Greggs Foundation Community Action Fund Application Form

The aim of this programme is to help build stronger, healthier communities by supporting community organisations who are providing services which address their local needs enabling people to widen their networks, reduce isolation, and build their knowledge, confidence and opportunities.

This round we are looking for applications from not for profit organisations who are based in one of our geographical focus areas below:-

Birmingham B12
Dudley DY5
Middlesbrough

Grants are available of up to £20,000 per year for up to three years.

Grants are to cover your core costs which are your essential running costs, for example rental costs or salaries.

For further information about this programme and eligibility, please refer to our Frequently Asked Questions

Eligibility check

To be eligible to submit an application to the Greggs Foundation Community Action Fund you must be able to answer Yes to all the questions below

Are you a not-for-profit organisation?

You must be a not-for-profit organisation such as a charity or a community interest company to be eligible.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Is your charity’s annual income based on your last accounts published on the Charity Commission or Companies House website between £25,000 and £1,000,000?

This is total income and includes any unusual one-off payments. We use your most recent accounts published on the Charity Commission or Companies House website at the time of your application to determine your income. Your total income must be between £25,000 and £1,000,000 to be eligible.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have free reserves of less than six months’ running costs?

Based on your last set of accounts. Includes reserves you have decided to allocate but are free to reallocate and does not include fixed assets such as land and buildings. You must have less than six month’s running cots to be eligible .

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Are you based in and delivering services in one of our geographical focus areas highlighted on our website and AT THE TOP OF THIS FORM? If not, your application will be rejected.

Most of your charity’s time and money must be spent on activities in one of these areas to be eligible.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have a track record of delivering services for at least one year?

You must be able to show you have been delivering services for people for at least one year and you must currently be delivering these services.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you hold Public Liability insurance?

You must have public liability insurance to be eligible to apply for a grant from the Foundation.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have a safeguarding policy and procedures in place?

You must have a safeguarding policy and procedures in place. We will assess your understanding of this policy as well as the approach to safeguarding across your organisation.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have a bank account in the name of the charity with unrelated signatories?

Your charity must have its own bank account to be eligible for our funding and your designated signatories/ payment authorisers must be unrelated.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have at least one set of annual accounts showing on the Charity Commission or Companies House website, covering a 12-month operating period?

The accounts must show on the Charity Commission or Companies House website. If you have recently merged, then you will need to have one year of published accounts as a merged organisation.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Do you have three or more unrelated trustees/directors on your board?

You must have at least three unrelated trustees/directors on your board. We will consider the relationship, conflicts of interest and the total number of trustees/directors.

Yes (eligible)No (ineligible)

Application

Based on your answers above, if you you have answered 'Yes', please continue to complete the application form below.

Organisation name

If other, please specify (optional)

Charity number If relevant

Company number If relevant

Your organisation's address

Address line 1

Address line 2

Town/City

Postcode

Enter the Local Authority in which your organisation is based Please note that we are only funding organisations based in our focus areas highlighted on our website and priority will be given to those based within 2 miles of any postcode area highlighted

Social media handle (optional) Facebook or LinkedIn

Website domain address (optional)

Main contact first name

Main contact surname

Contact email address

Contact telephone number

What does the organisation do? Please use no more than 2000 characters

Who are the main beneficiaries of the organisation's work?

CarersChildren/Families and Young PeopleDisability/IllnessFinancial HardshipHomeless PeopleOlder and Isolated PeopleVictims of CrimeEthnic MinorityVarious

Please describe how you are helping /supporting your beneficiaries Please use no more than 2000 characters

Please describe the skills and experience of your staff and management committee Please use no more than 500 characters

Do you have appropriate safeguarding arrangements in place that all staff, trustees, and volunteers are aware of?

YesNo

Do you have the necessary public liability insurance and qualifications?

YesNoN/A

What, if any, links do you have with other organisations (optional)Please use no more than 500 characters

What, if any, links do you have with The Greggs Foundation, i.e. Unsold Food programme or previous grants (optional)Please use no more than 500 characters

What amount of money are you requesting and for what purpose? Up to a maximum of £20,000 per year for up to three years

If you are requesting a contribution towards a salary, please provide a breakdown of costs (optional)

Please describe the grant purpose and the impact this will have on your community

Please tell us whether you expect this grant to achieve any of the following outcomes for your organisation

You must choose at least one of the options below. Please only select options you will be able to provide us with feedback on later

We are very happy if you only focus on 1 or 2 areas

Support new and/or improved programmes/servicesImprove organisational sustainabilityIncrease the number of beneficiaries you reach

Please tell us whether you expect this grant to support any of the following outcomes for the people you support

You must choose at least one of the options below. Please only select options you will be able to provide us with feedback on later

We are very happy if you only focus on 1 or 2 areas

Access to FoodImproved health and wellbeingImproved inclusion/reduced isolation

What is your organisations income for the total year from last set of accounts?

What is the year ending date for these accounts?

Where does the majority of your income come from and how long do you expect to have it? Please use no more than 1000 characters

For CIC registered organisations please describe the percentage total for earned income and how this is generated. (optional)Please use no more than 2000 characters

Please list all pending grant applications you have and their expected decisions dates (optional)

Please attach a copy of your latest audited accounts (for CICs this must contain a profit and loss statement and balance sheet): Please ensure the uploaded file is no bigger than 50MB. Choose file No file chosen

Please attach an income and expenditure forecast (budget) for the current financial year: Please ensure the uploaded file is no bigger than 50MB. Choose file No file chosen

Equity, diversity and inclusion monitoring information

We would like to ask some questions about the people being supported and your organisation, to help us to understand our applicants and funding better. This information is being used to inform our own monitoring and strategy and will not be used as the basis of individual funding decisions. There is no judgement or preference for particular responses except where explicitly specified in the criteria for the fund.

Does your organisation support one or more of the specific groups of people listed below?

Only tick yes if at least 75% of the people you support share one of the characteristics below. The people you support may also share more than one characteristic and if so you can tick more than one box.

YesNo

Does your organisation support one or more of the specific groups listed below? (optional)

Only tick yes, if at least 75% of those share one of the characteristics below. You are able to tick more than one box.

Migrants, asylum seekers and refugeesDisabled peoplePeople who are educationally or economically disadvantagedOlder people (60 and over)Children and young people (25 and under)Women and girlsLGBT+ peopleCommunities experiencing racial inequalitySpecific groups that are not included already (please describe that group below)

Specific groups not included in list above, please describe below (optional)

Privacy notice

Please read our Privacy notice

I have read and agree with the Privacy notice

To the best of my knowledge, the information given on this form gives a true and accurate account of my organisation

Yes

I confirm that my organisation authorises Greggs Foundation to carry out the following actions

Publish details of financial support given to my organisation and my organisation’s activities.

Share details with Greggs plc and other external partners for the purpose of providing my charity with support.

Pass details obtained about my organisation through the application and assessment process to external partners including independent grant assessors for the purposes of evaluation and funding.

Use details about my organisation obtained through the application and assessment process in a Greggs Foundation and Greggs plc press release or publication.

Yes

Greggs Foundation Community Action Fund Application Form

Eligibility check

Application

Based on your answers above, if you you have answered 'Yes', please continue to complete the application form below.

Your organisation's address

Equity, diversity and inclusion monitoring information

You won't receive a copy of the information provided, so you might want to save a copy of your application before you submit it.