APPLY TO THE FESTIVE FUND 2026

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BEFORE YOU START

To apply for a grant you need to answer some questions and upload some documents.

You can save your application at any time. To do this, click the box at the top of each page and enter your details. You will be emailed a link that you can use to resume your application at another time. You can also share this link with other people in your group

Some of the questions have word limits for your answers. For instance, a description of what you would spend a grant on. These questions have long word limits as some people like to give a lot of detail. However, we don't usually expect you to write more than about 300 words for these answers.

You should get your group's documents ready before you begin. We ask you to upload:

a bank statement in your group's name from the last 3 months
your group's most recent accounts
your group's current safeguarding policy, which must meet our minimum standards (see the safeguarding section on our FAQ page)
your group's constitution or governing document

The application can take up to about 90 minutes to complete. We don't want you to waste your time applying when we cannot give you a grant. The next page has a quick eligibility quiz to try and stop this happening.

Please email us on info@somersetcf.org.uk or call us on

01749 344949 if you need help. We're here to help you with any technical difficulties you might have, including assistance if you cannot apply online. We can also help to clarify any queries you might have about eligibility, priorities, and our different funds. Contacting us first will save you time if you are unsure about anything.

YOUR GROUP

What's your group called? Tell us the full name of your group as shown on your governing document.

What type of group is it? Tell us if it is a charity, community group, social enterprise or something else.

Company number

We can fund CICs but we will need to understand your trading model. Please outline your trading model in the below box. For more information on our approach to funding social enterprises, please see our FAQs

We can fund Company's limited by Guarantee, but we will need to understand your trading model and how you operate as a not-for-profit business. Please outline these in the box below. We will also check that all Directors have shared control and that you have a not for profit clause in your articles of association.

We can fund unincorporated groups, but if income is regularly over £5,000 we would need to understand your approach to becoming incorporated. This is because the Charity Commission's guidance on income thresholds. More information on their guidance can be found here. If this applies to your group, please outline your approach to becoming incorporated here.

Charity number

When did your group start? Enter the start date in the following format DD/MM/YYYY

What was your group set up to do? Tell us why it was established and who it serves.

You can write up to 500 words, but 50 to 200 words should be enough.

ADDRESS DETAILS

What's your group's main address and postcode?

Street

Town

County

Postcode

What's your group's main telephone number?

What's your group's main email address?

What's your group's website address?

Email Domain

What was your group’s most recent annual income? Tell us what your income was in your last accounts. If you’re a new group, then enter 0.

Enter whole numbers only without £

How much money does your group currently have in free reserves? Free reserves are the funds your group has that aren’t already committed or restricted for a specific purpose, project, or future cost. In other words, it’s the money you could spend freely to keep your work going.

Enter whole numbers only without £

STAFF AND VOLUNTEER NUMBERS

Please enter the number of full and part time staff and volunteers you have in your organisation

Full time staff

Part time staff

Volunteers

YOUR CONTACT DETAILS

Please provide details for your group's main contact. This will be the first person we contact if we need to discuss your project, and the person we contact with the outcome of your application.

First name:

Last name:

Preferred Email

Personal Email

Work Email

Preferred Phone Number

Home Phone

Work Phone

Mobile Phone

Role within the group

Does the main contact have any additional communication needs?

Yes No

If so, please specify:

YOUR APPLICATION

In one sentence, please tell us what this grant would enable your group to do.

Up to 25 words only

When do you want to start spending the grant, if you get it?

When do you think you would finish spending the grant?

What's the postcode where most of the beneficiaries live? This might be the same as your group's address, but it might be somewhere else.

Please tell us about your plans for the festive season.

What will you do with a grant, who will be involved in making it happen, and where will it take place?

500 word limit.

Tell us about the people who you hope will benefit from the activities described above. Who are they and why do you think they would benefit from your project?

500 word limit.

What are your Safeguarding arrangements? Tell us about the policies and procedures you have to keep staff, volunteers and the people you work with safe and free from potential abuse.

500 word limit..

How much money do you need in total to make this happen?

Enter whole numbers only without £

How much money are you asking us for?

Enter whole numbers only without £

Using a new line for each item, please detail exactly how you will spend the money, if awarded.

Where will the rest of the money come from? If you are applying for, or have already received, other funding then please tell us where this has come from and the amount

YOUR IMPACT

How many people will benefit from this grant? Be realistic and focus on those who are likely to see a significant change.

Which group of people do you think will benefit the most? Select 'other' if none of the options matches your work.

How old will most of those people be?

What ethnicity will most of those people belong to?

Which gender will most of those people belong to?

THE DIFFERENCE YOU WILL MAKE

Please select the main difference your project/activity will make.

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

On this page you will be asked to submit some documents. If you cannot submit them at this stage, please email them to us before the round deadline at info@somersetcf.org.uk.

BANK DETAILS

Account name

Not the name of your bank

Sort code

6 digits without spaces or dashes

Account number

8 digits without spaces or dashes

Building society number

You only need to fill this in if your organisation’s account is with a building society or a credit union. If your account is a credit union account you should record your membership number in this field.

Upload a bank statement from within the last 3 months. The image must clearly show the bank's name or logo; the account name; the account number and sort code. If you have a new bank account opened within the last three months, we can accept a bank welcome letter instead of a statement. The letter must confirm the date the account was opened and all of the account details.

ACCOUNTS

Upload your group's most recent accounts. These should show your group's balance of funds, income and expenditure. If you do not have financial records covering a full year then you will need to provide the records you currently have.

GOVERNING DOCUMENT

Upload your group's governing document. You might call this your constitution, articles of association, or set or rules.

SAFEGUARDING POLICY

Upload your group's safeguarding policy. This must be up-to-date, within its review period and relevant to your group's work. See the safeguarding section on our FAQ page to find the minimum we expect to see in a safeguarding policy

SUPPORTING DOCUMENTS

Upload supporting documents. These might include quotes for works, community consultation information or anything else that you think might support your application.

SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION

In order to submit your application, you need to respond to the following statements.

I have been authorised by my group's governing body to submit this application and accept the terms and conditions on their behalf.

Yes

I have provided accurate and complete information in this application, to the best of my knowledge, and I will notify Somerset Community Foundation if anything changes.

Yes

I understand that Somerset Community Foundation will process and store any personal information provided in accordance with our Data Protection Policy. For more information about how we gather and store data, please read our Privacy Statement.

Yes

If funded, my group is willing to appear in publicity produced by Somerset Community Foundation. We understand that this may not be appropriate for some groups, and it is therefore not a requirement of funding. It would be helpful to know if you can support us in this way.

If you want to save a copy of your application, you will be given the option to print - save to PDF on the next page, prior to submission.

Please check your answers to the questions in the 'Check You Can Apply' section of this Form. We can only accept applications that match certain requirements.

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