Allchurches Trust Thematic Grants application form

Please review your answers below, ensuring that you have fully completed all sections of the application process that are relevant to your application, and that your application is only for one of our Thematic Grants programmes.

To revise any of your answers click on the 'Amend' button at the bottom of the page.

To submit your application, click on the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the page.

Please note: A new version of this form was implemented on 15th July 2020, introducing some additional questions. If you started (but had not yet submitted) an application prior to this date, please recheck all form pages to ensure you have answered all of the questions that are relevant to your application.
Click on the 'Amend' button at the bottom of the page in order to do so.
If you are confident that you have fully completed all questions relevant to your application, please click on the 'Submit' button at the bottom of the page.

A1	*Name of Church or Organisation
A2	Organisation/Contact Address	*Address1:
	(This is the address we will use for correspondence. Enter a postcode and click 'Find address' to look up your organisation's address, or enter details manually if the address is not listed)	Address2:
		Address3:

		*Town/City:
		*County:
		*Postcode:
		Country:
	Note for Republic of Ireland applicants: The 'Find address' option above will only return results for UK postcodes. Please enter your Organisation/Contact Address details manually, including your Eircode (in the Postcode field). If you are not sure of your Eircode this can be checked at www.eircode.ie
	*Country Please select the country where your church/organisation is located
A3	Project address (Leave blank if same as Organisation address)	*Address1:
	(This is the address where the project or work will actually be taking place. Pleave leave blank if same as organisation address. Otherwise, enter a postcode and click 'Find address' to look up an address, or enter details manually if necessary)	Address2:
		Address3:

		*Town/City:
		*County:
		*Postcode:
		Country:
	Note for Republic of Ireland applicants: The 'Find address' option above will only return results for UK postcodes. Please enter your Project Address details manually, including the Eircode (in the Postcode field). If you are not sure of your Eircode this can be checked at www.eircode.ie
A4	*Select the entry that best describes your organisation
A6	*Denomination if applicable If denomination is not applicable please select X - Not Applicable in dropdown
A7	If you selected 'Other Churches' above, please state the denomination or church network your church or organisation belongs to
A8	*Anglican Diocese or Methodist District if applicable If not applicable to your organisation please select X - Not Applicable from dropdown
A9	If this application is on behalf of an Anglican church, please enter your archdeaconry (N.B. we do not need to know the name of your archdeacon) If not applicable please type N/A.
A10	*If you are applying on behalf of a church or denomination, is your church or denomination a member of a national 'Churches Together' body, and/or, for local churches, a local 'churches together' group or local ecumenical network? National 'Churches Together' bodies are: Churches Together in England Action of Churches Together in Scotland Cytun Churches Together in Wales The Irish Council of Churches
A11	For local churches, please state the name of any 'churches together' group or local ecumenical network your church belongs to
A12	Please enter your charity number
A13	Organisation website if available
A14	Facebook handle if available (e.g. @AllchurchesTrust)
A15	Twitter handle if available (e.g. @AllchurchesT)
A16	Organisation main telephone number
A17	*Contact Name
	Contact Address	Address1:
	(Enter a postcode and click 'Find address' to look up your organisation's address, or enter details manually if the address is not listed)	Address2:
		Address3:

		Town:
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A18	*Contact's role in the project
A19	*Contact's telephone number
A20	Contact's mobile number
A21	*Contact's e-mail address This will be the email address used in all communication including acknowledgment of your application
A22	Project Manager's Name (if different from Contact Name above)
A23	Project Manager's e-mail address (if different from main contact's email address above)
B1	*Which Thematic Grant programme are you applying for a grant through? Each application must be for a grant under one of these programmes. You cannot apply for a grant under multiple programmes in one application.
B2	*Please tell us the name of your project (You can use a maximum of 40 characters)
B3	*Which of our general areas of funding focus does the project meet? (Select all that apply) Select the most applicable option(s) to your project, thinking about the longer term benefits arising from short-term work
B4	*Please describe your project in 30 words or less
B5	*Which of the following best describe the work covered by your project? (Select all that apply)
B6	If you selected 'Other' in the previous question, please provide further information about the other kinds of work covered by your project
B7	*If you are applying on behalf of a church, or church-related body, is your project in line with Diocesan, District or other denominational plans?
