Sustainable Community Buildings - Application Summary
Here are all the questions we ask in the application form for Sustainable Community Buildings. The guidance gives you more details about what you will need to tell us in your answers.
Section 1 - Your project
Please tell us about your project in this section. This is the most important section when it comes to making a decision about whether you will receive funding.
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What is the name of your project? |
The project name should be simple and to the point. |
Where will your project take place? |
If your project covers more than one area please tell us where most of it will take place.
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Tell us all the locations the project will run in |
In your own words, describe all of the locations that you’ll be running your project in. For example, ‘Armagh’ or ‘Belfast’ or ‘Kesh and Ederney’. |
What is the postcode of where your project will take place? |
If your project will take place across different locations, please use the postcode of the building or address where most of the project will take place. You must provide the full postcode. If you do not know the postcode, you can use the Royal Mail Postcode Finder to try and find it. |
Tell us what community activities your building is used for |
For example, youth club, food bank, lunch club, advice clinic. You must complete and submit a building usage spreadsheet. There’s a link to a template you must use later in the form. You can write up to 500 words for this section. |
Tell us about the age of your building (when it was constructed), its postcode and any improvements you have already made to its environmental performance |
For example, added double glazing or insulation. We cannot offer you funding if you already have solar panels. We’ll ask you to upload a picture of your building later in the form. You can write up to 500 words for this section. |
Tell us the roles of the two people connected to your organisation who are willing to take part in a carbon literacy training course |
One of these roles must be a committee or board member. The other should be a staff member or an active volunteer. You can write up to 100 words for this section. |
Section 2 - Your organisation
Please tell us about your organisation, including legal name and registered address. This helps us understand the type of organisation you are.
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What is the full legal name of your organisation? |
This must be as shown on your governing document. Your governing document could be called one of several things, depending on the type of organisation you're applying on behalf of. It might be called a constitution, trust deed, memorandum and articles of association, or something else entirely. You might find it on a registration website - for example, Companies House or a Charities Register. |
Does your organisation use a different name in its day-to-day work? |
This is how you might be known if you're not just known by your legal name (the legal name is on your governing document or registration website).
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What is the name your organisation uses in its day-to-day work? |
This is how you might be known if you're not just known as . |
What is the organisation's postcode? (Optional) |
For example, EC4A 1DE |
Building and street |
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Address line 2 (Optional) |
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Town or city |
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County (Optional) |
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Postcode |
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When was your organisation set up? |
This is the date your organisation took on its current legal status. It should be on your governing document. If you do not know the exact date, it can be an approximate date. For example, 02-11-2024 |
What type of organisation are you? |
If you're both a charity and a company - just pick ‘Not-for-profit company’ below.
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Companies House number |
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Charity registration number (Optional) |
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Charity registration number |
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Department for Education number |
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What is your accounting year end date? |
For example, 31 03 |
What is your total income for the year? |
Use whole numbers only, like 12000. |
Section 3 - Senior contact
Provide the details of your senior contact. They’ll be legally responsible for the funding. They can’t be married to, in a civil partnership with, in a long-term relationship with, living with, or related to the main contact or through a long-term partner.
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What is the role of the senior contact? |
You already told us what sort of organisation you are. So the senior contact role options we're giving you now are based on your organisation type. Unregistered voluntary organisation
Company
Registered Charity
Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO or SCIO)
Community Interest Company (CIC)
School
College or University
Statutory Bodies Parish Council
Town Council
Local Authority
NHS Trust/Health Authority
Faith-based group
Registered Charity and Not-for-profit Company
School or educational body and Charity
School or educational body and Company
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What is the role of the senior contact? |
You already told us what sort of organisation you are. So the senior contact role options we're giving you now are based on your organisation type. |
First name (in full) |
This cannot be a shortened name, initial or nickname. |
Last name |
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What is the senior contact's date of birth? |
We need their date of birth to do an identity check. If it's entered incorrectly, it could delay your application. For example, 30 03 1980 |
What is the senior contact's postcode? (Optional) |
For example, EC4A 1DE |
Building and street |
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Address line 2 (Optional) |
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Town or city |
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County (Optional) |
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Postcode |
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Have they lived at the address, for the last three years? |
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What is the senior contact's postcode at their previous address? |
For example, EC4A 1DE |
Building and street |
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Address line 2 (Optional) |
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Town or city |
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County (Optional) |
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Postcode |
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The senior contact's email address |
We’ll use this if we need to get in touch with the senior contact about the project. |
The senior contact's telephone number |
We’ll use this if we need to get in touch with the senior contact about the project. |
Does the senior contact have any additional communication needs? (Optional) |
For example, if they need information in a specific language or format. |
What language should we use to contact the senior contact? |
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Section 4 - Main contact
Please provide details for your main contact. This will be the first person we contact if we need to discuss your project.
