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Labyrinth Project Grants Application Form (Grants up to £25k)

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Welcome
to your application for the Empowering Women Fund.

The
Empowering Women Fund, part of the Labyrinth Project, is a Department
for Culture, Media and Sport Tampon Tax funded grant scheme led by Solace
Women’s Aid (Solace).

The scheme
aims to address the need for more joined-up, holistic, women-centred services
to respond to the range of issues in women’s lives, which have been intensified
by the Covid-19 pandemic. These include violence against women and
girls, financial, employment and legal
issues. Grants will be available in England, Scotland & Northern
Ireland.

The priority
for the grant scheme is to build the capacity and support
sustainability of the women’s sector for the future. The Labyrinth project
aims to help women get to an empowered position, through providing holistic wide-ranging support which
is needs led and service user focussed, placing women at the centre of
their own interventions.

The grant
scheme will be divided into two strands:

Seed funding grants from
£500 to £1,000.
Women Sector grants
which will be split into small grants from £1,000 to £5,000
and large grants from £5,000 to £25,000.

Solace aims to
embed equality, diversity and inclusion (ED&I) in all that we do and
support a system that is inclusive for everyone. We are committed to equal
access to opportunity and believe all women should have the opportunity
to benefit from the available funding, regardless of age, class,
disability, ethnicity, faith, income or sexuality. We particularly
welcome applications from marginalised communities. Detailed
information can be found in the guidance on the types of women’s groups and
organisations that can apply.

The
deadline for round one applications is 5pm on Friday 28th May
2021. We are
unable to accept applications after this time. There will be
two rounds of funding available.

If you are applying as part of a partnership the
application form should be completed by the lead partner. Partnership
applications are only possible for the Women Sector grants.

We will aim
to let you know if your application has been shortlisted by the end of
July 2021. We will let shortlisted applicants know if their application has
been successful by September 2021.

Please
ensure you read the guidance before starting the application form. If you would
like further guidance or support to make an application, please contact labyrinth@solacewomensaid.org.

You
can download a Word version of the seed funding application form here.

You
can download a Word version of the women’s grants application form here.

When you
have completed and submitted the online application, you will receive
an email version of your application with confirmation that we have received
it.

Pre-Application Eligibility Quiz

Is your work charitable?

YesNoIf you tick 'No' you are not eligible to apply.

Does your work benefit people living in England, Northern Ireland or Scotland?

YesNoIf you tick 'No' you are not eligible to apply.

Are you applying for direct cash payments to individuals?

YesNoIf you tick 'Yes' you are not eligible to apply.

Are you a charity, group or organisation that is led by and for women?

YesNoWe define ‘led by’ as when more than 75% of an organisation’s Trustees are people with lived experience, and more than 50% of staff members (including senior) are people with lived experience. If you tick 'No' you are not eligible to apply.

Ineligible to apply. We're sorry but you have answered "No" to charitable work and therefore you ineligible to apply. Please do not proceed with the form. If you want to discuss your application or have further queries, please contact us: labyrinth@solacewomensaid.org

Ineligible to apply. We're sorry but you have answered "No" to benefiting people in England, Scotland or Northern Ireland and therefore you ineligible to apply. Please do not proceed with the form. If you want to discuss your application or have further queries, please contact us: labyrinth@solacewomensaid.org

Ineligible to apply. We're sorry but you have answered "Yes" to providing direct cash payments to individuals and therefore you ineligible to apply. Please do not proceed with the form. If you want to discuss your application or have further queries, please contact us: labyrinth@solacewomensaid.org

Ineligible to apply. We're sorry but you have answered "No" to being a group that is led by and for women and therefore you ineligible to apply. Please do not proceed with the form. If you want to discuss your application or have further queries, please contact us: labyrinth@solacewomensaid.org

Labyrinth Project Grant

Are you applying as part of a partnership?

Please provide the name(s) of the non-lead partner(s) and contact details:

What type of grant are you applying for?

Seed funding grant (£500 - £1,000)Women’s sector grant (£1,000 - £20,000)

Please select which of these themes most describes the focus of the grant you are seeking now?

Other than women, are you or a partner
you are applying with, an organisation led by marginalised communities or those most affected by the covid-19 crisis?

We define ‘led by’ as when more than 75% of an organisation’s trustees are people with lived experience, and more than 50% of staff members (including senior) are people with lived experience.

Are you applying on behalf of an unconstituted group, or an organisation that is new?