B8	Please provide further information as applicable
B9	Does your project have national scope? (Please tick if the answer is yes)
B10	Estimated Project End Date (if applicable):
C1	*If this application is for a 'Growing Lives' grant please click 'Yes'. If the application is for any other grants programme, please click 'No'.
C2	*How would you rate the support/activities you currently provide for children (0-10)? If you are a church please select one of the first four options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with children, please select 'Not applicable'.
C3	*How would you rate the support/activities you currently provide for young people (11-18)? If you are a church please select one of the first four options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with young people, please select 'Not applicable'.
C4	*How confident do you currently feel working with children (aged 0 to 10)? If you are a church please select one of the first three options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with children, please select 'Not applicable'.
C5	*How confident do you currently feel working with young people (aged 11 to 18)? If you are a church please select one of the first three options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with young people, please select 'Not applicable'.
C6	*Have you spoken with or researched case studies and learnings from similar projects to the one you are planning?
C7	If you answered 'Yes' to the previous question, please provide further details. Maximum 700 characters which is approximately 100 words
C8	*On average, how many activities/support sessions does your organisation currently run for children (aged 0 to 10) during a one-month period? If you are a church please select one of the first five options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with children, please select 'Not applicable'.
C9	*How many children (0-10) currently access activities and/or support directly from your organisation? If you are a church please select one of the first five options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with children, please select 'Not applicable'.
C10	*On average, how many activities/support sessions does your organisation currently run for young people (aged 11 to 18) during a one-month period? If you are a church please select one of the first five options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with young people, please select 'Not applicable'.
C11	*How many young people (11-18) currently access activities and/or support directly from your organisation? If you are a church please select one of the first five options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not focused on work with young people, please select 'Not applicable'.
C12	*If you are a church, how many children (0-10) do you currently have in your worshipping community?
C13	*If you are a church, how many young people (11-18) do you currently have in your worshipping community?
C14	*Do you feel you have enough physical space currently to provide activities for children and young people?
C15	*How appropriate is the space you currently use for children's and young people's activities? (Select all that apply) If you are a church please select one or more of the first five options. If you are a local, regional or national charity not aiming to provide physical space for children's and/or young people's activities, please select Not Applicable.
C16	If you selected 'Other' above, please provide further details
C17	*How do you intend to involve children and/or young people in the design of any new space for their activities/support? (Select all that apply)
C18	If you selected 'Other' above, please provide further details
C19	*To improve activities for children and/or young people what additional equipment and physical resources do you need? (Select all that apply)
C20	If you selected 'Other' above, please provide further details
	The following questions are intended to capture more specific information about your project: why you are doing it, what you hope to achieve through it, and what work you will do to carry it out. Before answering these, you might find it helpful to look at the project planning toolkit and other resources we have available on the Advice and Resources section of our website.
C21	*What is the need or opportunity you are trying to address through this project, and how do you know it exists (e.g. any research or surveys you've carried out)? We want to understand more about the reasons for what you are proposing to do. Maximum 2000 characters which is approximately 300 words. Further evidence of the need or opportunity can be uploaded in a later section.
C22	* What is the long term goal of the project? What will be the ultimate change, difference or impact in your work with children and/or young people that you expect to see once you have completed it? For example: To see more young people become connected with St Anywhere’s Church, and contributing positively to the life of our town in practical ways Maximum 1500 characters, which is approximately 200 words
C23	Now please describe the short to medium term changes (or outcomes) you are aiming to see that will contribute to the long term impact you've described in the previous question. Example: Increase social, personal and faith development opportunities for young people Reduce anti-social behaviour in the town Improve the way young people in the town are perceived by local residents Increase opportunities for young people to engage in local projects that will make a positive difference to our town
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C24	Now please list the things required to deliver or achieve the changes or outcomes you've listed above, so that you eventually achieve your longer term goal. What do you need? This might be more equipment, more people, more resource of some other kind? Alternatively - or perhaps as well - what work or activities do you need to do? For instance you might need to transform a building (or part of one) or build a new one. You might need to start a new regular programme, group or activity of some kind. List these things below, and if possible, please state a target date by which you aim to achieve each one - unless it will be an ongoing activity of some kind for which a target date isn't applicable - in which case please leave the date field empty. Example: Start a weekly youth club, offering young people the opportunity to come together to socialise, explore faith, learn new skills such as… Publicise the new youth club by…. Recruit and train some youth work volunteers so that they are able to… Refurbish the unused meeting room in our church to make it a youth-friendly space. This will involve… Buy some equipment to use at the youth club. We will need… so that we can... Conduct a survey in the town to identify practical projects young people could get involved in. We’ll do this by….
