Community group template for applications

Please note that by completing and returning this application form you agree to the National Express Foundation storing all information contained within it on a secure database for a period of 2 years, after which it will be deleted.

Remember that the trustees may not know anything about your organisation. Be very clear in your application about what you want to do. Supporting information can be submitted with your application as PDFs.

Name of Organisation:

Full address:

Website (if any):

Contact name for the application:

Contact telephone number:

Contact email address:

Alternative contact name, email and telephone number in case we can’t reach the main contact

Please answer the following questions providing as much information as possible.

1. Can you explain the purpose and history of the organisation?

2. How is the organisation managed? (Please explain the management structure you have in place. You must also provide a copy of your constitution and a copy of your last full year accounts)

3. Where does the organisation hold its bank account? (Please provide the sort code and bank account number - but not detailed records)

4. Are you applying for a grant of £2,500, £5,000, £10,000 or £20,000?

5. Please provide a one paragraph executive summary of how you will use a grant from the Foundation. You can also include a table showing a breakdown of costs from the grant.

6. If you were successful, how would your activity benefit the community? In particular, how would it promote educational attainment or foster cross-community cohesion?

7. What is the age range of those who would benefit from the grant?

8. Are you able to estimate the number of young people that would benefit from the impact of this grant to support your activity?

9. What timescales, key dates or milestones do you propose for your activity and how do you propose to engage the Foundation with these?

10. How will your project reflect the diversity of the community you operate in?

11. What do you propose to do to gain some media coverage and stakeholder involvement from the grant and your activity?(Please provide proposed dates and ideas)

12. What will you commit to do to promote the project and the Foundation support on social media?

13. How do you propose to evaluate the benefits achieved as a result of receiving a grant?(The Trustees will expect to receive an end of project report – a sample report is available to view on our website).

14. Where did you hear about the National Express Foundation?

15. Is there any other information you would like the Foundation trustees to take into consideration in support of your application?

When complete please send your application by email to foundation@nationalexpress.com by Thursday 8 March 2018.