Stage 1 – Share Your Idea
You need to submit a Share Your Idea form to start the process. This is not your full application. If your Share Your Idea is eligible and a good fit with the funding focus and charity objectives, we’ll invite you to submit a full application. We aim to get back to you within 10 days, except during funding call outs where the timelines may be different.
If your Share Your Idea is ineligible/cannot be progressed, we’ll let you know by email and give you some feedback.
Stage 2 – Invited to submit a full application
If you are invited to complete a full application form, we will email you a link to the application form. You will be assigned a Trust Funding Manager who you can reach out to for guidance and support while filling out your application. They can provide feedback on your draft application.
In this email we’ll also give you a deadline – it will be a minimum of 2 weeks from the date you receive the full application form. This is the time you have to complete your full application and submit it to us. Missing this deadline might mean we won’t be able to take your application forward in this round.
Stage 3 – Your application is triaged
We triage your full application to make sure it is still a fit with our funding focus, and whether there is any more detail we need from you. If we need more detail in a specific area of your application, we will ask you to add this. We’ll set you a new deadline to add this further information. Missing this deadline might mean we won’t be able to take your application forward in this round. Please be prepared to hear from us and check your emails regularly.
We may choose not to put your application to committee at this stage.
Stage 4 – Charitable Committee
Your application is reviewed and discussed by a committee of experienced Trust and Charity staff who make a decision on whether to fund your project.
You may be invited to attend the committee to briefly present your project and committee members can ask you some questions afterwards. Occasionally, committee members raise additional queries after the meeting.
Stage 5 – Outcome
We will let you know the Charity’s decision on your application within a few weeks. If you are successful, we will share with you any conditions of the award and take the next steps to issue you a grant agreement. If you are unsuccessful, you will get feedback. We only have a limited amount of funding to award, so we might have to say no to some good applications