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C25	* If your application is successful, which of the items listed above would you use an Allchurches Trust grant for, and how would you use it? We want to understand specifically what you are applying for a grant for and how you would spend the money. Please remember: our Growing Lives grants can only be used towards capital costs - usually building or equipment costs, not for running costs or salaries. Maximum 1500 characters which is approximately 200 words
C26	*On average, how many children (0-10) do you expect to make a positive difference to per month through this project?
C27	*On average, how many young people (11-18) do you expect to make a positive difference to per month through this project?
C28	*How does your church/organisation plan to ensure the ongoing viability of this project? We'd like to be assured that it will continue well into the future. (Maximum 700 characters which is approximately 100 words)
D1	*If this application is for a Roof Protection Scheme grant please click 'Yes'. If the application is for any other grants programme, please click 'No'.
D2	*Is this application being made by:
D3	If you selected 'Other' in response to the previous question, please provide further information (Maximum 400 characters)
D4	*Has your church (or if this is an application from a diocese or a local churches trust, have churches in your area) already experienced theft of metal?
D5	If you answered 'Yes' to question D4, what has been the approximate financial cost to: The church - if this application is on behalf of a local church? Churches in your diocese/county/area - if this application is on behalf of a diocese or a local/historic/county churches trust?
D6	If you answered 'Yes' to question D4, how would you describe the effect on the life of your worshipping community/communities?
D7	If you selected a response to the question above, please provide further detail about this
D8	If you answered 'Yes' to question D4, how would you describe the effect on the life of your wider community/communities in terms of the role your church(es) play in community life?
D9	If you selected a response to the question above, please provide further detail about this
D10	* How would you assess the risk of theft of metal to: The church - if this application is on behalf of a local church? Churches in your diocese/county/area - if this application is on behalf of a diocese or a local/historic/county churches trust?
D11	If this is an application from a diocese or a local/county/historic churches trust, please state the grant amount you would like to apply for. (N.B. For applications from local churches, please do not complete this field. A grant of up to 50% of the alarm system cost, to a maximum of £2,500 is available and will be determined by Allchurches Trust based on the information in this application).
D12	If this is an application from a diocese or a local/county/historic churches trust, how many churches do you hope to protect through the provision of grants for roof alarms?
D13	Please provide any further relevant information in support of your application
D14	* Roof Protection Scheme grants are only awarded on the following conditions: The alarm system to be installed must be from a supplier that has been approved by your insurer, whoever that may be Your church/organisation must commit to ensuring the alarm system is properly maintained for a minimum of five years Please tick the box opposite to confirm your agreement to these conditions (or if you are applying on behalf of a local historic churches trust or a diocese, to confirm that you will ensure that churches benefiting from any grant awarded to your trust or diocese adhere to these conditions).
D15	Hidden question (Puts "Roof Protection Scheme application" in Project Details)
E1	*If this application is for a 'Hope Beyond' grant please click 'Yes'. If the application is for any other grants programme, please click 'No'.
E2	*Which of the following programme themes will the project address (tick all that apply): Fuller details on programme themes are available at this web page.
E3	If there are any other particular community needs (relating to the challenges and opportunities presented by the Coronavirus pandemic) not covered by the question above that your project will address, please briefly state what these are. (Maximum 300 characters)
E4	*How would you rate the support or activities you are currently providing to help meet needs arising from the Coronavirus pandemic?
E5	Please provide any relevant further information on your response to the previous question. (Maximum 300 characters)
E6	*To what extent have you already adopted new ways of working to meet needs arising from the Coronavirus pandemic?
E7	Please provide any relevant further information on your response to the previous question. (Maximum 300 characters)
E8	*How well equipped do you currently feel to respond to the needs of your community/your wider beneficiary group arising from the Coronavirus pandemic?
E9	Please provide any relevant further information on your response to the previous question. (Maximum 300 characters)
E10	*How confident do you currently feel about responding to the needs of your community/your wider beneficiary group arising from the Coronavirus pandemic?
