The Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund:

Application guidelines
Deutsche Bank and Community Foundation for Merseyside are pleased to announce our small grants fund for 2013. If you are a local voluntary or community group and you need funding for a project focusing on young people aged 11-18 years this Fund may be able to help. Deutsche Banks youth engagement programme aims to prevent youth unemployment by supporting exciting opportunities that engage young people enabling them to fulfill their potential. These guidelines set out who may apply and what type of activity you may apply for. Please read the following carefully before deciding whether to submit an application. Fund Area Groups based and operating in Merseyside Fund Themes Applications will only be accepted for projects that enable young people aged 11-18 years to fulfill their potential. In addition the projects may fall into any number of the following areas: Projects that prevent young people becoming NEET (not in education, employment or training) later in life; Projects that provide educational support or opportunities; Projects that enable young people to develop essential life skills; Projects that enable young people to develop employability/enterprise skills.

Additional Areas of Interest

Applications with match funding or leverage potential, and good prospects for sustainability;
Projects that are responsive to local issues; Priority may be given to applicants who have not received funding from the Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund previously, or to those who have received funding previously and have submitted all monitoring reports on time.

Grant Size The maximum grant size is 5,000 Who can apply?

If you will need other grants to complete the project you are applying to us for, you are encouraged to have those applications already in the pipeline.

Community groups, voluntary organisations, charities, community interest companies and social enterprises may apply. The groups annual income must be less than 250,000 and priority will be given to groups with income under 200,000 annually. Applicants must also apply for no more than 30% of their total annual income in their last financial year. If you would like to apply on the basis of the current years annual income (for example if your income level has changed this year and affects your eligibility to apply), then you should be able to provide a full breakdown of your current income and showing pipeline versus confirmed income (identifying clearly the sources). Only confirmed and traceable income streams will be accepted. Your organisation will need to have the following elements in place prior to an application and you will need to submit this documentation as part of your application: A governing document (e.g. a constitution or memorandum and articles) An active management committee of at least three people (who are not related) Full and complete accounts or a consolidated income and expenditure statement for your last financial year. If applying on the basis of the current years income, then details and evidence of all confirmed and traceable income streams A bank account in the name of the group, with at least 2 unrelated signatories please submit a recent bank statement An equal opportunities policy A safeguarding policy if working with children and/or vulnerable adults. A recent bank statement in the name of the group applying

Relevant Exclusions The grant cannot be used to fund: Capital costs or equipment purchase (however you can ask for consumables); Individual sponsorship; More than 30% of your organisations total annual income in your last financial year or current year; Organisations established for less than a year. Monitoring and evaluating your work Grantees will be required to complete a short form outlining how the grant including the match funding was spent and highlighting the benefits for your users. We also invite any case studies and pictures you may have from the project so that we can share you story. The deadline for submitting monitoring information is as soon as is possible once your project has been completed or within 6 weeks of its completion. Monitoring and evaluating our grants enables us to better understand the impact of our grantmaking. It helps us to understand community need, enables us to learn from our grant-making and inform future strategies. It enables us to show donors the impact of their funding and hopefully encourage them to give more! It should also help organisations to collect valuable information on how service users benefit from your work, what works and what doesnt, how you can make your services more effective, and also demonstrate to funders (and donors) the value of your work. Further information can be found at the Charities Evaluation Services website www.ces-vol.org.uk.

How do you apply for a grant? Please visit www.cfmerseyside.org.uk to complete an online application. Once you have submitted the online application you will need to return part B ensuring all the documents listed below are also included. If you do not submit all the relevant documents within 2 weeks your application will be withdrawn Part B of the online application form Governing Document Either your record of income and expenditure for the last 12 months OR annual accounts Safeguarding policy Your organisations recent bank statement

What happens after you have applied? We aim to advise you of the success of your project within 2 weeks of the panel meeting or within approximately 3 months of you applying If you are awarded a grant you will have 8 months to spend the funding. A short monitoring form must be completed and returned. We regret that we are unable to consider incomplete or revised applications, so please make sure the application form is fully completed and all supporting documents are included before submission.

If your application is successful, you will be required to: Credit support from Deutsche Bank and Community Foundation for Merseyside on all materials related to the funded work using the correct logos (available on request) Complete your spending within 8 months Complete a project review form as soon as possible after completing your project, and no later than eight months after receipt of grant Maintain financial records for all grant spending and submit requested information to Community Foundation for Merseyside Be available for a potential monitoring visit, or visit by Deutsche Bank partners.

Further information Please contact Tina Kennedy, Community Philanthropy Manager, at Community Foundation for Merseyside if you have any questions about the fund: Tel: 0151 232 2423 Email: tina.kennedy@cfmerseyside.org.uk About Deutsche Bank The Deutsche Bank Small Grants Fund is part of Born to Be, Deutsche Bank's UK Corporate Citizenship

youth engagement programme. Born to Be aims to break the cycle of youth unemployment through early intervention; helping young people to develop employability skills, confidence and aspirations. For more information about the programme and other projects that Deutsche Bank supports and how you can get involved please click here [www.db.com/borntobe].