Question: How many has your We want to understand how long you have been operating in your local organisation been active in your area. Applicants must have at least one year’s worth of financial community? accounts to be eligible for funding. Question: Please describe a recent event, project or activity which We want to understand how you involve and galvanize people in your mobilised local people in your community to address issues facing women and girls. Please be precise community to address a particular issue about the specific activity and how it mobilised people in your facing women and girls? (No more than community to engage in a particular issue facing women and girls. 100 words) Question: If you are successful in your application, you will be paired with a We want to understand the of support you would most value if you mentor from outside the not-for-profit were successful in your application for funding. This will help us match sector. They will learn more about the you with an appropriate mentor as part of the co-mentoring programme. work you do and support you on issues according to your priorities. To allow us If you wish to be paired with a female only as your mentor please tick to start planning suitable mentors, the corresponding box. blank if you are happy to be paired with a please indicate which issue (s) you female or male as your mentor. would most value support Business Planning Communications Financial Management and planning Fundraising Volunteer Management Please tick here if you would only like to be paired with a female as your mentor. Grants of between £5,000 and (up to and including) £25,000 are Question: Amount Requested. available through this programme. We don’t expect the amount requested We will also look at the size of the grant requested as a proportion of to exceed 30% of your organisation’s your total annual income. We usually don’t expect this to exceed 30% of annual income. your organisation’s total annual income. Question: Outline budget showing how We would like a detailed breakdown of how you would spend the grant. the money would be spent. This might This may be to fund existing or new core organisational costs, meaning be a portion of your overall costs related to the day to day running of your organisation such as organisation budget, or relate to a salaries, rent, costs relating to volunteers, costs relating to staff
Question: How many has your organisation been active in your community? We want to understand how long you have been operating in your local area. Applicants must have at least one year’s worth of financial accounts to be eligible for funding. Question: Please describe a recent event, project or activity which mobilised local people in your community to address a particular issue facing women and girls? (No more than 100 words) We want to understand how you involve and galvanize people in your community to address issues facing women and girls. Please be precise about the specific activity and how it mobilised people in your community to engage in a particular issue facing women and girls. Question: If you are successful in your application, you will be paired with a mentor from outside the not-for-profit sector. They will learn more about the work you do and support you on issues according to your priorities. To allow us to start planning suitable mentors, please indicate which issue (s) you would most value support Business Planning Communications Financial Management and planning Fundraising Volunteer Management Please tick here if you would only like to be paired with a female as your mentor. We want to understand the of support you would most value if you were successful in your application for funding. This will help us match you with an appropriate mentor as part of the co-mentoring programme. If you wish to be paired with a female only as your mentor please tick the corresponding box. blank if you are happy to be paired with a female or male as your mentor. Question: Amount Requested. We don’t expect the amount requested to exceed 30% of your organisation’s annual income. Grants of between £5,000 and (up to and including) £25,000 are available through this programme. We will also look at the size of the grant requested as a proportion of your total annual income. We usually don’t expect this to exceed 30% of your organisation’s total annual income. Question: Outline budget showing how the money would be spent. This might be a portion of your overall organisation budget, or relate to a We would like a detailed breakdown of how you would spend the grant. This may be to fund existing or new core organisational costs, meaning costs related to the day to day running of your organisation such as salaries, rent, costs relating to volunteers, costs relating to staff
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