What to expect

 

The application process

We operate a two-stage application process. Please read the pages below very carefully before contacting us.

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If you after reading the above you feel your organisation is eligible and the outcomes you will be able to provide strongly meet one or more of our focus areas, or our innovation strand, please send us your first stage application.

  1. Stage 1: Tell us in 500 words or less how the outcomes of the work you deliver to children and/or young people in London align with one or more of our focus areas, or meet our innovation strand above.

  2. Please add any links to your website or social media if you have it (this will not be considered in your word count). Please add your registration number if you are registered with the Charity Commission or Companies House (non-registered organisations are welcome to apply).

  3. The Charity Manager will review your email and may contact you to discuss your work.

  4. Unsuccessful applicants will be notified within three working weeks of submission.

  5. Stage 2: Applicants who best meet our focus areas will be invited to make an application and will be sent a link to an application form to complete.

  6. The application form will also require you to provide supporting documents for our due diligence process such as organisational accounts. We will help you access suitable due diligence evidence if you are very new and unestablished.

  7. Following due diligence, applications will be assessed by Trustees and decisions on the most suitable applicants will be made at the next grant meeting. All applicants will be updated on the outcome of their application within one working week of the meeting.

Timeline

  • Grants are typically made twice a year in approximately December and June

  • Grant assessment windows are during April/May and October/November.

  • Deadlines for stage one applications in 2025 are: 31st March and 29th September.

  • Deadlines for stage two applications in 2025 are: 25th April and 20th October.

Prior to receiving funds you can expect:

  • A call from our Charity Manager to discuss your grant offer and agree the outcomes you are hoping to see within your organisation at the end of the grant period. These will be reflected in a grant offer letter alongside our terms and conditions.

  • You will be required to return a signed* copy of the above to complete and return our bank details form, along with evidence of your bank account in the name of the recipient organisation** (personal bank accounts cannot be considered).

  • In some cases, if your due diligence information is unavailable, incomplete, or inadequate, we may suggest you identify a partner charity who can receive the funds on your behalf and administer the payments for you.

* This must be signed by the most appropriate member of senior management or Trustee and submitted wet signed (a scan of a signed hard copy letter) and on the relevant organisation’s letterhead.

**This can be an image of a voided cheque or paying in slip, or a bank statement with transaction information redacted/obscured.

Following an award you will be required to:

  • Meet with our Charity Manager to help produce a report at the end or within 12 months of the anniversary to reflect the progress against the outcomes we agreed on within your offer letter.

  • Where possible we would like you to acknowledge the grant within your annual report and accounts for the year in which you received the grant.

  • Consider how you can share your outcomes and learnings from the grant with other organisations working in a similar sector.

  • Be open to attending SYP Trust events to represent your organisation and help us further our aims of improving the lives of children and Young People.

  • We may also ask for your permission to be featured on our website, as long as you are able to provide suitable consent for any images and/or details.

 

Download a pdf version of our funding guidance, or get in touch if you have any further questions.