any funds remaining after the end of the grant period and any agreed extensions, must be returned to DCF.

9. DCF do not commit to renew or continue financial support to you after the Funding Period has ended.

10. You must comply with the 2018 Data Protection Act and UK General Data Protection Regulation. You must comply with all current legislation relating Safeguarding, including Safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults and must adhere to relevant Safeguarding policies at all time. This includes ensuring all paid staff and any volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults have had the required Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks and you can evidence this if requested. DCF may ask at monitoring visits about Safeguarding practice, including any recent incidents and how the policy was followed – funded groups must provide open and honest responses to these queries.

11. Receipts for items of expenditure should be retained for at least 6 years and submitted to DCF if requested e.g. by our auditors or by any grant verification process.

12. Grant recipients are required to complete an End of Grant Report, to include the monitoring of outcomes. Those receiving a multi year grant will also be required to complete an Interim report at the end of each year – the following year’s grant is conditional and dependent on a satisfactory end of year report. Grant Reports are to be returned to DCF by the due date provided or as soon as the funded activities are completed. Failure to submit Grant Reports will negatively effect future applications to DCF. DCF reserve the right to recall a grant if an End of Grant Report is not received.

13. If agreed to be appropriate, DCF will use the project for the purposes of publicity. Your publicity must recognise DCF and UK Shared Prosperity Fund. You will be required to use the DCF logo and UK Shared Prosperity Fund logo in any publicity related to this grant/activity. Please see ‘Promoting Your Grant Award’ http://www.dorsetcommunityfoundation.org/promoting-your-grant-award/

14. We reserve the right to recover the Grant in whole or in part or to reclaim any equipment purchased under this agreement, should the project or organisation cease to exist.

15. The grant recipient must be fully insured against any risks which may arise from any activities or property which is grant aided, including loss or personal injury to persons undertaking those activities.  DCF is not liable for any contingency involving property or activities for which they have provided grant aid in whole or in part.

16. The grant recipient should ensure that services provided by and through the grant are underpinned by equality and diversity principles.  Ensuring there is no discrimination on the grounds of characteristics that are protected by the Equality Act 2010: age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.

17. The grant recipient should adhere to their Safeguarding policy and during the grant period, upon request from DCF, are required to share (anonymous) information about any Safeguarding incidents, general Safeguarding concerns, or  other changes in staffing or working practices which impact on Safeguarding, immediately with the DCF Grants Manager.
18. The grant recipient should inform DCF promptly of any incident arising from their activities during the grant period,  that results in, or risks, significant harm to beneficiaries or other people in contact with them.

19. The grant recipient understands that providing false or misleading information in this application or subsequent communications related to this funding programme could lead to funds being withheld or [subsequently] recovered.

20. If an Event of Default occurs, DCF may require you to repay all or part of the Grant. An Event of Default occurs if:

1. You fail to comply with these Grant Terms & Conditions
2. You fail to take adequate measures to investigate and resolve any reported Financial Irregularity
3. You change the nature of your operations to an extent we reasonably consider to be material, including if you (or any substantial part of your operations) merge with or are taken over by another organisation
4. You have a petition for an administration order or a winding up order brought against you before the end of the funding period
5. You are involved in illegal activity in your administration of the funded activities
6. You take any actions which in our reasonable opinion are likely to bring our name/reputation into disrepute
7. You are otherwise in material breach of these Grant Terms & Conditions

I confirm that the information given on the application form is true and I certify that I am authorised by the organisation to submit this application and to accept these Grant Terms and Conditions on their behalf.

I confirm that I have read and understood the Grant Terms and Conditions and if funded, our organisation agrees to accept the Grant Terms and Conditions.