Local Improvement Fund Capacity Grants 2026-27

The deadline to submit this application is MIDDAY Thursday 26 November 2026. Late submissions will not be accepted and applications failing to meet the essential criteria may not be assessed by the funding panel.

Before completing this form, refer to the guidance, FAQs and carefully read the questions below. Please allow time for a third party to proof read your application.

Do you have a bank account registered in the organisation's name?

Do you have a Fair Work First policy statement?

Organisation Name

Website

Name of primary contact

First NameLast Name

Email

example@example.com

Phone Number

Please enter a valid phone number.Format: 00000 000000.

Organisation's primary address:

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

City/Town/Village

Postcode

Select your organisation’s legal structure from the following list:

Please provide your charity number, if applicable. If not, you may skip to the next question.

Please provide your company number, if applicable. If not, you may skip to the next question.

1. Tell us about your organisation: you should include your experience working with people in Highland affected by alcohol and drugs harm.

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2. Select one or more strategic priorities/outcomes from the list below to which your organisation contributes:

3. How does your work support the HADP priorities you have selected?

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4. Which organisational development need are you seeking to address?

Other development need:

5. What would the grant pay for (breakdown the tasks you intend to implement)?

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6. What difference will this make to your organisation: staff, trustees or volunteers?

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7. How did you identify this as the appropriate support for your organisation?

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8. How will you ensure that the benefits of the support are sustained after the funding ends?

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9. Start date:

DayMonthYear

End date:

DayMonthYear

10. Please provide a breakdown of the total costs:

Rows	Cost item heading	£ (whole numbers)
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2
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Total costs:

11. Match funding (please enter details of funder)

Rows	Organisation Name	Amount £	Confirmed? Y/N	Date confirmation expected?
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💡THE TOTAL COSTS MINUS MATCH FUNDING SHOULD EQUAL AMOUNT REQUESTED

12. Total costs £

Rounded to whole number please

13. Amount requested £

Rounded to whole number please

14. If the amount requested exceeds £5,000, describe the exceptional circumstances that demonstrate why this proposal should qualify for a higher amount.

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15. Please provide income/expenditure details for the period ending 31 March 2025 for your whole organisation, not just the department related to this application. (Figures rounded up to the nearest whole number please)

Rows	£
Income
Expenditure
Surplus/deficit at year end
Total savings/reserves at year end
Unrestricted Reserves

If your accounts cover a different period, please use this free text box (explain other anomalies here).

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16. In which locality does your organisation focus its work?

Please attach a copy of your latest independently verified accounts, as required by your governance structure. If you don't have full accounts please upload a balance sheet, or statement of financial activities (not a bank statement).

Please sign and submit form

Local Improvement Fund Application 2026 - 2027