Grant Application Form

Grant Application Form

PLEASE READ ALL THE INFORMATION BELOW BEFORE APPLYING FOR A GRANT

Who can apply for a grant:

  • Applications can only be made by individuals (we can not accept applications from organisations, or to fund organisations).
  • Applications must be made by the applicant themselves and have the applicants personal contact details.
  • Applicants must not have reached 25 years of age (they must be 24 years old or younger).
  • Applicants must be resident in the Weymouth & Portland area (DT3, DT4 & DT5 postcode areas).
  • Applicants must not have applied to the charity within the previous six months. 

The trustees expect as a condition of awarding a grant recipients will keep in touch with the charity and let us know how things are going. If we do not hear from you, we may send you a reminder. Sir Samuel Mico decreed in his will in 1666 that the trustees and beneficiaries should meet on the Friday before Palm Sunday each year, to attend a short service and then have a reception afterwards where the beneficiaries can update the trustees on their progress. If you are awarded a grant you will receive an invitation to the annual Sir Samuel Mico commemoration and we request that you make every effort to attend.

Please complete the form fully, the more information we have the easier it is for us to assess your application, fields marked * must be completed to be able to submit your form.

Guidance on grants and completing the application

  • Our grants are for the purposes of education, personal development or the gaining of skills (through college, university,  courses or apprenticeships, or other activities), and/or equipment required in the pursuit of this
  • We want to know exactly what  you want help with ie the details, items costs etc, or how specifically a grant from the charity will assist. Please don’t just ask for some money to help with the overall cost of what you are doing
  • We want to know what you are doing yourself to help (have you saved up or are you working part time, what will you contribute )
  • We are unable to consider grant applications for those attending trips or expeditions where large numbers from the Weymouth & Portland area will attend such as “World Challenge” unless there are very special circumstances supported by a school, academy or college Head Teacher/Principal.
  • We are not able to pay off loans, personal debts, fund household appliances or fund the cost of normal living at home, not associated with education, personal development or skills.
  • We can not fund, cars, motorcycles or the maintenance or insuring of them
  • We can not fund someone’s business activities or the starting up of a business
  • Please read the questions on the grant form and provide full answers to them, ie if you are working or undertaking an apprenticeship, tell us who the employer is etc, if you are at college or university, tell us which one and what the title of the course is, how many years the study is and what year you are on
  • The quality of the information on the grant form is important to enable us to assess it and make a decision. Poor quality applications are unlikely to be successful
  • Think what supporting information would be useful to supply to us with your application. This can be uploaded at the end of the form , this could be anything to support your grant application such as: a letter of support from employer, school, college or university ; evidence of enrolment on a course; a quotation for equipment; a report from school, college or university; copies of certificates or awards;  photos relevant to your activity or application; a letter of support or record of achievement from a sports organisation or club
  • Please allow up to 8 weeks for grants to be considered
  • If you are in financial difficulty the following organisations may be able to help you, or give you advice:

Turn2Us   

www.turn2us.org.uk  020 8834 9200

Citizens Advice (Weymouth & Portland) 

www.centraldorsetca.org.uk  email: advice-wey@centralca.org.uk Tel 0800 144 8848  Address: Weymouth Library and Learning Centre, Great George Street, Weymouth, DT4 8NN

Academic Courses

If applying in connection to an academic course (university or college) please do not apply more than 10 weeks before you will take up the place. You may also be required to provide evidence of your offer and plans to take up your place on the course.

Trips or Expeditions

If you are applying for help with a school trip or expedition please do not apply earlier than 12 months before the trip or expedition and please note we are only able to help those most in need. We will therefore need an accompanying letter of support from the head or deputy headteacher/principal or expedition leader. We do not fund pleasure trips or holidays so if applying for help with a trip or expedition you must clearly indicate how this will benefit you in your personal development.

Supporting Information, Letters of Support, Certificates and Photos

You can submit supporting information, letters of support, certificates, photos etc either by uploading with your application or by emailing them to info@weymouthtowncharities.org.uk quoting your full name and your unique reference number (see below)

  • Fill in all relevant fields,
  • By completing your name and date at the bottom of the form you are signing to say that the information you have provided is a true reflection of your circumstances.
  • Then click the SUBMIT GRANT APPLICATION BUTTON button.
  • If successfully completed you will get an onscreen confirmation.
  • You will then be emailed a confirmation of your application with your unique application reference, please use this when contacting us about your application
  • Your application will be considered by a panel of the charities trustees and you will be informed of the outcome, this can take several weeks, so please be patient.

  • 1. Personal Details

  • Provide a summary that explains what you are contacting us for help with. Responses might look like this "Help with travel costs for attending engineering course at Yeovil College."
  • (Please state if living in student/temporary accommodation)
  • (please tell us how you know about the charity and the ability to apply for a grant)
  • Who is your employer? (Please provide their name and address)

    Are you an apprentice?

    How much per month are you paid?
  • (Please tell us the company name of the company you work for, if you are employed full time, part time or as an apprentice)
  • Please include:

    Name of educational establishment

    Course/courses studying (or about to study)

    (If attending a college course or university please provide supplementary evidence of acceptance or enrolment.)
  • If so please provide details
  • Please provide schools, dates and subjects
  • What subjects, grades and when?

  • 15. What is your weekly income, including any parental support? (For students we require term time income here please)

  • 16. What are your weekly outgoings?

  • 17. What, if any, savings/assets do you have?

    Here you should provide full details of any savings, property or assets owned ie car, shares etc. NB. Failure to answer this question will invalidate your application

  • 19. If successful, payment will be made directly into your bank account. Please provide details:

    The applicant must enter their personal bank account details here. We can only make payment to the applicant themselves, not to a third party organisation. Please ensure you enter the account number and sort code accurately, otherwise the payment may be made to the wrong account.
  • Enter the name of the account as it appears on the bank account. Banks now verify account names against sort codes and account numbers before allowing payments. If you do not supply the correct account name we may not be able to make payment
  • Please enter in this format 01-02-03. Please check you have entered this correctly.
  • Account number is normally 8 numbers. Please check you have entered this correctly.

  • Upload Supporting Documents

  • Please upload any relevant supporting documents (max 6) that you think will help us consider your application e.g. photos, letters of support , college or university enrolment confirmation, reports, certificates etc. Additional items can be email at a later date quoting the unique application number you will be sent once the application has been submitted
    Drop files here or

  • 17. Declaration

    If you are applying for a grant from us, by submitting this application, you agree that we may hold and use your personal data in line with the Weymouth Town Charities Data Protection Policy click here for full details. Weymouth Town Charities is registered with the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) Registration No: 2A 164013. You also acknowledge that we may place some conditions or restrictions that will need to be fulfilled for us to award you a grant and that we may pay the grant direct to a third party (such as an educational establishment, service provider or other organisation) on your behalf where we believe this is appropriate.

    I declare that the information I have provided is true to the best of my knowledge and I agree to the terms and conditions of the Weymouth Town Charities:
  • This field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.
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