YesNo

Does this group have a bank account?

NoYes

Your Details

Organisation Name

Is your organisation known by any other name or
did you have a former name? Please tell us the name:

Organisation Address

Street Address 1

Street Address 2

City

Postcode

Website (if you have
one):

Primary Contact for this grant

First Name

Last Name

Role

Phone No

Secondary Contact for this grant

We ask for two contacts in case we need to get in touch and one of you is away or ill.

First Name

Last Name

Role

Phone No

Your Organisation

What year was your organisation established?

What type of organisation are you?

Type of Organisation (Other)

If your organisation is part of a larger organisation, what is its
name?

Note that we can only accept ONE application per organisation. If you are part of larger charity, you will need to agree which branch is applying.

Please give your charity number (if you have one)

Please give your company number (if you have one)

What does your organisation do? (around 100 words)

Other than women, is your organisation’s mission focused on tackling
inequalities and advancing the rights of a particular group?

Particular Group (Other)

How many people does your organisation usually support
in a year?

Where does your organisation work?

This information will help us understand the needs across England, Northern Ireland and Scotland and get grants to the places that need them most.

Where in England does your
organisation work?

How many paid staff does your organisation usually
have?

Full time

Part time

How many volunteers does your organisation usually have in a year?

Does your organisation operate out of a fixed space or
venue?

YesNoIf your organisation delivers most or all of its public-facing work (i.e. not your office based activities) from one building, you should answer ‘yes’. If your organisation simply hires a room regularly or occasionally to deliver a club, workshops or events, you should answer ‘no’ to this question.

Building address (if different from organisation
address)

Financial Information

What is your current financial year end date?

What was your last
financial year end date?

What was your total
income for the last financial year?

What was your total
expenditure for the last financial year?

What were your reserves at the last financial year end?

Restricted Reserves

Unrestricted Reserves

Does your organisation have a surplus or deficit?

Please outline the amount if so.

Is there anything of
note regarding your organisation’s most recent financial accounts which you
need to inform us of? (Around 200 words)

Is there anything we should know that might change your organisation’s financial
position? (Around 200 words)

Grants will start
from July and can run for up to 12 months (with the latest end date being 30
September 2022). When would you like the
grant to start and end?

Start Dates Range

End Dates Range

Have you applied anywhere else for funding
towards this project, i.e. for the same
costs you have listed in your budget?

YesNo

Please tell us which funder you have applied to
and the period the grant has covered/would cover?

Funder

Grant Period

Funding Request

Project name

Your community: Tell
us about the impact Covid-19 has had on the women you support. How do you think this might this change in
2021/22 (around 200 words)?

Project request summary: describe your request
for funding in around 50
words “The funding is for…”

Project request detail: Provide
further details about the work you are asking for funding towards (around 400 words)

Please tell us why this work is needed, what you plan to do (be specific about activities e.g. if you plan to deliver workshops, tell us how many) and the difference you hope to make for the women you support.

Please tell us the physical result of your work (around 400 words).

For example, x number of women served with this funding or attended 15 sessions.

Please tell us how you will record the change that occurs, as a result
of this work. (the difference you have made as a result)

For example, 15 x will have financial independence, this will be recorded from short survey.

Is this a new project
or does it continue your existing work?

NewExisting

Is the work you are seeking funding for targeted at a
particular marginalised group?

By targeted we mean more than 75% of the funding will benefit a particular group.

Marginalised group (Other)

Tell us who will deliver the work, what qualifications
or experience they have to do so, and how your organisation will support them? (Max Words 100)

For example, if you are applying to provide counselling services, you will need to tell us what qualifications your counsellors have and the clinical supervision you have in place.

Tell us which nation your project
will take place in?

The project can only take place in one of the three nations and funding can not be spread between nations.

Within this nation, where will the work take place?

Tell us the estimated
number of women who will benefit from the work you are seeking funding for?

Tell us more about
the people who will benefit from this work: are they your existing services
users or are they new to you? How will you let them know that support is
available? Will other organisations refer them to you? (Around 50 words)

Tell us the estimated
number of volunteers who will be involved in delivering the work you are seeking funding for?

Please tell us about
how you are considering equality and diversity in this project? (Around 100 words)

Budget

Note that grants are to cover a maximum of 12
months of costs and are up to a maximum of £20k. If your request is for more than £20k, your
application will not be reviewed by funders.

Seed funding grants are up to £1K.

How much are you applying for?

