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Dr Clare Jefferis (Trust Fund Secretary)
The Old Summer House
22 Gloucester Road
Almondsbury
BS32 4AD.

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The South West YMCA Trust Fund (Registered Charity no. 801715)

Grant Application Form

Please note: In order to be considered at a trustees’ meeting, please ensure your application is received by the Secretary by 20^th April or 20^th October annually.

If you have questions about completing this form, please contact the SW YMCA Trust Fund Secretary: secretary@swymcatrustfund.co.uk

Name of YMCA:

Address:

Contact telephone no:

Contact email:

Email for application receipt (if different from above):

Name and role of person completing the application.

Total cost of project

Total grant applied for

Your YMCA’s contribution

Please tick which grant category you are applying for:

To develop a sense of belonging to and a better understanding of the YMCA Movement

Training and education with a Christian and spiritual purpose for young people aged 9-25

Training and development for staff and those with governance responsibility for local YMCAs

Development of new work for YMCAs individually or for collaborative YMCA work in the region

For emergency funding that fulfils the charitable objectives of the SW YMCA Trust Fund

What is the purpose of this application? What will it enable you to do? If this grant is for training, please list the names of attendees and training provider.

How would this grant benefit the YMCA?

What are the expected start and finish dates for this work?

Please provide a simple budget or breakdown of costs

Please list other sources of funding approached to fund this activity; including what funds have been received

If you have previously received a grant from the South West YMCA Trust Fund, please include a very short report here on how that grant was used and the benefits it brought. Please include the date awarded and the value of the grant

I am happy for the trust fund to use quotes or photographs from us on their website.

Please contact us before using any quotes or photographs on the website.

Value of grants awarded: Grants awarded are usually between £700 and £1,200 For a larger project, the Trust will award a grant up to £3,500, as long as the YMCA can demonstrate:

That over 50% of the funding is in place or pledged for a project.

That over 80% of the funding is in place or pledged for training costs.

That over 80% of the funding is in place or pledged for youth participation events, such as National, European or World YMCA events.

And that the YMCA is making a contribution themselves.

Please note:

Each application must be approved by the Chief Executive or equivalent and the Treasurer, and by ticking the boxes within the application you are confirming their approval has been given.
Each grant awarded must be acknowledged on receipt of approval notification.
Each grant awarded must be thanked when the funds are received.
If the grant awarded is to provide training, and any attendee is unable to attend, then this part of the grant should be returned to the SWTF. If work is not carried out as applied for in the grant application, then this grant should be returned to the SWTF.
The trustees require a short report or photos with captions saying how the grant benefited a YMCA or an individual. There is a section on the application form to tell us about past grants.

This application is authorised and approved by both:

Chief Executive or equivalent:

Treasurer:

If your application is successful, the grant will be paid directly into your bank account. Please provide bank details: Sort code:

Account Name:

Account Number:

The Sort Code: