Improving Lives Fund Expression of Interest Form

Improving Lives Fund Expression of Interest Form

Please complete the online Expression of Interest Form and attach any supporting information. If you are unable to complete the application process online, or have any questions, please contact our Organisation Grants Manager, Vicky Oram-Ahern on vicky.oram@natben.org.uk.
Which fund are you applying for?*
Name of Organisation*
Primary Contact Name*

ForenameSurname
Position within the Organisation*
Organisation Address:*

Address 1

Address 2

Town / CityState / Province

Postcode
Email:*

Confirmation Email
Tel:*
Website
Social Media Handles
Type of Organisation*
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Type of Organisation*

Registered CharityCommunity Interest Company (CIC)Other
Constitution/governing document, showing your charitable purpose*

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Charity Number / Company Number*
If you have both, please use your charity number.
Overview of the Organisation
Purpose of your Organisation / Mission statement*
Number of Full-time staff*
Number of Part-time staff*
Number of Volunteers*
Annual income in £ (last full financial year)*
Annual expenditure in £ (last full financial year)*
Last financial year end*

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Date
Current Unrestricted reserves in £*
Current Restricted reserves in £*
Latest audited financial accounts
If available, please attach a link (on the Charity Commission website) to your latest set of audited financial accounts
Accounts explanation
We have all appropriate policies in place*

YesNo
Summary of Funding Request
Total amount of funding requested (in £)*
Length of funding period*

One yearTwo years
Geographical reach of where funded work will take place*
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Geographical reach: Where do the majority of your service users come from?*

BristolGloucestershire – TewkesburyGloucestershire – Forest of DeanGloucestershire – GloucesterGloucestershire – CheltenhamGloucestershire – StroudGloucestershire – CotswoldsWiltshire – North WiltshireWiltshire – West WiltshireWiltshire – SalisburyWiltshire – KennetSwindonOther
If your reach is wider than one area, or a specific location within an area, then please select ‘other’ and provide details in the box.
Summary of funding*

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Description of funding
Why is your organisation best placed to deliver this work and what difference are you making?
Supporting Information

This can be supplied in writing (max word 1,500) or PowerPoint presentation, or by video or audio (max 5 minutes - please upload to YouTube and provide link below) and can include
- A brief description of your organisation – aims, activities, developments.
- The need – what is the vital need or what are the issues you are addressing, how will/do you address this effectively, and what difference does your organisation make?
- Summary of funding request – how much funding is requested, what will it be used for, what is the period of time covered by the funding request? You may also want to include a timeline for expenditure or key activities.
- Impact – you may wish to highlight up to three key outcomes that you aim to achieve from the funding request and how you plan to monitor and evaluate these.
- How is your organisation best placed to deliver this work? You may like to include previous experience or successes.
- Leadership – we know that inspiring leadership can make all the difference so you may wish to provide some details of the CEO, a governing Board and/or staff delivering the work.
- Partnerships – we know more can be achieved by working with others. How does your work fit with existing services/activities in community, are duplicating or overlapping other work? Are you working collaboratively with others? If so, who?
- Financial summary – you may wish to include a simple budget summary for the year(s) that relates to your funding request, as well as a fundraising plan for the work requested including funding secured and sources as well as pending applications.
- You may wish to include any opportunities for engagement with the National Benevolent Charity – we aim to continually improve our grant giving, sometimes visiting projects and/or hearing first-hand from applicants on how things are progressing for example helps to inform our grant-making process.
- Should you choose to do so you can share some case studies, images and/or testimonials as we appreciate that this can help demonstrate how your work is compelling.
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Link to Video or Audio presentation
Poverty alleviation
Please summarise who the funded activity will be supporting*
Can you demonstrate that your service users are experiencing poverty*
Please refer to our guidelines for our definition of poverty and how we may look for evidence of poverty
Does your work aim to improve lives by tackling poverty through supporting people in destitution / crisis?*

YesNo
Does your work aim to improve lives by tackling poverty through providing opportunities for education, employment or training?*

YesNo
Does your work aim to improve lives by tackling poverty through strengthening families or the community?*

YesNo
Does your work aim to improve lives by tackling poverty through promoting financial resilience?*

YesNo
Other
Where did you hear about us?*
Where did you hear about us?*

Funding websiteHave previously applied but not been successfulHave previously received a grant from the National Benevolent CharityInternet searchRecommended by a funder / VCSE support organisation / other charitable organisationOther
Where you heard about us, additional details*
Please specify which website or other organisation you heard about us from
Consent
I consent to being contacted by the National Benevolent Charity about my experience or with occasional updates about their funding programmes.*

YesNo
I consent to the sharing of information from this application for the National Benevolent Charity’s own impact reporting.*

YesNo
I consent to the confidential sharing of information from this application with other funders should potential opportunities for further funding arise.*

YesNo
Statement by submitting this form, I confirm that I have given a true picture of my Organisation.
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