E11	Please provide any relevant further information on your response to the previous question. (Maximum 300 characters)
E12	*In order to enable new work aimed at meeting the needs of your community/your wider beneficiary group arising from the Coronavirus pandemic, which of the following do you feel you particularly need (tick all that apply):
E13	If you selected 'Other' in the previous question, and/or are able to say more about the options you have selected, please provide details. (Maximum 300 characters)
	The following questions are intended to capture more specific information about your project: why you are doing it, what you hope to achieve through it, and what work you will do to carry it out. Before answering these, you might find it helpful to look at the project planning toolkit and other resources we have available on the Advice and Resources section of our website.
E14	*What is the need or opportunity you are trying to address through this project, and how do you know it exists (e.g. any research or surveys you've carried out)? We want to understand more about the reasons for what you are proposing to do, and how your project is seeking to directly respond to increasing or new need as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic. Maximum 2000 characters which is approximately 300 words. Further evidence of the need or opportunity can be uploaded in a later section.
E15	* What is the eventual goal of the project? What will be the ultimate change, difference or impact that you expect to see as a result of it? For example: (N.B. This assumes further easing of lockdown measures which would make the group described possible) To see more older members of our community who have become isolated as a result of the Coronavirus pandemic able to safely gather at our church for support and friendship, and to help enable those without online access to get online through practical advice, training and support to further reduce their sense of isolation. Maximum 1500 characters, which is approximately 200 words
E16	Now please describe the short to medium term changes (or outcomes) you are aiming to see that will contribute to the long term impact you've described in the previous question. Example: More older members of our community are more able to safely gather at our church More older members of our community experience a greater degree of support and friendship than they did during lockdown More older members of our community currently who are currently unable to get online are able to do so Older members of our community who have been experiencing a high degree of isolation are able to say that they now feel less isolated and have an improved sense of wellbeing as a result
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E17	Now please list the things required to deliver or achieve the changes or outcomes you've listed above, so that you eventually achieve your eventual goal. What do you need? This might be more equipment, more people, more resource of some other kind? Alternatively - or perhaps as well - what work or activities do you need to do? For instance you might need to adapt or transform or adapt a building (or part of one) or build a new one. You might need to start a new regular programme, group or activity of some kind. List these things below, and if possible, please state a target date by which you aim to achieve each one - unless it will be an ongoing activity of some kind for which a target date isn't applicable - in which case please leave the date field empty. Example: Make our church building Covid-secure by.... Train volunteer church members so that they are able to.... Start a new weekly drop-in session for older members of our local community Advertise the new weekly-drop in by...
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E18	* If your application is successful, which of the items listed above would you use an Allchurches Trust grant for, and how would you use it? We want to understand specifically what you are applying for a grant for and how you would spend the money. Please note: our Hope Beyond grants can be used towards: The costs of capital projects such as: adaptation of buildings and purchase of equipment Project-related salaries and some other revenue costs (to the end of 2021), such as: training of staff and/or volunteers, where these will enable new ways of working and introduce new and/or enhanced support and activities to meet changing need in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. However, please be aware that general ‘business as usual’ running costs are not supported under the programme. Maximum 1500 characters which is approximately 200 words
E19	*On average, how many people do you expect to make a positive difference to per month through this project?
E20	*How does your church or organisation plan to ensure the ongoing viability and sustainability of this project? (Maximum 1400 characters which is approximately 200 words)
F1	* If this application is for either a 'Growing Lives' grant, or a 'Hope Beyond' grant, please click 'Yes'. If the application is for any other grants programme, please click 'No'.
F2	*Who will benefit from the project? Please select the groups who will be impacted. Who will benefit from the project
F3	If you selected 'Other' in the previous question, and/or are able to say more about the options you have selected, please provide details
F4	Before completing this application, had you accessed any of the following on the Allchurches Trust website? (Select all that apply)
F5	If you selected "Other blogs/resources on the Allchurches Advice and Resources Hub" above, please state which you found most helpful and why? Maximum 700 characters which is approximately 100 words Our Advice and Resources hub can be found at this web page.
F6	*Have you explored community or other appropriate partnerships in planning your project?
F7	If you answered 'Yes' to the previous question, what partnerships have you explored and which do you intend to progress further?
F8	*How do you intend to raise awareness of your project and support and activities you will offer as a result within your community? (Select all that apply)
F9	If you selected 'Other' above, please provide further details
G1	*What is the total cost of your project
G2	*Does the project cost you have provided include VAT? For listed building projects, VAT can potentially be reclaimed via the Listed Places of Worship Grants Scheme. Visit www.lpwscheme.org.uk for further information.
