Green Microgrants Application Form

Welcome! Using this form you can apply for a chance to win up to £1,000 to improve your local green space, get young people out in nature or help wildlife.

This round we are interested in projects that support nature or support young people to get out into nature during the colder months. Here are a few examples

- Buying wet weather gear or cold weather gear to make a clothes bank for young people in your group
- Items that will help wildlife during the winter - like bird feeders
- Planning winter nature walks or activities for local young people
- Buying fruit bushes or trees for winter planting
- Buying or making free nature activities or resources to do this winter

The winners will be approved by the Backyard Nature Green Youth Board.

Terms of the Funding
If you are successful in your funding bid, you will: 
- Gather together a group of at least 20 young people to do some Green Research about the outdoor space you use by the end of January - preview the form here
- The funding will be spent and you will have completed our impact report by the end of February 
- Organisations that apply must be connected to a local housing association  preference will be given to those taking action on social housing estates.
- Funding must benefit people aged 7-25 and ideally decision making would be youth-led 
- Complete an impact report that collects data about your service users, including ethnicity, age, gender as well as how your service users have benefitted from this funding. 

If you have any questions, please direct these to sophie@actionfunder.org
1.What is your first name?
2.What is your second name?
3.What is a good email address to reach you on?
4.What is a good phone number to reach you on? 
5.What is the postcode of where you would be carrying out your project if you won funding?
6.What is the name of  your organisation?

Unfortunately we are not able to give funding out to individuals. If you want to take part please align with a community group, school or housing estate community centre. 
7.If you are connected to a housing association which one is it?

This can include if your group or school project includes young people from social housing, if you work in partnership with a housing association, or if you are a group that meets on housing association property. If you do not have a connection with a housing association please write "none" in the box that reads "Other".
8.Please can you tell us a little bit about your community.

Who lives here? What are their ages? Does your community include people from different backgrounds or from marginalised backgrounds based on ethnicity, age, income, disability etc.? Do people feel a sense of belonging?
9.Does everyone already get to enjoy nature and the outdoors? If not, why not?

For example, do some people find it hard to get outside because they have a physical disability or because there are locked gates keeping people out? Do some people feel like they are too busy or that they don't know enough about the outdoors? Do some people feel like it's not a nice outdoor space to be in because it's dangerous or not taken care of?
10.If you won some funding, what would you do with it?

For example, would you buy things for the space like benches, planting boxes or seeds? Would you use money for a service, like hiring someone to teach your community about growing trees or cutting back stinging nettles?
11.Please can you give us a shopping list of what the funding would be for?

Please include all the items or services as well as how much each part costs e.g 2 x benches @ £250 per bench = £500, 1kg wildflower seed = £50, 20 x pairs gardening gloves @ £2 per pair = £40, 2 hours of training from a tree expert = £150 etc…
12.How would buying these things or services benefit your community?

For example, would it make people happier? Would it bring people together so they are less lonely? Would it help people learn how to love and take care of nature? Would it help make people healthier?
13.Roughly how many people from your community would benefit from this action?

E.g. 30 people would be involved in gardening sessions, 10 children would be trained in beekeeping, 150 people would benefit from being able to access the estate.
14.If you won funding to buy things to improve your patch, who would take care of these over the next few years?
 
For example, who would water plants? Who would weed flower beds? If this question isn't relevant for what you want to use funding on, please write not relevant. 
15.Finally, please confirm that you have read and agree to the conditions of the funding listed at the beginning of this form.

If you have any questions about this, please contact sophie@actionfunder.org