The Funding Process
Contact Northamptonshire Community Foundation to discuss your project ideas on
01604 230033. All application forms can also be downloaded from our website on www.ncf.uk.com
On receipt of Application we strongly recommend that you contact us so that we can support you in writing your application. We have a dedicated Community Development Manager to guide you through this process.Please note that if you want to receive feedback on a draft application that you must submit this to Matt Keen by 12 Noon on Friday before the application deadline.
Send application to Northamptonshire Community Foundation via email and a signed hard copy in the post. The application will be assessed by the Grants officer who may contact you to ask for further information and request any missing information. A reference request will also be sent out to the independent referee you have put forward.
Application is submitted to the Grants panel for a decision
Letter is sent to you to inform you of the panel’s decision
If successful, applicant will be sent a funding contract to sign and send back
BACS Payment will be made to the group’s bank account and an end of project report form sent for the group to complete at the end of the project timescales.
The group may receive a visit from a representative of Northamptonshire Community Foundation to see how the project is getting on and to support actively implementing their Child Protection Policy and other relevant good practice.
All end of Project reports must be sent out no later than six weeks after the project’s end.