Supporting Change - Carers application form
Application form
What information you need to apply
1. The details of 2 different people from your organisation
One person should be someone we can talk to if we have any questions about your project. The other should be a senior member of your organisation, who’ll be legally responsible for the funding. Both need to live in the UK.
The 2 people cannot be:
- related by marriage
- in a civil partnership with each other
- in a long-term relationship with each other
- related through a long-term partner
- living together at the same address
- related by blood
They also cannot use the same email address on the application form.
What details you’ll need:
- names, email addresses, telephone numbers
- home addresses
- dates of birth
2. Details about your organisation
- the legal name of your organisation.
- your organisation’s address
- what type of organisation it is, for example a registered charity or not-for-profit company
3. Your organisation’s accounts
We’ll ask you to:
- send us your organisation’s latest accounts
- send us your 12 month projections if your organisation is less than 15 months old
- tell us your total income and expenditure for the year
4. Your project budget
We’ll ask you to send us your proposed project budget. It should include:
- the total costs of your project
- how much of the money you’re asking us for
- a breakdown of what costs this will cover, for each year of the project
You can use our budget template (Excel spreadsheet, 45 KB).
5. We ask for information about what sort of project you’d like to do:
- the name of your project
- where your project will take place
- how much money you need
- how you’ll make long-term changes to the systems that affect unpaid carers’ health
- how you’ll involve people with experience of unpaid care
- how you’ll deliver the project
- how you’ll use learning and evidence to inform your project
What happens next?
Submit your application by 28 August 2025. You should send it to ApplicationsScotland@tnlcommunityfund.org.uk.
- we'll email your main and senior contact to let them know we’ve got your application
- your answers will be passed on to a funding officer, who will use this information to assess your application
- we’ll contact you to talk about your application. And to get more information if we need it
- it takes around 12 weeks to find out if you’re invited to the next application stage
Project name
| What's the name of your project? | The project name should be simple and to the point. |
Project location
| Where will your project take place? | If your project covers more than one area please tell us where most of it will take place:
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| Tell us all the locations the project will run in | In your own words, describe all of the locations that you’ll be running your project in. For example, ‘Stirling’ or ‘North Edinburgh’ or ‘Govanhill’. |
What is the postcode of where your project will take place? | If your project will take place across different locations, please use the postcode of the building or address where most of the project will take place. You must provide the full postcode. If you don't know the postcode, use the Royal Mail Postcode Finder to help you find it. |
Project costs
| Tell us the total cost of your project | This is the cost of everything related to your project, even things you're not asking us to fund. For example:
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| How much money do you want from us? | [Enter the amount of money you want] |
Project start date
Tell us when you'd like to get the money if you're awarded funding. | Don't worry, this can be an estimate. It should be at least 3 months from the date you plan to submit this form. |
Project duration
| How long do you need the money for? | We can fund projects over 5 to 10 years. If your project is not an exact number of years, please round up to the nearest year. For example, if your project lasts 5 years and 6 months, round up to 6 years.
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Project development costs (optional)
Tell us the total cost of developing your project | You can apply for extra funding up to £50,000 to help you develop your project. This can help get your project ready for the next application stage. Tell us the cost of everything related to the development of your project, even things you're not asking us to fund. |
| How much money do you want from us to develop your project? | [Enter the amount of money you want] |
| How will you use the money to develop your project? | You can write a maximum of 1,000 words for this section. |
List the costs you need to develop your project | Tell us the costs of everything related to the development of your project, even things you’re not asking us to fund. You should use budget headings, rather than a detailed list of items. |