• Wholeness Fund

    Grant Application Form

  • Welcome to the Wholeness Fund grant application form

    We fund small charities, groups, local projects and self-help initiatives with annual incomes less than £250k which are predominantly volunteer run and are mostly overlooked by other funders. This fund will offer grants of between £100 and £10,000 (although grants of £10k are rare) to groups working in the areas of mental health and wellbeing. Applications will be accepted from groups around the world. 

     

    Before you fill in this application form, there's some information you'll need to have to hand, to help you answer some of the questions.  Just expand each of the headings below, to see what you'll need to provide.

    • Organisation Details 

    • You will need to tell us a bit about your group.  Some basic information, such as the group's name, address, and charitable status etc., as well as some detailed information, such as your total annual income and expenses, if you have staff, how many staff you have, and your group's background and mission statement.  If you are a new organisation, you should provide a background for the main individuals in the organisation. Applying groups don't need to be registered charities, but if not registered will need to show a track history of their work. 

    • Project Details 

    • Think carefully about what you are planning, as you will need to submit a clear, focused and well-defined application.  You will need to know how much funding you need, and when you need it by, and whether you could accept a partial award, if we were unable to fund the full amount.  You will also need to tell us what you want to do, why you think it’s needed, where your work is going to take place, and who your work benefits. You can also include web address links to any supporting documentation - for example, film trailers, photo's, online articles.

    • Budget 

    • You will need to submit a budget for your project that clearly demonstrates in detail how you will spend the funds.  Avoid generalised costs, for example ‘admin costs’ or ‘campaigning costs’ - this needs to be broken down into the constituent costs that make up this total.  If you are budgeting to purchase an asset (e.g. a heater, a tent, a bicycle) indicate how many you are buying, and what will happen to all assets once your project is complete.  If you are purchasing travel, indicate who is traveling and how (e.g. train, car etc.). 

    • Bank Account 

    • Grants cannot be paid into personal bank accounts, for example, an account held in the name of an individual (Mr. B Smith).  Grants can only be paid into an organisation's bank account.  This is an audit requirement and demonstrates your commitment as a group/project. However, if there is a particular issue preventing you from obtaining a group bank account, in exceptional circumstances you may be able to nominate an affiliated organisation to receive transfers on your behalf (a fiscal sponsor) - if you are unsure please email charitypot@lush.co.uk to discuss options. You will need to take extra care inputting the details for your bank account, as errors can significantly delay your application, and can result in failed payments, or application rejection. 

    • Referees 

    • Each application must be submitted with the full details of two referees.  A referee must be independent of you/your group, but able to comment with experience and expertise on the activities, successes, and challenges your group faces.  Your referee cannot be a funder, employee, volunteer, founder, or trustee in your group. Their email address should be an oranisational one (e.g. @greenpeace.org), and not a private email address (e.g. @gmail.com, @yahoo.co.uk).   They also cannot be financially dependent on your group or know you only because of providing funding.  However, providing referees from groups working in a similar field who have a good vision of your work, is a wonderful opportunity to demonstrate how connected your group is to the wider community. 

      If your group is not based in the UK, at least one of your referees must be an international NGO.  Examples of international NGOs include - International Rivers, Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth International (including member groups), Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Foundation, Survival International, War on Want, Global Justice Now, Oil Watch, World Society for the Protection of Animals, International Animal Rescue, Humane Society International.

    • Collapse Stopper 

    • Just remember, you'll still need to come back here to complete the application form.

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  • GROUPS : DETAILS

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  • PROJECT : What are you planning to do?

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  • PROJECT : Why is your project needed?

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  • PROJECT : Where will it take place?

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  • PROJECT : When will it take place?

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  • PROJECT : Who will benefit?

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  • PROJECT : Is anyone else doing this?

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  • PROJECT : Budget

  • Supporting Documents

    Are there any additional supporting documents you would like to supply?  These are not required, but if you would like to provide additional details, please do so using the UPLOAD button below. 

