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Eligibility Quiz January 2024 Grant Round

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1. Does your project focus on improving and delivering personal financial life skills to people living with Long Term Challenges? Which category does your project most clearly align to? (please choose one only)

Dementia

Autism

Learning Difficulties

Disabilities

Caring Responsibilities

Mental Illness

Brain Injury / Stroke

Other (only the categories listed are eligible for this grant round)

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2. Does your project primarily require funding for Debt & Welfare Benefits Advice?

Yes (Applications only providing debt & welfare benefits advice will not be considered)

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3. Do you represent

A UK Registered Charity

A Community Interest Company

A Credit Union

A Non-Profit Company (other than a CIC or Registered Charity)

An Individual (we do not fund individuals)

A School (we do not fund schools directly)

A Statutory Authority (we do not fund statutory organisations)

A Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO)

A Limited Company (we do not fund 'for profit' companies)

Other (please specify)

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4. Is your organisation established and been active for at least one year?

Yes

No (please contact us first to discuss BEFORE applying, as we are unlikely to fund organisations who are very newly established)

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5. Does your organisation have;

a governing document (a constitution, rules, or articles of association)

a governing body of at least 3 unconnected individuals

a bank account in the group’s name with at least two unconnected signatories required to authorise payments. (By unconnected, we mean not a relation by blood, marriage, in a long-term relationship or people living together at the same address).

an Equal Opportunities Policy

a Child Protection Policy or Vulnerable Adults Policy, as appropriate.

Yes

No (We now only fund organisations which meet the above criteria)

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6. Is your organisation based in the UK (England, Scotland, Wales or Northern Ireland) and are you looking for funding for UK based activities?

Yes

No (we only fund UK based charities and activities)

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7. What is your organisation's annual income as per your last full year's audited accounts?

Not yet known. We are a newly established organisation.

Under £750,000

Above £750,000 (we do not fund organisations with an income over £750,000)

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8. Does your organisation have free Reserves which are less than 6 months running costs?
Free reserves are the total unrestricted funds less fixed assets and investments. Designated funds are part of your free reserves, and should not be deducted.
Please Note - if you are a Credit Union, please use data from the Revenue Account and Accounts Notes regarding General Reserves rather than data from your Balance Sheet.

Yes - We have less than 6 months reserves or none at all

No - We have more than 6 months equivalent of running costs in reserves (we do not fund organisations with more than 6 months running costs in reserves)

Not Sure - Please check with someone in your organisation or contact us via email.

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9. What is your Postcode? (this is not an eligibility factor, it is just useful to see where organisations across the UK are based who take the quiz)

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10. How much project funding are you seeking?

Less than £8,000

Over £8,000 (we do not offer grants over £8,000)

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11. What costs are you asking us to fund?

Project Activity Costs

Training Costs

Capital Costs (we do not fund capital costs for example buildings, office furniture)

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12. Have you applied to the MSE Charity before?

Yes