An information session on how to apply for smalls grant or community chest grants.
Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
02:30 Key terms used in the presentation
02:50 Overview of grants
03:51 Overview of equalities aims
04:40 Overview of organisations that can apply
05:07 Details of structured groups of residents and information for CIC's and SE's
06:50 When to apply - key things to note on the rolling rounds
08:07 Additional information on rolling rounds e.g no limit to the number of applications and submitting applications after one unsuccessful application.
09:02 What we can fund - essential criteria and what that means
10:28 Small grants specific eligibility and conditions
12:00 Community chest specific eligibility and criteria and key differences
13:10 What we can't fund
15:12 How to access the application form online
17:15 Key things to note about problems with saving and using the online form
18:08 How to select the correct grant and examples of how errors could lead to ineligible grant applications.
18:58 Selecting the correct project start and end dates
18:46 Putting in the correct number of beneficiaries and a note on the 80% hackney rule.
20:31 How to answer the request description question - what, how, who, why
22:07 More tips for answering request description (bullet points, word counts, and proportionality)
24:13 How assessors score the request description section
25:35 Example of a weak request description
26:12 Example of a strong request description
26:57 Answering question 2.9 about the VCS program aims
27:29 How this question is scored by assessors
27:55 Example of a weak answer
28:18 Example of a strong answer
28:48 Answering question 2.10 project management
30:00 How assessors will score this question
30:31 Example of a weak answer
30:52 Example of a strong answer
31:40 Tips on answering 2.11 on project risk
33:02 How assessors will score this section
34:00 How to use the project budget table properly
36:05 Key tips on answering the budget section well and examples
38:59 Ensuring your application is proportionate to your annual income (30% rule)
40:13 How assessors will score this question
41:00 What documentation you need to have to apply and be successful
