How to apply for a grant

You can use this website to apply for a grant from the Richmond Civic Trust only.

For other grant funds, including those previously delivered by Thames Community Foundation please visit The London Community Foundation

Please apply on-line for a grant from the Richmond Civic Trust.

Before you start to complete your online application, please ensure that:

1. you have read and understood the eligibility criteria and priorities

2. you are aware of the maximum grant available

3. you have to hand the necessary documents to support your application 4. you are aware of the relevant deadline for submitting your application.

Regrettably, many grant applications cannot be considered because:

1. they do not meet the eligibility criteria

2. they arrived after the deadline

3. they are not complete, often because some of the required documents are not included with the application.

Please see the section below for full details of the application process.

We suggest that you do not leave your application until the last minute and, wherever possible, that you apply well before the closing date.

If in any doubt about eligibility or closing dates or any other matters relating to your application, please call Katharine Barber on 020 7582 5117. A phone call now may save both you and us a lot of time later.

Important note: Please note that we do not consider and cannot respond to general appeals for donations.  All funding applications must be made on the relevant application form and funding applied for must be to cover clearly defined costs relating to a specific project, activity or other discrete piece of work.

Grant Application Process

To apply for a grant, please read the following carefully:

Please make sure that your organisation, the project which requires funding, the borough you will be working in and the sum you are applying for all meet the criteria for the Fund you are applying to.

Below, there are three options to access Part A of the application form. Please ensure that you use the application form relevant to the Fund you are applying to.

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The application form is in two parts (A and B).

1. Part A of the application form.

To acces Part A of the application form for Richmond Civic Trust please click here

 

The process is now as follows: Once you have entered your e-mail address and clicked on the white arrow in the green circle, you will then be e-mailed a link to Part A of the application form itself. This normally takes a few minutes. If you think you haven't received the e-mail with the link, it’s a good idea to check your spam/junk-mail folder as your spam filter may divert our e-mail there.

When you have opened up the link e-mailed to you, you can start to complete the form. Provided that you click “save” before you close it, what you have filled in will be saved and you can return to your unique link later to complete the rest. You can also e-mail the link to someone else to complete another section of the form or to get another management committee member or trustee to read it through. Do not click "submit" until you are 100% ready to do so.

Once you are happy with what you have written and Part A is complete, click on “submit”. If you have not completed all the relevant sections of the form, you will be reminded to do so before you can submit.

Please note that once you have submitted Part A online, you will not be able to make any further changes.

Shortly after you have submitted Part A, you will receive an automatically generated e-mail from us. If you think that you haven't received this, it is a good idea to check your spam/junk-mail folder as your spam filter may divert the automatically generated e-mail there.

This e-mail will have two attachments:

1. A pdf version of the Part A you have just submitted
2. A Word version of Part B of the application form

The e-mail will contain further details of what to do next to complete your application.

 

2. Part B of the application form

Part B asks you to give details of your group's bank account, your referee, your management committee and includes a checklist of the documents you will need to send us. It also contains the terms and conditions of funding should your application be successful.

You can preview Part B and see the list of documents required by clicking here.

Sending us the forms and documents

Please ensure that your application arrives with us by noon on the relevant closing date.

Your application will not be considered complete until we have received:

1. Part A (on-line and a hard signed copy by post)
2. Part B (a hard signed copy by post)
3. All other required documents (by post)
4. Any additional information that we ask for (by e-mail or by post)

We suggest that you do not start to complete the application form until you are sure that have the all documents available to send to us.

For example, you may not have to hand a copy of your constitution or your financial accounts and bank statements may be with your organisation’s treasurer.

If your group works with children and young people or with vulnerable adults your application will not be considered unless you have relevant safeguarding policies.

Sorry, but applications which are not complete will not be considered.

Please send hard copies of the application forms (Parts A and B) and the other required documents by post to:

Thames Community Foundation

c/o The London Community Foundation

357 Kennington Lane

London

SE11 5QY

Tel: 020 7582 5117

Email: katharine@londoncf.org.uk

 

• Please remember to put correct postage on your envelope. Incorrect postage may mean a delay in receiving your application or it may not arrive at all. If in any doubt, please check postage rates with Royal Mail. Please note that proof of posting by you is not proof of receipt by us.

• You must ensure that we receive the application no later than 12 noon on the closing date. 

• Don’t forget to keep a copy of the completed application (both Parts A and B) as you may need to refer to them if we have any queries about your application

Once again, if you are in any doubt about eligibility or closing dates or any other matters relating to your application, please call us on 020 7582 5117. A phone call now may save both you and us a lot of time later.

 

End of Grant Reporting

As a condition of any grant, all funded groups are asked to submit an end of grant report and evidence of grant spend when their project has finished. The end of grant reporting is a very significant part of the grant process both for funded groups and for funders or donors. It is important, for example, to understand what outcomes were achieved with the support of the grant and what can be learned from the successes and indeed any failures of the funded project or activities. Funded groups which do not submit their end of grant reports by the agreed date will not be eligible for any further funding.

Documents Policy

 

We will retain on file all successful applications for up to seven years from  the date of the award after which they will be disposed of by shredding. Unsuccessful applications will be retained on file for one year (application forms only) and then shredded. All other documents relating to unsuccessful applications will be shredded once the application has been declined.