    Please note, this field is for additional supporting documents only, and you MUST NOT supply a budget as an upload.  Instead, your budget MUST be typed into the field at the top of this page.

    Please make sure that your documents file names do not use spaces, or unusual characters (e.g. */%).

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  • GROUPS : Bank Details

  • Grants cannot be paid into personal bank accounts, for example, an account held in the name of an individual (e.g. Mr. B Smith). Grants can only be paid into an organisations' bank account. This is an audit requirement and demonstrates your commitment as a group/project. However, if there is a particular issue preventing you from obtaining a group bank account, in exceptional circumstances you may be able to nominate an affiliated organisation to receive transfers on your behalf (a fiscal sponsor) - please email charitypot@lush.co.uk to discuss options. 

    The bank details you supply will only be used for the purposes of paying on a successful grant.  This information is treated as confidential and encryption is used to ensure that the details you submit are secure.

  • GROUPS : Bank Details

  • You have selected that you will be using an Intermediary Account.  Please provide the following details for the Intermediary Account

  • GROUPS : References

  • A final decision cannot be made on a successful application until we have contacted two references.  This ensures that we can verify the work you do, talk to others about the contributions you are making, and it's also a great way of demonstrating how connected your group is to the wider community.

    If you are applying from overseas, at least one of your references needs to be from an International NGO.  Examples of International NGOs include - International Rivers, Amazon Watch, Friends of the Earth International (including member groups), Indigenous Environmental Network, Rainforest Foundation, Survival International, War on Want, Global Justice Now, Oil Watch, World Society for the Protection of Animals, International Animal Rescue, Humane Society International.

  • Can't decide who to pick?

     A referee needs to be independent of you and your group, and able to comment on the activities, successes, and challenges your group faces.  This means a referee can't be an employee, volunteer, founder, trustee, financially dependant on you or the group, or known to you only as a funder. 

     

  • GROUPS : First Referee

  • GROUPS : Second Referee

  • DECLARATION

    I confirm that I am both a member of this group and part of their organisation and authorized to submit this application on their behalf. I certify that the information given in this application form is correct to the best of my knowledge. I can confirm that any money donated by Lush will only be used for the purposes set out in this application form and will not be used for unlawful purposes. I also confirm that my group: does not promote violence, aggression or oppression towards others (we will only support non-violent direct action groups); does not deny the human rights of others; is not involved in the cruelty or subjugation of animals, including testing on animals for research; does not force or coerce others to change their beliefs; harbour racism, prejudice or judges others on anything other than their actions; and has made every effort to be environmentally responsible. I am aware that the information used on this form is gathered and retained purely for the purposes of administering grant applications and paying successful applicants. And that I can request for any personal data to be removed or deleted by contacting charitypot@lush.co.uk
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  • PRIVACY

    Personal Data Lush believes that data belongs to the person it relates to and that everyone has the right to privacy, and the right to control what their data is used for Any personal data you provide in this application form is treated as confidential and handled securely.  It is only shared with members of the Lush Charity Pot team and Decision Panel Members, for the purposes of administering grants.  All personal data is automatically deleted after 7 years; however, you can ask for your personal data to be removed earlier by emailing charitypot@lush.co.uk.

  • Application Data

    All application data is treated as confidential and handled securely.  However, there are occasions where we may be able to pass an application, which does not fit our guidelines, across to another affiliated donor, grant giver or Lush fund that may be a better match.  We will only do so if you are happy for your application data and details to be shared.  

  • If your application is successful, it may be possible for us to include brief details about your group in our online and printed communications.  This would include listing your group name and URL on our website, and letting our Lush staff know limited information about your group and the project you have been funded for.

    However, any editorial content such as online articles, social media posts or publicised communications would only be written in conjunction with you and only with your approval.

  • FEEDBACK

  • We'd love to get your feedback on how you've found this application? Where did you hear about us? And how we could make things better or easier for you? Is there anything you struggled with? or anything you found beneficial? Any feedback you give is only used to improve our processes and does not impact on any decision about your application.

    Any feedback you give is confidential and is not presented as part of your application

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