Trailblazer Community Grants Application Form

  • Trailblazer Community Grants Application

    Thank you for taking the time to complete this application form for Trailblazer Community Grants funding. Please make sure you answer all of the questions and refer to the guidance document to ensure that you are able to meet the requirements of the scored questions.

  • York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority (YNYCA) has provided Better Connect with £500,000 of Trailblazer funding to support the Department for Work and Pensions 'Get Britain Working' policy. Through this funding YNYCA wishes to invest in a community grants fund to support economically inactive adults to build confidence and interpersonal skills to increase their employability.

    Grants of between £10k to £25k are available to organisations from the Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprise (VCSE) Sector and Parish and Town Councils that connect work, health and skills to target priority cohorts/communities of economically inactive people in our region.

    Please use this form to apply to Better Connect for a Trailblazer Community Grant. This form will capture information abour your organisation, assess your suitability and eligibility for a grant and provide you with an opportunity to share your provision/delivery idea that helps to support those who are economically inactive and to better connect work, health and skills in your community.

  • Eligibility Checklist

    The checklist below has been designed to help you confirm that you are eligible to receive Trailblazer Community Grant funding.
  • Please read the following statements carefully and tick to confirm that your organisation is eligible (** if you are not currently delivering programmes with Better Connect, please leave this question blank).*

  • Organisation Details

    This section will enable Better Connect to establish your organisation's eligibility and suitability to receive Trailblazer Community Grant Funding.
  • Is your organisation included on the Better Connect Approved Delivery Partner List?*
  • If yes, please can you confirm that your organisational information is up to date?
  • What is the legal status of your organisation?*
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  • Are you VAT registered?*
  • What size organisation are you?*
  • Please confirm which district your organisation is based in.*
  • Please confirm that you deliver services/provision to residents who live in York or North Yorkshire.*

  • Policies and Assurances

    It is perfectly acceptable not to have some of the policies and assurances listed in the applications form. Not having these will not prevent you from being eligible to access a Trailblazer Community Grant but may highlight areas of development. There are some policies in the list denoted with ** that must be in place before any delivery begins. If no questions appear, please click next to proceed to the next section.
  • From the list below, please confirm which of the following policies your organisation has in place.*
  • Is your organisation registered with the Information Commissioners Office for processing or intending to process personal data?*

  • Bank Details

    Your bank details are being collected so we are able to pay you your grant funding should you be successful with your application. 
  • Do Better Connect currently hold up to date bank details for your organisation?*
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  • Please confirm that you have uploaded a copy of a recent organisation bank statement.*

  • Due Diligence

    This section has been designed to ensure that your organisation is both eligible and suitable to receive a Trailblazer Community Grant.
  • Is your organisation in a state of insolvency, voluntary administration, compulsory winding up and receivership, composition with creditors, company voluntary arrangements  or subject to equivalent proceedings?*
  • Have you or any person who is a member of your administrative management or supervisory body; or has powers of representation, decision or control in the organisation been convicted of any of the following?*
  • In the last 3 years have you*
  • Are there any conflicts of interest you wish to declare?*
  • Have there ever been performance issues relating to previous contracts or grants that you have been awarded?*

  • Your Project

    This section will be used to capture what you would like to deliver through Trailblazer Community Grants. Answers in this section will be scored and used to determine successful/unsuccessful applications. Please refer to the accompanying guidance document to help you complete this section. All questions will be scored out of 6.
  • Which cohort(s) of economically inactive people will your project engage?*
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  • Trailblazer Community Grants of between £10k - £25k will be awarded for the purposes of the objectives listed below. Please identify from the list below which objectives will apply to your project.*
  • Which district(s) will your project be delivered in?*
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  • Organisational Compliance

    In order to award your organisation a Trailblazer Community Grant, we must be confident that you are able to meet the monitoring requirements as requested by Better Connect, the York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority and the DWP. Better Connect will provide you with the tools you need to complete monitoring and will provide information and support where it is required. This section is scored.
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  • Financial Monitoring - These are the types of evidence that you will need to provide in order to evidence the spend of your Community Grant. You will be required to submit this information to Better Connect as it will be required during programme audits. Please tick each evidence category to confirm you will be able to meet this requirement.*
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  • Declarations and permissions

    By confirming the statements below, you are providing assurance that your organisation is both eligible and suitable to be considered for Trailblazer Community Grant Funding
  • I can confirm the following statements*
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