Note that your answer must match the total in your budget.

Costs

Please provide a breakdown of your funding request.

Please
ensure you have checked what can the funding be used for in the guidance.
Please provide an appropriate amount of detail – if you provide only one item
and cost, with no breakdown, your application is less likely to be funded. The
higher the total cost, the more detail you should provide.

For staff costs,
please break down as salary (pro rata) with number of hours/week and number of
weeks OR hourly rate x number of hours per week x number of weeks.

Budget notes: add notes that
explain each cost you have identified.

For
any salaries listed, tell us whether each post is a current or new post.

Item Description

Budget Notes

Cost

Is there any other
information you need to tell us? If your organisation is expected to merge or
undergo any other major changes in the next year, tell us here. (Around 200 words).

Information to upload / additional information to provide

Please note, the total upload limit is 35MB.

If you do not upload all the documents required to support your application, then your application will not be reviewed by funders.

Your Governing Document

For example, your Constitution

Annual Accounts

Your most recent annual accounts, OR, if your organisation is less than a year old, your most recent management accounts (or whatever document you use to keep track of the money the organisation receives and the money it spends).

The names and addresses of 3 Trustees /
Directors / Management Committee members.

Please include If your organisation is constituted but not registered. They should not be related to each other.

Contact Details for Two References

Reference 1

First Name	Last Name
Email	Phone (mobile preferred)
Job Title	Organisation
Relationship to you:

Reference 2

First Name	Last Name
Email	Phone (mobile preferred)
Job Title	Organisation
Relationship to you:

Your Safeguarding Policy.
Please include safeguarding policies for all organisations applying.

Please include if you work directly with service users.

Bank Details

In order to pay your grant (if successful),
your funder will need your organisation’s bank account details showing
organisation name, address, sort code and account number in the form of a
recent statement (last 3 months). Your bank account name must match your organisation’s
legal name as listed above. This should take the form of one of the following:

Scanned Bank Statement

Please include if you have access to this, with transactions redacted.

Bank
statement downloaded from an online account

With transactions redacted.

35. If
you have not attached all of the documents required for your application,
please tell us why (around 50 words).

Statements

I confirm that, to the best of my knowledge, all the information I have provided in this application form is correct. I fully understand that funders supporting the Labyrinth Project have zero tolerance towards fraud and may prosecute and recover funds if necessary.

Full Name

Role within Organisation

Data Privacy Notice

Solace Women’s Aid is a controller under data
protection law of the personal data provided through the application form and
any further personal data collected on applicants and approved grantees. Should
you have any questions about how personal data is used by the funders, in the
first instance please contact us at dpo@solacewomensaid.org.

All information will be processed in compliance with the
Data Protection Act 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation and
any other relevant data protection legislation.

Solace Women’s Aid do not intend to share or trade
personal data with third parties for commercial purposes and will only process
your personal data as set out in their respective privacy notices, if it is
required or permitted by law, or with your consent.

How we will use your personal data

The personal data we will collect will principally be the
name and contact details of grant applicants. This information will be
shared with the Grants Panel. We will process the personal data you
provide for the purposes of:

Administering your grant application
(assessing your application, grant due diligence);
Activities connected with raising
awareness about the Labyrinth Project; and
Analysis and learning about
grant-making to improve our understanding of fundraising (but on an anonymous
or pseudonymous basis wherever possible).

If your application is successful,
the Solace will then use your personal data for processing grant
payments, grant variations, grant monitoring and reporting.

We may share your personal data with third parties,
including funders, external consultants and external
auditors, police and regulatory bodies for the purpose of
determining, preventing or detecting crime; or ensuring that no organisation is
receiving duplicate funding; or the validation of contracts; or where this is
otherwise required or permitted by law.

We rely on the legitimate interest basis to collect and
use personal data about applicants and approved grantees for the purposes of
administering the grant application, promotional activities and analysis and
learning.

You have rights
under data protection law to control your personal data. If you have any questions or concerns about
this privacy policy and our privacy practices or if you wish to file a
complaint, please contact our Data Protection Officer by emailing dpo@solacewomensaid.org.

You have the right to lodge a complaint with
the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) if you believe your data has been
processed in a way that does not comply with the GDPR. You can do so by calling
the ICO helpline on 0303 123 1113 or via their website.

For further information about how Solace Women’s
Aid uses personal data please see our Privacy Policy: www.solacewomensaid.org/privacy-policy.

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