Guidance Notes – The Norman Trust COVID Fund

Grant Application Form

Please complete the online form as fully as possible and try to answer all the questions.  Some questions are compulsory (marked with a *) and you will not be able to submit the form without completing them.

Notes for specific questions

9. Please inform us of the legal status of your organisation, e.g. registered charity, community interest company etc. The Norman Family Charitable Trust can only assist non-profit making organisations and is unable to assist individuals.

11.  If your organisation’s latest accounts are not available on the Charity Commission web site, please upload them with your application.  If some time has passed since your last accounts were posted on the Charity Commission and a more recent set (even if just in draft form) is available, please upload with your application.  If your organisation is not a registered charity, such as a CIC or a voluntary/non-profit group, please upload your most recent accounts with your application.

13. What is your organisation set up to do? These are the aims as set out in your mission statement or constitution. What are the main activities that you carry out in order to meet your aims? How many people does your organisation regularly assist? Do you rely on volunteers?

14. This is the total amount you would like to request from the Trust. You must enter a figure here if you wish your application to be considered.

16. Please give us a brief outline of the purpose of your application. This will be used as a summary for our Trustees so please make it as clear and concise as possible. Try to limit it to no more than 40 words. There is opportunity to expand on your request in sections 16a, 16b and 16c.

16a, 16b and 16c. This is your opportunity to go into more detail about your request for funding.  Please provide as much information as you can as Trustees will need to fully understand your financial position and how COVID has affected your organisation.  Only applications demonstrating a real need for funding will be considered for a grant under this programme.

17. Please list all other funding you’ve received in the past year and also include any loans.  Also please give details on what the funds were spent on.  You may go into more detail in a separate document which you can e-mail to the Trust if more convenient.

18. The Trust can only help those living in the South West of England and its preferred area of benefit is Devon, Cornwall and the TA postcode area of Somerset.

19. Please list any previous applications you have made to the NFCT during the past 5 years and include whether you were successful or not, approximate dates and amounts awarded if applicable.

BACS payment details MUST be uploaded with your online form when submitting.  Please ensure that these are clearly legible, showing the bank name, account name, sort code and account number.

General Information

• The Trust will consider applications for the first round of the COVID Fund during a grants meeting, likely to be held in early/mid-July.  There may be additional rounds held in Autumn 2021 and early 2022, depending on the response to the first round.
• The date of the grants meeting will be posted on the home page, along with the cut-off date – to be considered at this meeting, we need to have received your online application on or before the cut-off date.  
• You will receive confirmation of the outcome of your application shortly after the grants meeting by e-mail. If there is information missing, such as accounts, proof of bank details, quotes (if appropriate) or budget (if appropriate), we will request this via e-mail but please note that this may mean your application cannot be considered in the current round of funding. 
• We ask you to acknowledge receipt of the grant by e-mail so that we know the grant has been safely received, and for completeness of our records – please wait until you have confirmed receipt of your grant before doing this. Those successful applicants who do not acknowledge receipt of their grant within a reasonable time period will have a note on file to this effect and this could be detrimental to the outcome of a subsequent application.
• The Trustees are allowing applicants to make an application to the COVID Fund as well as the Trust’s Main Grants Programme (our ongoing grants programme) during the same financial year.  Please note that you are only allowed to make one application to the Main Grants Programme per financial year.

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