Apply | The McClay Foundation

Please be advised that The McClay Foundation can only consider applications made via this online grant application form. Before completing this form, you may find it useful to refer to our FAQs which can be accessed here.

By completing this application form, you are consenting to The McClay Foundation processing any personal information you provide in accordance with its privacy policy. Our privacy policy can be accessed here. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy or wish to exercise any of your rights, details for our Data Protection contact can be found within the policy.

1. Category

Please confirm in what capacity the application is being made. Please tick as applicable:

1. Category(Required)

Charity

Non-charitable organization

Private Individual

2. Name of Applicant

Please provide the name of the Charity, Organisation or Individual that is applying. Please only complete one field:

Name of Charity and Charity Number:

Name of Organisation:

Name of Private Individual:

3. Contact Details

Person to contact in regard to this application (if different to above):

Surname:(Required)

First name:(Required)

Title:(Required)

Position:

Email(Required)

Address:(Required)

Address Line 2

Town(Required)

County/Prefecture(Required)

Postcode/Zip code(Required)

Country(Required)

Telephone number(Required)

If completing as a charity or an organisation please proceed to section 4.

If completing as a private individual please proceed to section 5.

4. Current activities of charity or organisation

Please only complete this section if you are applying as an organisation or a charity.

(a) What is your charity/organisation set up to do? Include a brief overview of the services your charity/organisation offers.

It would be helpful to include brief details of approximately how many people your charity/organisation supports, the geographical area(s) in which it operates and any particular sectors of the community who are involved. For example, if you are a Children’s Charity based in Northern Ireland, please describe what areas of child support your charity focuses on, approximately how many children/families your charity is currently supporting, and the regions in Northern Ireland in which your charity is working. (Maximum 300 words). Please note - if you are providing personal information about another living individual, please provide written confirmation that you have obtained the appropriate consent to process their personal data and to share that personal data with The McClay Foundation.

(b) What are your current activities relevant to this application? Include a brief description of your current activities that are relevant to the project for which you are applying for funding.

For example, if you are seeking support for an academic project, provide detail of the current areas of research that you are involved in and how it relates to the project for which you are seeking support. (Maximum 200 words).

(c) Who are your current beneficiaries? Please describe who currently benefits from the activities of your charity/organisation.

Please note - if you are providing personal information about another living individual, please provide written confirmation that you have obtained the appropriate consent to process their personal data and to share that personal data with The McClay Foundation. (Maximum 200 words).

5. Current activities of private individual

(a) Please provide a brief overview of the activities that you are currently involved in that are relevant to the project. Please include your current employment status, e.g. employed/self-employed/student.(Required)

For example, if you are a nurse and your experience as a carer will assist you in your project, please detail how your knowledge and experience will assist the project. (Maximum 500 words).

6. Project Summary

Please provide the proposed project title and the proposed commencement and finish date within the fields below.

Project Title(Required)

Start Date(Required)

Finish Date(Required)

7. Project Details

(a) Please provide a brief project description including details of the purpose of the project, why the project is needed and what the project aims to do or is seeking to achieve. (Maximum 300 words).(Required)

(b) To the extent not included in the response provided at 7a, please outline who you expect to benefit from the project including details of how many people will benefit or otherwise be involved, and any particular sectors of the community that the project will develop. In addition, outline the specific geographical regions that will benefit and any particular sections of the community that will be involved.(Required)

Please note - if you are providing personal information about another living individual, please provide written confirmation that you have obtained the appropriate consent to process their personal data and to share that personal data with The McClay Foundation. (Maximum 200 words).

(c) What is distinctive about the project and what does it seek to achieve? (Maximum 200 words).(Required)

8. Grant Request

Please provide details of: (i) the total anticipated cost of the project overall; and (ii) the total grant request which you are making to The McClay Foundation.

In relation to your Grant Request, please provide a breakdown of how funds will be used. Please ensure that you have read FAQ ‘Is my project eligible for support?’ before completing this section.

Please complete a detailed budget of the funds required and what the funds will be used for. The McClay Foundation cannot accept more than one application from the same applicant in any one year.

List(Required)

Grant request budget by item breakdown/description

£

Grant Request Total(Required)

Total cost of the project(Required)

9. Income for project from other funding bodies

If you are asking The McClay Foundation to fund only part of the cost of what you need, please give details in the table below of applications you have made to other organisations. Please detail any guaranteed funding from other Trusts or Funding Bodies and the amount of support offered.

List

Name of organisation:

Amount requested:

Amount awarded:

10. Experience of financial management

Please describe your experience with managing accounts and grant funds.(Required)

Please detail the financial position of the applicant and demonstrate your financial competence to administer grant support. For example, please provide evidence of previous projects where you have managed a grant or list your experience with managing funds and financial accounts. (Maximum 200 words).

11. Reporting to the McClay Foundation and safeguarding matters

Reporting(Required)

Please detail how you will assess the impact of the project and how you propose to update The McClay Foundation on the progress of the project. In the event that a grant award is made, The McClay Foundation reserves the right to establish mandatory reporting requirements as part of the terms attaching to any such grant. (maximum 200 words)

Safeguarding(Required)

Please outline how your organisation/charity deals with safeguarding matters. If you have a policy, please upload this with your application. If your organisation/charity is not required to have a safeguarding policy in place, please explain why this is the case and provide full details of how safeguarding (if relevant) is dealt with in the absence of a policy. If you are applying as a Private Individual, please outline if/how safeguarding is relevant to the project for which you are applying for funding, and how you intend to manage safeguarding in the context of your project. (maximum 200 words)

12. Previous applications to the foundation

Please list any other applications or support received from The McClay Foundation.

List

Date: (dd/mm/yyyy)

Project name:

Amount requested:

If successful, Amount received:

13. Consent to process personal information

Please confirm that you consent to The McClay Foundation processing your personal information and, where applicable, that you have the consent of any other data subjects to share their personal information with us. Please indicate the source of this consent.

Consent(Required)

I consent to The McClay Foundation processing my personal information in accordance with its privacy policy.(Required)

Consent

I am also providing personal information about another data subject. I confirm that I have obtained that data subject’s consent to process share their personal information and share it with The McClay Foundation.

14. Declaration

Only signed and dated Application Forms will be accepted. Only authorised signatories may sign on behalf of Companies or Charities. I declare that the statements in this Application Form are true.

Signature(Required)

Print Name(Required)

Date(Required)

Please note that if you do not complete the form in full this will delay your application.

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