Application for Grant Funding

Please note and complete all the parts of this application form. 

The Trust operates a matched funding model whereby any Bonar Trust grant will not exceed the funding offered by the local church - please do not request more than this.

All grants are means-tested and will not exceed any anticipated financial shortfall, namely the gap between your expected income and usual, household costs - please do not request more than this.

We expect to see some evidence that you are raising support from personal supporters and other Trusts, over and above your church support.

There is a box at the end of the form for any supplementary information to support your application.

Please discuss the details with your minister/pastor or person responsible for your training programme prior to submitting your application, to ensure everything is correct - particularly the financial section. If you wish, you can save the form to show to them prior to submission. Submitting a form with errors causes extra work for all involved, so please be sure that all information is correct before submission, and that expected expenses are your usual, household day to day costs.

Once you have completed the form, it will automatically be forwarded to your minister/pastor or person responsible for the training programme for confirmation that they support your application, and that the information on this form is accurate. It is then your responsibility to ensure that they confirm and submit it to us by the deadline below.

If you have any questions in relation to this form or the application process, please contact us at: administrator@bonartrust.org

The deadline for receipt of a fully correct and authorised form is 30 April 2026.

Grant application decisions will be communicated in mid-June.

Contact Details for minister/pastor or person in charge of training

Please provide us with the name and email of the minister/pastor or person in charge of training. Once you have completed this form it will be sent to them electronically for approval. Please make sure you have their permission to give us their name and email address before completing this section and that you have input it correctly. In addition, please ask them to include noreply@jotform.com in their address book, if needed, so the email does not end up in their spam.

GOSPEL WORKERS FOR THE CHURCH IN SCOTLAND

Financial Details

It is important that these financial details are complete so that we have an accurate and true picture of your financial situation. We suggest you ask someone in your church if you need help to fill out this part of the form and to determine what these figures are. You can save this form using the save button and come back to it before finally submitting it.

Grant Funding

The Trust operates a matched funding model whereby any Bonar Trust grant must be matched by the local church. 

The Trust expects to see some evidence of an individual raising personal support from personal supporters and other trusts, over and above their church support.

The Trust requires the requested personal data for the legitimate reason of determining whether a grant is awarded. The Trust may discuss your application, including financial needs, with your church and denomination. We will use your email to correspond with you with respect to your grant application, and should you be successful, for grant administration. The data contained on this form will be retained securely for three years.

The Bonar Trust is a registered Scottish Charity SC040949, is the data controller for data and can be contacted at 69b Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4AZ. You have the right to complain about the use of your data to the Information Commissioner's Office (ico.org.uk).