CRF Grant Application Form

Although crisis support remains important, the focus of the Crisis and Resilience Fund is on building resilience, supporting people to be better equipped to manage financial pressures, reduce the likelihood of repeat crisis, and improve longer-term outcomes. Funding will prioritise work that goes beyond meeting immediate need by offering more holistic, wrap-around support, including links to advice, financial assistance, skills, and wider community opportunities. There will also be a strong emphasis on partnership working.

We are interested not only in what you are delivering now, but how you see your work developing as part of building resilience within your community.

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GDPR and data protection

The information you provide in this application will be held securely and processed in accordance with our GDPR and data protection policies. All information will be treated confidentially and will only be shared with the third sector partnership delivering the Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) in Leeds and Leeds City Council for the purposes of assessing, administering, monitoring, and evaluating the fund. We will not share your information with any other third parties without your consent, unless required to do so by law.

Before completing the application, please confirm the following

Public Liability Insurance: Does your organisation have valid public liability insurance?

Permission to Deliver Activities: If you do not own your building, do you have permission from the landlord to deliver the proposed activities?

Safeguarding: Does your organisation have a safeguarding policy with a named safeguarding lead?

If you will be delivering food, are you aware of requirements around Food Hygiene qualifications and have all relevant staff and volunteers attained the relevant qualification?

If you have answered 'No' or 'Unsure' to any of the eligibility checks please get in touch via grants@forumcentral.org.uk and we will pass your email onto a colleague who can help you access free Food Hygiene Level 2 training and/or support with policies.

Please don't proceed with the application form until you can answer 'Yes' or 'Not applicable' to all the above questions.

NCVO also has useful resources:

Creating policies and procedures | NCVO

Safeguarding - Free Charity Resources, Templates & Policy Downloads

Name of Organisation

Please provide the full registered name of your organisation, if applying on behalf of a collaboration / partnership, please name the lead partner here.

Name of Applicant (main contact)

Please provide the full name of the person completing this application.

Contact Email Address

Please provide a direct email address for correspondence.

Contact Phone Number

Organisation Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Please select the option(s) that best describes your organisation

*Please note limitation on funding amounts for non-registered /un-regulated groups in the guidance.

Is your application on behalf of two or more organisations?

If yes, please list all the other organisations who will receive funding and give one contact email for each.

We understand that you may need to progress and develop your Resilience offer during the funded period. Your organisation doesn't have to have everything in place at start of grant.

Please briefly describe the aims and purpose of your organisation. If you are applying on behalf of a collaboration or partnership, please also tell us how you work together.

Which type of CRF grant are you applying for?

In total, how much CRF funding are you requesting?

Include the amount needed for partnership development, if applicable

Within the above amount, how much have you included for partnership development, local coordination and collaborative working?

Maximum £5,000 for a 12-month grant and maximum £3,000 for a 7-month grant.

Budget: Please explain how you plan to spend the amount of CRF funding requested. Your top-line budget needs to be clear. Make sure your budget includes adequate provision for partnership development, data collection and monitoring returns. For partnerships, please specify agreed allocations.

If your organisation isn't an incorporated structure please note that grants cannot be used for PAYE staff, only freelancers.

Please summarise what this funding request is for in about 40 words

This is headline information summarising what you want to do with the funding. This short paragraph will form part of the grant agreement document if your application is successful. You are invited to go into detail in the next question.

What activities or services are you asking us to fund? Please give a detailed answer. (200-400 words)

Building Resilience Activities: How does your proposed activity support Resilience in the communities you serve? (200-400 words)

Outcomes: What difference do you expect this funding to make? (200-400 words)

Resilience Outcomes: From your above activities which of the following outcomes do you expect to see?

We expect that most organisations will only select a minimum of one and a maximum of two outcomes. If you're applying for a smaller amount of money we only expect you to select one outcome.

Please choose carefully. This is because grantees will report back on these outcomes in their monitoring as they form a key part of expectations set by Central Government.

Please hover over each of the outcomes to see a list of the type of monitoring data that is likely to be needed that particular category.

Outcome 1:

Outcome 2:

Outcome 3:

Outcome 4:

Outcome 5:

Outcome 6:

Outcome 7:

Your Vision: Please tell us about your work and your longer-term vision for increasing Resilience within your community.

Applicants are encouraged to share their longer-term vision for building resilience. This is intended as an indication of future direction and will not be assessed as a delivery commitment.

Beneficiaries: How many people will benefit directly from your activities each week?

Please explain how you have calculated this Beneficiary number.

Partnerships and Referrals: Who do you currently work with locally, and how will you connect people to other services or support in Leeds?

Do you all currently have data sharing agreements between partners / referrers? (If not this will need to be developed as part of your CRF work)

Successful and unsuccessful applicants will be offered ongoing support from one of the CRF partner organisations. Which organisation(s) would you prefer to be your main contact? Tick all that apply.

Who will sign the grant agreement on behalf of your organisation?

Please include their title if necessary.

What is their role or position in your organisation?

What is their email address?

Does this CRF application include delivering or distributing food?

Please tick each option to confirm that you have the following in place:

If this CRF application includes delivering or distributing food we need details for the Leeds Food Aid Network website. Please complete following information even if your food provision is already on the website. If you don’t wish for your entry to be public you can let us know in the question below.

Please tell us the location of the food provision and tell us the days and opening times. Please also let us know if you are willing to share a 'back of house' telephone number so that other projects can communicate directly with you.

Thank you for taking the time to fill in this application. Please click the 'Submit' button below.

Crisis and Resilience Fund (CRF) Grant Application Form

Section 1: Eligibility Checks

Section 2: Organisation Details

Section 3: About your organisation and proposal

If your funding application is successful:

Food provision: