Scottish Rural Partnership Fund - Rural Strategic Support Fund Application Form and Guidance 2003-2004

SCOTTISH RURAL PARTNERSHIP FUND
Rural Strategic Support Fund
Application Form and Guidance

Instructions for completion

This form is provided in 2 versions. You may download the form as a MS Word document. You can then email the completed form to SRPF@scotland.gsi.gov.uk. Alternatively, you can complete the online version of the form below. If you use the online version below and want to keep a copy of your submission, you should print off the completed form before you press the 'Submit' button.

RURAL STRATEGIC SUPPORT FUND 2003/2004 - APPLICATION FORM

Applicants should complete all sections of the form in black ink. Please refer to the Application Notes for guidance on filling out the form.

Section 1 - Contact details

Project Title:

Project contact name:

Position:

Address:

Local authority area:

Scottish Parliament Constituency:

Postcode:

Telephone:

Fax:

Email:

Website:

Is this your first application to this fund?

Yes No If No, give details of previous applications.

Please summarise your project in no more than 100 words. This should include target group and area, and key objectives and outcomes.

Section 2 - Covering statement
Please complete the table below stating the lead organisation and key partners

Lead organisation:

Contact Name:

Please list key partners

1. Organisation:	Contact Name:
2. Organisation:	Contact Name:
3. Organisation:	Contact Name:
4. Organisation:	Contact Name:
5. Organisation:	Contact Name:

Section 3 - Constitution

If you are seeking funding for an Local Rural Partnership, please confirm the type of LRP.

Strategic Partnership Area Partnership

Does the lead organisation have a constitution or articles of association, so that it can receive funding in its own right? Yes No

If not, please confirm that the organisation is currently preparing a constitution or articles of association; or nominate a partner organisation that is constituted to receive funding:

Does the organisation have charitable status?

Yes		Please provide copies of the relevant documentation confirming your status.
No		Please give details of organisation's status, i.e. Company Limited by Guarantee, Friendly Society etc.

If not, is the organisation seeking charitable status? Yes No

Section 4 - RSSF criteria

Please explain how your project will meet the criteria for the RCF by helping to "close the opportunity gap by developing sustainable services that are accessible to those living in rural areas".

Please summarise your strategy to deliver capacity building at a local community level, including how your partnership/project will link into existing local structures and delivery mechanisms, particularly the local Community Planning process.

Section 5 - Community involvement

Please demonstrate that the partnership/project has the support of the local community, giving a summary of how the community's views were collected; which groups were approached; and the community response.

Section 6 - Staffing

If applicable to your partnership/project, please provide brief details of staffing. Partnerships seeking core funding should also include a detailed breakdown of staff costs as an appendix to their application form.

Section 7 - Target area, aims and objectives

Define your target area, summarising the economic, social and environmental characteristics of the area and the key challenges facing the area.

Please state your overarching objectives and specific targets in relation to these objectives for the period for which funding is requested. These should be SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-related). An example is provided below.

Aim	Targets
E.g. To encourage economic development in the community by increasing the local skills base.	identify local training needs by 30 June 2004 liaise with training providers to identify suitable courses by October 2004. finalise delivery arrangements by January 2005. train 10 people to SVQ level II by 31 March 2006.

Section 8 - Financial Information

Table 1 - match funding. Please provide the details requested, indicating whether the match funder is from the public (P), Voluntary/charitable (V), Private (Pr) or another sector (O). If match funding has been secured or conditionally awarded please send evidence of this with your application form. Otherwise, state (realistically) when match funding is likely to be confirmed.

Financial year	Match funder	Sector (P, V, Pr, O)	Amount ()	Confirmed	Date
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No
				Yes No

Table 2 - percentage of funding. Please provide a breakdown of the amount/percentage (as a percentage of the total funding in each financial year) of funding from each sector.

	Year 1		Year 2		Year 3		Total
		%		%		%		%
Public sector
Voluntary/charitable sector
Private sector
Other
Total RSSF grant requested
Total project costs

Table 3 - specific expenditure. Please give an indication of how funding would be spent. We recognise that this may vary during the course of the project.

Expenditure ()	Year 1	Year 2	Year 3	Total
Expenditure ()	2003/2004	2004/2005	2005/2006	Total
Staff costs, inc. national insurance/ superannuation
Rent/Rates
Cleaning/Heating/Light
Insurance
Stationery, printing, postage and telephone costs
IT and office equipment
Training
Travel & subsistence, meeting and conference fees
Publicity and consultation (over and above stationery, printing, postage and telephone costs)
Other minor costs e.g. audit fees
Total

Section 9 - Monitoring and Evaluation

Describe the monitoring and evaluation procedure, which will be in place for the project/partnership.

Section 10 - Exit Strategy

Please outline an exit strategy for the future of the project/partnership, once RSSF funding comes to an end.

The following documentation is also required in support of your application:

Document	Enclosed
Organisation's constitution	yes no
Documents showing organisation's status	yes no
Forward plan of activities for next 3 years	yes no
Current membership list	yes no
Most recent Annual Report (if applicable)	yes no
Audited accounts for the previous year (if applicable)	yes no
Recent newsletter (if applicable)	yes no
Diagram of management and staffing structure of the organisation	yes no
Names and relevant interests of members of the Management Committee	yes no
Staffing list, with rates of pay	yes no

Please return application forms by 25 October 2002

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