Social Enterprise Grant Programme 2025-26Grant Application Form

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Contact Details

Organisation Name

Address

Town

Post Code

Telephone

Website

General Email

Are you part of a larger organisation?

Main Contact Person

These are the details that will be used for correspondence purposes

Title

Forename(s)

Surname

Job Title

Work / Office Phone

Mobile Phone

Secondary Contact Person

These are the details that will be used for correspondence purposes if the main contact is unavailable.

Title

Forename(s)

Surname

Job Title

Work / Office Phone

Mobile Phone

About your organisation

When was your organisation established?

What type of organisation are you?

Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisations (SCIO)Companies Limited by GuaranteeNot-for-profit company or asset locked company or Community Interest Companies (CIC)Cooperative and Community Benefit SocietiesAll Scottish charity numbers start with SC. Please enter your number without spaces i.e. SC012345 not SCO 12345.

Charity Number

Company Number

Staffing and Volunteers

How many of each of the following are involved in the organisation?

Full time staff

Part time staff

Trustees

Volunteers

Excluding management committee

Briefly describe the purpose of your organisation, outlining the main activities and services you provide and to whom.

Financial Details

What was your total income over last accounting year?

Please state the name, position and company details of the independent examiner who has signed your accounts.

Bank account name

Do NOT provide the name of the Bank/Building Society

Bank Account Number

Bank Sort Code

DO NOT enter spaces or dashes

If your account name is not the same as the name of your organisation, please state the reason why.

Your Project

Project Name

Project / funding start date

Not before 17/11/2025

Project / funding end date

Not after 13/02/2026

Please confirm that you have considered the time pressures and have identified that you have the capacity to spend this investment by 13/02/2026.

I confirm

In this section you will need to tell us about what you plan to do with the investment.

You will need to tell us why you have chosen this approach to growing your business

You will need to tell us why this investment is needed now.

You will also need to tell us how this investment will help you realise your market potential and grow your business, (e.g. by exploring new markets, investing current activities to scale, launch a pilot project)

Finally, you will need to describe how you will measure the impact this investment has had i.e. what difference the investment has made to your business growth.

Details of Grant Funding Requested

What is the total cost of the project?

How much money are you applying to us for?

Is the amount you are applying for greater or equal to the total cost of the project?

Warning

Please adjust these figures so that the Total Cost of the project is greater or equal to the total amount you are applying for

If you are not applying for 100% of the total project cost, please tell us where else your project funding is coming from

Funder	Amount secured / applied for?
	£
	£
	£
	£

Please provide a full breakdown of the grant request. Ensure the breakdown adds up to the amount you have requested, and not the project total cost. Please provide the calculations for each item in the table below.

Item/Description

Cost

Total cost of all items

Does the total match the amount being applied for?

Supporting Documents and Confirmations

Please confirm you have the appropriate policies and procedures in place to deliver this project.

I confirm

Please confirm you have a safeguarding policy if your organisation’s core work or the project you are applying for involves children or vulnerable adults.

I confirm

Please confirm that you have an EDI (Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion) policy.

I confirm

This funding is subject to meeting the real living wage principles of the Fair Work Framework as specified in section 3.1.5 and 3.1.6 for the guidance. Please confirm that you will adhere to this requirement.

I confirm

If your grant request is for any item(s) costing more than £3,000 please confirm that you obtain at least two quotes for each of those items.

YesNoNot applicable

A copy of a recent bank statement with your bank name, account name, sort code and account number will be uploaded with your application.

A copy of your governing document submitted with the application is the most up-to-date version adopted by the members of the organisation.

If you do not have the bank statement available electronically, please submit the application and email it as soon as possible to sedg.grants@tsdg.org.uk.

All your documents must be received within 5 days of submitting or by the application deadline, whichever is sooner.

Please note that your application may not be processed for assessment until all the required documents, listed above, have been received.

Declaration

I declare that the information contained in this application is correct, and that I am authorised to make the application on behalf of the named organisation and with whom it has been discussed. I understand that decisions made by the scoring panel are final.

Full name

Date

By submitting your application, you agree to allow Third Sector Dumfries and Galloway to retain your personal data on its database to process your application. We will use the information you give us to help assess your application and administer any grant we award you. We may also publish this information on our website or use it to analyse our grant making for our own research or for others. We may give copies of this information to individuals and organisations we consult when assessing applications, when monitoring grants and evaluating our programmes. We may also use this information for training purposes. This is in line with our Privacy Notice which you can read at www.tsdg.org.uk

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