Small Grants Fund

PART 1 - ABOUT YOU

Organisation / Club Name*

Personal Best Foundation is an independent registered charity affiliated to and supported by England Athletics. As such, we are interested in knowing if you are affiliated to England Athletics?

Yes
No

Main Contact Name*

First Last

Main Contact Phone*

Main Contact Email*

PART 2 - YOUR APPLICATION

Please upload your application document (no more than 2 pages) in Word or PDF format. This should describe how much funding you would like to request, why you need the funding, what the funding will be spent on and how it will help to sustain, enhance or increase your provision and support to children and young people from underserved communities.

Max. file size: 64 MB.

Please do not upload videos here. Before uploading, please ensure that the document is closed on your device. If you have any difficulty uploading the document, please contact info@personalbestfoundation.org.uk.

Please provide a short amateur video (no more than 90 seconds and recorded using a mobile phone). Add a WeTransfer link above OR send videos to info@personalbestfoundation.org.uk. The video should promote the work of your organisation in delivering athletics based activity to underserved children and young people. NOTE - please make sure the necessary consent forms for photography and filming have been sought.

Add a WeTransfer link above OR send videos to info@personalbestfoundation.org.uk.

Please state the full cost of your project*

How much funding would you like to request from the Personal Best Foundation (MAX £2,000)*

Please tell us where the remainder of the project funding will come from and if this is already secured*

In relation to this funding, what age ranges will your sessions cater for?*

4-7 years
8-11 years
12-16 years
17-25 years

In relation to this funding, do you plan to SPECIFICALLY target any of the following groups?*

Those from areas of high social deprivation
Low income families
Under-represented ethnic and faith based communities
Looked after children
Young people with disabilities
Women and girls
LGBTQ+
Other (please state)

Please tell us the postcode of the PRIMARY site for delivery*

PART 3 - SAFEGUARDING

The welfare and safety of young people is of the upmost priority for Personal Best Foundation and we believe in a pro-active approach to ensure this happens. We want to help organisations delivering activities to provide a safe and enjoyable experience to all young people who take part. The information you share will help us understand your organisations approach to safeguarding. We want all organisations receiving investment from this fund to operate best possible safeguarding practice so the information we collect here can help make sure we can provide all organisations with the most relevant support and information. The questions below are in relation to the activity you are delivering as part of this funding application as well as your organisation as a whole.

Do you have a safeguarding and child protection policy in place that covers the activity within this funding application?*

Yes
No

Does your organisations have a code of conduct for staff and volunteers?*

Yes
No

Who is responsible for safeguarding in your organisation? (it may be your designated safeguarding lead)*

Please provide name, e-mail and contact number.

Is safeguarding training mandatory for all staff (paid or voluntary) who are involved with the delivery of the activity/project within this funding application?*

Yes
No

Do you carry out DBS checks for all staff (paid or voluntary) who are involved with the delivery of the activity/project within this funding application? ALL staff and volunteers in ‘regulated activity’ must have a valid DBS check.*

Yes
No

Do you have a system to record and track staff training, DBS checks etc?*

Yes
No

Do you have a process for reporting and managing safeguarding incidents?*

Yes
No

PART 4 - REVIEW AND DECLARATION

As a charity working with, and supporting a range of organisations that work with children and young people, it is important that the organisations we invest in have the relevant policies and insurances in place to ensure safeguarding of young people. Therefore, there are some assurances/checks that we need to carry out before funding can be awarded. As such, please complete the questions below.

What qualifications to the coaches have who will be responsible for the delivery as part of this funding? e.g Level 2 NGB sport qualified coach, Athletics coach / Coach in Running Fitness, Level 3 fitness qualification.*

My organisation has adopted a health and safety policy and procedures which all staff and volunteers work to?*

Yes
No

My organisation holds appropriate public liability insurance for its activities and (where appropriate), leaders / coaches responsible for the programme hold professional indemnity?*

Yes
No

My organisation has a business bank account in the name of the organisation in which funding can be paid to? Personal Best Foundation can only make payment to a business account in the name of the organisation provided.*

Yes
No

My organisation has adopted a data protection policy and procedures which all staff and volunteers work to, and my organisation has a privacy policy that can be viewed online or is included where personal data is collected?*

Yes
No

Thank you for entering the information required. Please review your answers and ensure you have provided the information required. Please tick this box to indicate that the information you have provided is true and correct to the best of your knowledge*

Yes

GDPR consent*

I agree to the below statement

As the data controller, England Athletics Limited take the protection of the data that we hold about our customers seriously and will do everything possible to ensure that data is collected, stored, processed, maintained, cleansed and retained in accordance with current and future UK data protection legislation and our privacy policy. In this instance we are collecting your personal data in order to contact you in relation to the PBF and to send you PBF newsletters (which you will be able to opt out once you receive one).

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Stage 2 - Submit your application

Deadline

Queries

STAGE 2 APPLICATION FORM

PART 1 - ABOUT YOU

PART 2 - YOUR APPLICATION

PART 3 - SAFEGUARDING

PART 4 - REVIEW AND DECLARATION