APPLY FOR FUNDING: GUIDANCE AND APPLICATION FORM
Guidance
About us
Chance to Flourish (registered charity number SC046177) is a new Scottish Charity and society lottery operating as part of the
new, weekly Scottish Children’s Lottery. Chance to Flourish operates as a “grant giving” charity seeking to advance education,
health and social development of pre-school children and their families and carers. We seek to support projects and activities
in Scotland, with the aspiration of alleviating the impact of poverty or financial hardship, social exclusion, relative/multiple
deprivation and disability or illness.
Our mission
To work to ensure that every child in Scotland is given the opportunity to grow and develop to their full potential.
What we will fund
Projects or activities that we will support will:
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be undertaken by registered charities that hold a charity bank account
be delivered in Scotland
work with the most vulnerable families with pre-school children at a demonstrably high risk of being negatively impacted
by poverty
• demonstrate involvement of individuals and communities that understand and have experience of the issues that poverty
presents
• work outside, or supplementary to, statutory responsibilities
• clearly demonstrate positive impacts
Examples of projects or activities that we may consider funding include those delivering:
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practical family support including food, clothing and shelter
support for single parents including parenting skills, health and nutrition
accessible and affordable daycare or play facilities
support for vulnerable parents with preschool children or families with pre-school children suffering from any type of
disability
We will not fund
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statutory agencies or projects or activities which are a statutory responsibility
more than 50% of the total project or activity costs
a project or activity that takes place outside of Scotland
retrospective or deficit funding or repayment of loans
administration costs (including marketing and IT)
projects or activities undertaken by any organisation other than by registered charities
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How much can you apply for?
Any amount up to £5,000, £10,000, £25,000 or £50,000.
How we will fund
We are helped in our grant-making process by STV Children’s Appeal (registered charity number SCO42429) which has a long
track record in promoting and supporting children’s charities throughout Scotland. Whilst the purposes of Chance to Flourish
and the STV Children’s Appeal are aligned, each has an approach to funding which is complementary. STV Children’s Appeal
is proactive whilst Chance to Flourish will fund through an open application process. Applications for funding which satisfy our
guidance and are received not less than four weeks before the quarterly funding award meeting of the Chance to Flourish Board
of Trustees (“the quarterly deadline”) will be considered in that four week period. The final decisions as to the award of funding
will be determined by the Trustees. Applications received after the quarterly deadline will be considered in the following period.
Application Milestones
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Interested parties complete application form
STV Children’s Appeal reviews all applications on behalf of Chance to Flourish and prepares a shortlist of applications
Further information may be required (including by interview and/or project/activity/charity visits)
Quarterly meeting of Chance to Flourish Board of Trustees
Terms of Funding of successful applicants issued and accepted
Funding issued to successful applicants
We will work with all successful applicants on an appropriate marketing and media plan and all successful applicants will be
required to complete an impact analysis which will be supplied.
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Application
What is the full legal name of your charity?
What is your charity registration number?
Address:
Telephone number:
Email:
Please provide details of the charity main contact who we should contact if we need to regarding your application. This does
not need to be the same person as has signed this application
Name
Job title
Contact number
Email
Tell us about your charity
Please describe your charity generally including details of the size of your organisation (staff and volunteers) and any projects
or activities presently being undertaken (250 words)
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Tell us about your project or activity
Please describe the project or activity your application relates to (250 words)
How will it meet the aims of Chance to Connect as detailed below (it is not necessary to complete all the sections)
Alleviating the impact of poverty or financial hardship (150 words)
Alleviating social exclusion (150 words)
Alleviating deprivation (150 words)
Alleviating disability or illness (150 words)
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Tell us who this project is aimed at
Who is your project or activity aimed at? (250 words)
Delivery
How will you deliver the project or activity? (250 words)
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Impacts
Describe the impacts your project or activity will deliver. (250 words)
What is the Local Authority area(s) that will be covered by your project or activity?
Calculate the number of children/families who will directly benefit from your project or activity
What is the start date of your project or activity?
What is the end date?
If no end date, how will the project or activity continue after the funding that you are applying for is exhausted?
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Skills and experience
What skills and experience does the charity have in delivering the project or activity or similar projects or activities? (250 words)
Other funding
What other funding have you secured for the project or activity? If none, please describe the funding you will apply for and
when. (750 words)
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Project cost
How much will the project or activity cost and how much are you asking for from us? Please provide a breakdown of all of the
costs the project or activity will incur and the elements of the project or activity that the funding you are requesting from us
will cover.
Data protection notice
We will use the information you give us to consider your application, to administer and analyse awards, for our own research
purposes and to interact with you. We may share some or all of this information with organisations we engage from time to time
to help manage your data and with organisations we consult during the application process, when administering awards and
evaluating funding processes and impacts, but only for those purposes and we do not permit them to further use or share any
personal data. These organisations will include STV Children’s Appeal. Applications for grant funding may be shared with three
other Scottish charities; Chance to Connect (registered Charity number SC046173), Chance to Study (registered Charity number
SC046178) and Chance to Succeed (registered Charity number SC046179), each of which operates as a society lottery under the
umbrella brand “Scottish Children’s Lottery”. For more information see our Privacy Statement at www.chancetoflourish.co.uk
If you provide false or inaccurate information in your application or at any point in the life of any funding we award you we may
require repayment of any award that is granted to you. You must inform all Directors, Trustees, Members and other officers of
your charity of this data protection notice.
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Declaration
By signing this application you warrant that:
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The charity named above completed this application form and will deliver the project or activity specified in the application
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The information given in this application is true and accurate in all respects
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Your application has been authorised by the governing body of your charity (the board or committee that runs your
organisation)
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You understand that the making of misleading statements or withholding information at any point may, in our discretion,
render your application invalid and the charity may be liable to repay any money you have received
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You agree we can use the information you have provided for the purposes described under the data protection notice
opposite, you have informed all relevant people of the terms of the Data Protection notice and that you have the permission
of any natural persons to disclose that information to us
Authorised signatory on behalf of the applicant
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Forename(s)Surname
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Make sure you’ve answered all of the questions in this application form and given all information requested before sending
it to us. If your application is incomplete it will take longer to process. Please note that we may be oversubscribed and, if
so, we may only consider applications that are complete.
Send to:
Chance to Flourish
PO Box 7427
GLASGOW
G51 9EQ
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