Scottish Government

SCOTTISH RURAL PARTNERSHIP FUND -
HANDY HINTS FOR COMPLETING APPLICATIONS

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Do...

• Carefully read the SRPF Information Note and application guidance before completing the application form.

• Provide a clear and concise description of the project, its aims and outcomes.

• Show a clear understanding of how your project fits into the wider picture locally.

• Demonstrate involvement of the local community, agencies and partnerships in the project, explaining why it is a priority for the local community.

• Provide sufficient and clear financial information.

• Make it clear where match funding will come from and what parts of the project/partnership will be funded from the SRPF.

• Include practical proposals for evaluation and continuing funding.

• Assume that everyone will know how good your project is. Remember that yours is one of many applications we receive.

• Include irrelevant or obscure information.

• Continually refer us to attachments throughout the application form, rather than including the information in the form itself.

• Refer to attachments, but forget to include them.

• Assume that saying the community has been consulted is enough. We need to know how they were consulted and a summary of the outcome.

• Forget to attach evidence of secured or conditional match funding.

• Don't include items that would be funded regardless of the project as 'in-kind' match funding.

• Forget to complete all sections of the application form.