How to apply for funding through Suffolk Single
Gateway
There are two bidding rounds each year. The closing dates for
applications are:
- 28th February
- 30th September
You should receive an acknowledgement letter within 10 days of
sending in your application. We will try to let you know
whether your application has been successful within approximately 8
to 10 weeks of those dates.
We ask you to send us a number of documents together with your
application for funding, such as your equal opportunities policy,
complaints policy, annual reports and so on.
We hold these documents on a central database, which means that you
do not need to send these documents again if you apply for funding
in the future, unless the information on these documents
changes.
However, we will need a copy of your most recent accounts and
annual report if you are reapplying in a different financial
year.
You may find information
in this document useful:
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We hold a number of
Funding Surgeries throughout the year. This document lists when
and where they will be. |
Application forms
We have an application form and a set of guidelines that will
give you the criteria for the individual funding streams.
Suffolk Single Gateway application form (Word, 785Kb)
Suffolk Single Gateway Application Guidance
document (Word, 814Kb)
Quick guide to the funds (Word, 41Kb)
If you would like to read the application form or guidelines
in another language,
please
contact the Project Administrator.
When you have completed and signed the application
form, please send it to:
Jayne Vaughan, Suffolk Single Gateway Administrator
Adult Care and Community Services (Strategic Planning)
Floor 3, Lime Block
Endeavour House
8 Russell Road
Ipswich
Suffolk
IP1 2BX
What happens next?
To achieve transparency in awarding grants, we have a two-stage
decision-making process.
A group of approximately 20 representatives from Suffolk County
Council, Primary Care Trusts and the voluntary sector, called the
Bids Appraisal Panel, will look at your application and decide if
it should be funded or not. Your application will be scored against
the criteria for the fund you are applying to.
The Bids Appraisal panel then make a recommendation to the
Funding Panel which formally approves the funding. This panel
consists of Suffolk County Council and Primary Care Trust officers
and a representative from the voluntary sector observing the
process.
How do I know if my application has been successful?
We will write to tell you whether your application has been
successful or not. If your application is successful, we will send
you our standards Terms and Conditions which you will have to
return to us straight away.
We will also send you monitoring forms which have to be filled
in and returned to us every six months after you receive the
money.
If your application is unsuccessful, we will tell you why and
offer you a possible alternative source of funding. You may also
want to explore other sources of
funding yourself.