deutsche bank small grants fund 2013 guidelines - final version may 2013 (5)

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The Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund:Application guidelines

Deutsche Bank and Community Foundation for Merseyside are pleased to announce our small grantsfund for 2013. If you are a local voluntary or community group and you need funding for a projectfocusing on young people aged 11-18 years this Fund may be able to help.

Deutsche Banks youth engagement programme aims to prevent youth unemployment by supportingexciting opportunities that engage young people enabling them to fulfill their potential.

These guidelines set out who may apply and what type of activity you may apply for. Please read the

following carefully before deciding whether to submit an application.

Fund Area

Groups based and operating in Merseyside

Fund Themes

Applications will only be accepted for projects that enable young people aged 11-18 years to fulfill theirpotential. In addition the projects may fall into any number of the following areas:

Projects that prevent young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training)

later in life; Projects that provide educational support or opportunities;

Projects that enable young people to develop essential life skills;

Projects that enable young people to develop employability/enterprise skills.

Additional Areas of Interest

Applications with match funding or leverage potential, and good prospects for sustainability;

Projects that are responsive to local issues;

Priority may be given to applicants who have not received funding from the Deutsche Bank Small

Grants Fund previously, or to those who have received funding previously and have submitted all

monitoring reports on time.

Grant Size

The maximum grant size is 5,000

Who can apply?

If you will need other grants to complete the project you are applying to us for, you are encouraged to have those applications

already in the pipeline.


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Community groups, voluntary organisations, charities, community interest companies and socialenterprises may apply. The groups annual income must be less than 250,000 and priority will be givento groups with income under 200,000 annually.

Applicants must also apply for no more than 30% of their total annual income in their last financial year.If you would like to apply on the basis of the current years annual income (for example if your income

level has changed this year and affects your eligibility to apply), then you should be able to provide a fullbreakdown of your current income and showing pipeline versus confirmed income (identifying clearly thesources). Only confirmed and traceable income streams will be accepted.

Your organisation will need to have the following elements in place prior to an application and you willneed to submit this documentation as part of your application:

A governing document (e.g. a constitution or memorandum and articles)

An active management committee of at least three people (who are not related)

Full and complete accounts or a consolidated income and expenditure statement for your last

financial year.

If applying on the basis of the current years income, then details and evidence of allconfirmed and traceable income streams

A bank account in the name of the group, with at least 2 unrelated signatories please

submit a recent bank statement

An equal opportunities policy

A safeguarding policy if working with children and/or vulnerable adults.

A recent bank statement in the name of the group applying

Relevant Exclusions

The grant cannotbe used to fund:

Capital costs or equipment purchase (however you can ask for consumables);

Individual sponsorship;

More than 30% of your organisations total annual income in your last financial year or current

year;

Organisations established for less than a year.

Monitoring and evaluating your work

Grantees will be required to complete a short form outlining how the grant including the match fundingwas spent and highlighting the benefits for your users. We also invite any case studies and pictures youmay have from the project so that we can share you story.

The deadline for submitting monitoring information is as soon as is possible once your project has beencompleted or within 6 weeks of its completion.

Monitoring and evaluating our grants enables us to better understand the impact of our grantmaking. Ithelps us to understand community need, enables us to learn from our grant-making and inform futurestrategies. It enables us to show donors the impact of their funding and hopefully encourage them togive more! It should also help organisations to collect valuable information on how service users benefitfrom your work, what works and what doesnt, how you can make your services more effective, and alsodemonstrate to funders (and donors) the value of your work. Further information can be found at theCharities Evaluation Services website www.ces-vol.org.uk.


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How do you apply for a grant?

Please visit www.cfmerseyside.org.uk to complete an online application. Once you have submitted theonline application you will need to return part B ensuring all the documents listed below are alsoincluded. If you do not submit all the relevant documents within 2 weeks your application will bewithdrawn

Part B of the online application form

Governing Document

Either your record of income and expenditure for the last 12 months OR annual accounts

Safeguarding policy

Your organisations recent bank statement

What happens after you have applied?

We aim to advise you of the success of your project within 2 weeks of the panel meeting or withinapproximately 3 months of you applying

If you are awarded a grant you will have 8 months to spend the funding. A short monitoring form

must be completed and returned.

We regret that we are unable to consider incomplete or revised applications, so please make

sure the application form is fully completed and all supporting documents are included beforesubmission.

If your application is successful, you will be required to:

Credit support from Deutsche Bank and Community Foundation for Merseyside on all materialsrelated to the funded work using the correct logos (available on request)

Complete your spending within 8 months

Complete a project review form as soon as possible after completing your project, and no later

than eight months after receipt of grant

Maintain financial records for all grant spending and submit requested information to Community

Foundation for Merseyside

Be available for a potential monitoring visit, or visit by Deutsche Bank partners.

Further informationPlease contact Tina Kennedy, Community Philanthropy Manager, at Community Foundation forMerseyside if you have any questions about the fund:Tel: 0151 232 2423Email: [email protected] Deutsche BankThe Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund is part ofBorn to Be, Deutsche Bank's UK Corporate Citizenship
http://www.cfmerseyside.org.uk/http://www.cfmerseyside.org.uk/


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youth engagement programme. Born to Be aims to break the cycle of youth unemployment through earlyintervention; helping young people to develop employability skills, confidence and aspirations.

For more information about the programme and other projects that Deutsche Bank supports and howyou can get involved please click here [www.db.com/borntobe].
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