Warm Welcome Application Form 2024-25

Warm Welcome Grant Application Form 2024-25

Criteria for Warm Welcome Grants for winter of 2024/2025 South West Peninsula District

Following the success last year of the warm spaces in Cornwall, the District has allocated a sum of money from the District Advance Fund to support Circuits wishing to create spaces and provide free refreshments during the winter months in response to the cost of living crisis/energy crisis. From the evaluation of feedback last year, it was found that although the provision was targeted at those struggling to pay for heating – the feedback indicated that most people attended the spaces to combat social isolation. Warm Welcomes are intended for people to link into their local church and community - through friendship and the warm Christian welcome that they receive in the place where they live, through the Methodist Church - which is hosting this valuable service.

The expectation is that those who receive district grant money will register their space on the Warm Welcome interactive map. Not only is this a quick and easy way to advertise your space, many services such as social prescribers are able to access the information easily. This is how we get the word about what is going on in local Methodist Chapels and Churches. On the Warm Welcome website there is also lots of help and hints that you can access here too including further grant options etc. https://www.warmwelcome.uk/login#signup and https://www.warmwelcome.uk/

In order to ensure the best use of money, the Grant funding is on a sliding scale. For Warm Welcome spaces open once a month the grant is £250, open fortnightly is £375, open once a week is £500 and those open 3x or more a week is £1000 grant.

Grant awards are subject to completion of the Application Form below ensuring your provision meets the Warm welcome criteria. Support and help can be given for this if required.

Name of church/project*

Circuit*

Your name*

Position/role*

Email address*

Telephone number*

1.Please give a short summary of the work that your church will be/is undertaking (30 words max): *

0/30

2. What is the aim of the work and what need/s do you hope to meet (100 words max)?*

0/100

3. Will your Warm Welcome project be open year round or will it run for a specific period?*

Year roundRuns for a specific period

Start date

Finish date

4. How frequently will your Warm Welcome meetings be held?*

5. What time will your meetings be held?*

6. Will your meetings held on*

WeekdaysWeekendsBoth

7. Describe how you plan to run your warm space e.g. will you be providing free food or drinks, will there be activities available, who will be involved in running the space and how will you advertise it to the community? (100 words max)?*

0/100

8. Have you consulted your ecumenical partners and the community and if so, how will they be involved? (30 words max): *

0/30

9. Will the Circuit be making a financial contribution to this scheme and if so how much? (30 words max): *

0/30

10. Estimated total annual cost of running your Warm Welcome, including any in-kind services provided by your Church e.g. free hire of hall.*

11. Our Warm Welcome Space has been registered on the National Warm Space website? https://www.warmwelcome.uk/login#signup

Yes

12. Is there any other information that is relevant to this application not covered above?

Church Bank Details

Grants are paid by BACS – please give details of the account into which any approved grant should be paid. Grants will only be paid into Methodist bank accounts. When grants have been approved, payment will be made to your Church account on the 15th of the month following approval.

Account Name*

Account Number*

Sort code*

Name of Bank*

When you have submitted your form you will receive an email confirmation with a copy of the information you have provided.