Question | Guidance |
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First name (in full) |
This cannot be a shortened name, initial or nickname. |
Last name |
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What is the main contact's date of birth? |
We need their date of birth to do an identity check. If it's entered incorrectly, it could delay your application. For example, 30 03 1980 |
What is the main contact's postcode? (Optional) |
For example, EC4A 1DE |
Building and street |
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Address line 2 (Optional) |
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Town or city |
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County (Optional) |
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Postcode |
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Have they lived at the address, for the last three years? |
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What is the main contact's postcode at their previous address? |
For example, EC4A 1DE |
Building and street |
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Address line 2 (Optional) |
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Town or city |
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County (Optional) |
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Postcode |
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The main contact's email address |
We’ll use this if we need to get in touch with the main contact about the project. |
The main contact's telephone number |
We’ll use this if we need to get in touch with the main contact about the project. |
Does the main contact have any additional communication needs? (Optional) |
For example, if they need information in a specific language or format. |
What language should we use to contact the main contact? |
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Section 5 - Supporting documents
We need some additional financial information to help us assess your application. Please attach the following documents to this form.
Question | Guidance |
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Upload a template showing how often your building is used |
Use our template (opens in a new tab) to tell us about the number of people who use your building and its opening hours. File must be a PDF, PNG or JPEG and less than 20MB. |
Upload a copy of your latest financial accounts |
The accounts must show your income and expenditure. If you do not have yearly accounts because you’re a new organisation (less than 15 months old), that’s okay. We can still look at your application. If your financial accounts are older than 10 months, you should upload draft accounts. File must be a PDF, PNG or JPEG and less than 20MB. |
Upload a picture of the outside of your building |
This will help us confirm where your building is. File must be a PDF, PNG or JPEG and less than 20MB. |
Section 6 - Declaration
In order to submit your application, you will need to agree to our terms and conditions.
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You have been authorised by the governing body of your organisation (the board or committee that runs your organisation) to submit this application and accept the declaration on their behalf. |
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You have been authorised by the people named as the Main Contact and Senior Contact to include them in this proposal and to submit their details in this form to us. |
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All the information you have provided in your application is accurate and complete; and you will notify us of any changes. |
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You understand that if a grant is offered to your organisation it will be subject to our terms and conditions. |
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You understand that we will use any personal information you have provided for the purposes described under our Data Protection and Privacy notice. |
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You accept that if information about this application is requested under the Freedom of Information Act, we will release it in line with our Freedom of Information policy. |
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Full name of person completing this form |
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Position in organisation |
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You have not shared any personal data in the project questions. These are the questions where we ask what you’d like to do. |
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You understand that what you tell us in this form will be shared with the main and senior contact. |
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Section 7 - Extra details about your project
We want to understand more about where our funding is going.
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Which one category best describes your project? |
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You selected ‘other’. Describe the different category you’d put your project in. |
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What other categories could describe your project? (Optional) |
You can select more than one option. If it does not fit into any more categories, select ‘save and continue’.
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Which one sub-category best describes what your project will do? |
You can select more sub-categories in the next question.
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Which one sub-category best describes what your project will do? |
You can select more sub-categories in the next question.
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Which one sub-category best describes what your project will do? |
You can select more sub-categories in the next question.
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Which one sub-category best describes what your project will do? |
You can select more sub-categories in the next question.
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What other sub-categories are relevant to your project? (Optional) |
You can select more than one option. If it does not fit into any more categories, select ‘save and continue’.
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What other sub-categories are relevant to your project? (Optional) |
You can select more than one option. If it does not fit into any more categories, select ‘save and continue’.
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What other sub-categories are relevant to your project? (Optional) |
You can select more than one option. If it does not fit into any more categories, select ‘save and continue’.
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What other sub-categories are relevant to your project? (Optional) |
You can select more than one option. If it does not fit into any more categories, select ‘save and continue’.
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Section 8 - Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) monitoring information
We want to hear more about the people who’ll benefit from your project and your organisation.
Question | Guidance |
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Is your project aimed at a specific group of people or is it open to everyone? |
If at least 75% of the people you support share characteristics, then your project is for a specific group. Your specific group may share one or more characteristics. For example, if 80% of the people you work with are female refugees, this means you support a specific group of people. In this example, they share two characteristics — women and refugees. We know this can only be an estimate. It’d be too difficult to work out exactly, especially if this is a new project.
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Who is your project for? |
If 75% or more of the people supported or benefitting from your project come from one specific group, tell us who they are. If you select an option, we will ask you to tell us more about that group.
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Which community is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
Asian / Asian British
Other group experiencing ethnic or racial inequity
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Which faith community is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which group of people who emigrate is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which group of disabled people is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which age group is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which LGBTQ+ community is your project for? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which specific group (that you have not included already) is your project for? |
Examples include: care experienced young people, carers, people recovering from alcohol addiction, sex workers, people whose first language is not English or Welsh, people who have problems reading, men and boys |
Which community is your project for? |
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What additional EDI information would you like to include about the people your project supports? (Optional) |
You told us that your project will benefit: Tell us more about who they are. |
Do most of your leadership team self-identify as belonging to a specific group of people? |
Tell us what specific group they belong to if at least:
If you select an option, we will ask you to tell us more about that group.
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Which community is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible Black/African/Caribbean/Black British
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
Asian / Asian British
Other group experiencing ethnic or racial inequity
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Which faith community is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which group of people who emigrate is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which group of disabled people is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which age group is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which LGBTQ+ community is your leadership team part of? |
Select one category, if possible
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Which specific group (that you have not included already) is your leadership team part of? |
Examples include: care experienced young people, carers, people recovering from alcohol addiction, sex workers, people whose first language is not English or Welsh, people who have problems reading, men and boys |
What additional EDI information would you like to include about your leadership team? (Optional) |
You told us that your leadership team self-identify as: Tell us more about who they are. |