G3	*Total funds raised to date
G4	If the above includes a National Lottery Heritage Fund grant please state how much
G5	Additional funds pledged to date
G6	* Please briefly list: - the source(s) of your current secured/pledged funding - with amounts where possible, e.g. reserves, grants, fundraising events, legacies, sale of property, loans/mortgages - other fundraising plans you have for the project in order to raise the total cost (Maximum 700 characters which is approximately 100 words)
G7	*Subject to a successful application, to whom should the cheque be made payable This must be the organisation's main bank account
G8	*If your application is successful, how do you intend to publicise your grant from Allchurches Trust? (Select all that apply)
G9	If you selected 'Other' above, please provide further details
H1	*Does your project involve building alterations/works of any kind?
H2	*Listed Building Status If not listed please select Not Listed from dropdown
H3	*Has listed building consent been granted?
H4	*Has planning permission been granted?
H5	*Do you have DAC or other relevant denominational approval/permission for the proposed work?
H6	Please provide further information as applicable
I1	Please attach a copy of your latest annual accounts only if your project cost is over £1m To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file)
I2	* Please attach a high-level project budget N.B. For Growing Lives applications, please bear in mind that whilst you should include both capital and revenue costs if at all possible, Growing Lives grants are only awarded towards - and calculated on the basis of - capital costs (typically buildings and equipment costs). Salaries and other running/revenue costs are not supported. Therefore please ensure your budget includes all relevant capital costs as a minimum. For Hope Beyond applications, capital costs, and revenue costs to the end of 2021 can be supported, but all costs should clearly relate to enabling new ways of working and the introduction of new and/or enhanced support and activities to meet changing need in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Relevant costs such as these should be included in your budget. Revenue costs beyond the end of 2021 may be included in your budget but must be clearly separated out from costs to the end of 2021. General 'business as usual'/core costs are not supported, and whilst they may be included in your budget if you wish, must be clearly described as such, and separated out from 'project-related' costs as described above. To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file). NB Microsoft Excel files must be in Excel 97-2003 format i.e. .xls file extension.
I3	*We cannot process a grant application unless you send us one to three good images of your church, charity or project. (Image One should be attached here and Images Two and Three should be attached using G4 and G5). We would like to see good quality images (at least 1MB), ideally featuring people using your church or centre. Building photos showing damage should give context of the setting. Please only submit photographs in respect of which you have already secured all necessary consents to allow Allchurches Trust the rights to use them for publicity purposes should your application be successful. If there is a reason why you cannot submit photographs, please let us know. To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file)		?
I4	Image Two (optional, but the more images you can provide the better) To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file)
I5	Image Three (optional, but the more images you can provide the better) To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file)
I6	Upload any further relevant documentation, e.g. evidence of need for your project. imagery, artist's impressions, articles, case-studies or other descriptions of your project that we might use for publicity, should your application be successful. To upload a file click Browse, navigate to file, double - click to select, click on Upload button. (Re-uploading a file overwrites the currently uploaded file). The maximum file size is 20MB.
J1	*Does your church or organisation comply with relevant health and safety regulations, and are policies available for inspection?
J2	*Does your church or organisation have a robust safer recruitment and selection, and induction policies, and do you provide ongoing training for staff and volunteers working with children and vulnerable adults?
J3	*Are all vehicles owned or available for use by your church or organisation roadworthy and appropriately taxed and insured?
J4	*Does your church or organisation have public liability insurance in place?
J5	*Does any accommodation owned or leased by your church or organisation comply with the applicable fire safety legislation? 'Accommodation' refers to residential settings, i.e. where people sleep
J6	*Where possible and applicable, are appropriate licences in place and up to date, and are staff competencies confirmed? The website www.gov.uk/licence-finder can be used to see what types of licences are needed for different types of organisations/activities
J7	*Are details of any accreditations that are relevant and needed for your church or organisation available for inspection? 'Accreditations' refers to relevant and necessary qualifications or authorisations required by staff or volunteers working for your church or organisation, in order to provide specialist services or support.
J8	*Spot checks may be made by Allchurches Trust in relation to the questions above. Do you agree to this?
K1	*Please tick this box if you accept the above conditions and you are an authorised representative of the organisation.
K2	*How did you hear about Allchurches Trust? (Maximum 255 characters which is about 30 words)
K3	We would welcome any comments on this application process that you would like to provide, including any difficulties you encountered or suggestions for improvement.