How to Apply
Charities and Non-Profit Organisations
To consider before applying
| Essential | Helpful | See Note | |
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| Meeting our criteria for applying | Yes | 1 | |
| Not applying for retrospective spending | Yes | Tell us when you anticipate spending | |
| Grant would be spent in 6 months | If anticipating longer, explain in the form | ||
| Can complete a grant monitoring form if required | Yes | 2 | |
| Available accounts for year-ends more than 6 months ago | Yes | 3 |
What to include with the application
| Essential | Helpful | See Note | |
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| Covering Letter | Yes | ||
| Access to final accounts for year-ends 6 months previous | Yes | 3 | |
| Website or other online presence | Yes | ||
| Detial of how a grant would be spent | Yes | 4 | |
| Supporting evidence for the amount applied for | Yes | 5 | |
| Further information, e.g. flyers, newsletters, leaflets | Yes | ||
| A copy of your latest bank statement | Yes | 6 |
Notes |
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| This page is for any organisation that has multiple defined beneficiaries – Charities, schools, community groups, sports clubs, CIOs and CICs. The Trusts are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and vulnerable adults, and expects all applicants to share this commitment. You can read our AI statement HERE | |
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The Gibbons Family Trust can make grants to organisations that help children and young people up to the age of 25, for any reason to improve their quality of life, residing in either Devon, or the Isle of Thanet. READ FURTHER ESSENTIAL CRITERIA FOR APPLYING
The David Gibbons Foundation can make grants to organisations that benefit residents of Devon, provided they are either (or a combination of) physically or mentally unwell, in need of financial help, or are older adults. READ FURTHER ESSENTIAL CRITERIA FOR APPLYING |
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Monitoring of grant spending is required from recipients of larger grants, and welcomed from all beneficiaries.
We will send requests out periodically, some time after a grant is awarded. However if you haven’t been sent a request to complete a monitoring form and would like one, please email enquiries@gibbonstrusts.org. Failure to complete monitoring forms on request will impact the success of future applications. You can view our monitoring form HERE |
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We require sight of the most recent financial accounts of ALL organisations, (unless in the 1st financial year). For year-ends more than 6 months ago, we require final signed accounts. For less than 6 months, we will accept draft accounts (though final are preferred).
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We require you to be very specific about how a potential grant from us would be spent, and attach evidence to back this up. For example, quotes or links to quotes, budgets, cost breakdowns, business plans – we want to understand exactly how a grant from us would be used. We require more detail from you than to simply say a grant would be for ‘running costs’. If we do not have enough information with the intial application this could cause delays and potentially mean missing the next Trustees’ meeting. |
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At the end of the online form there is the opportunity to upload newsletters, brochures, leaflets that you feel may enhance the application. If you are submitting multiple attachments please be aware that this may take a little time to submit – do not press submit again or refresh your browser, please be patient! You can save your application and revisit it. A maximum of 5 attachments only is possible – including bank ID |
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Payment of Grants via BACSA photo, scan or download of your latest bank statement, dated within the last 3 months, MUST be uploaded with the form. This needs to show CLEARLY the bank’s name, organisation’s account name, sort code and account number. We do not accept bank details copied and pasted into an email or word. If you are new charitable organisation and do not yet have a bank statement, then we may accept a letter directly from the bank as long as the details above are clearly shown. |
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Acknowledging our supportWe welcome grant beneficiaries who want to share their successful news of our grants. Please read and adhere to the following beforehand:
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