1.
Organisational Details
1.1 Please enter the details of your organisation.
[The organisation submitting the application will be assessed as the lead grant holder for the proposed
project.]
1.2 Who are your proposed implementation partners?
[Please outline the proposed organisation(s) that you will partner with to deliver this project.
Implementing partners are organisations thatwill receive project funds to deliver activities. Refer to
application guidance for details on eligible implementing partners:] Partnerships and Consortiums Guidance
1.3 Please enter the details of any match funders.
[A matched funder is an organisation that is supplying additional funding for the project.
Please refer to the website guidance for information on match funding.]
1.4 Please provide details of the primary contact for this application.
[Please note that we will direct all communications regarding this application to this contact point.]
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Skype:
1.5 Please provide details of your secondary contact for this application.
[We will require these details in case your primary contact cannot be reached.]
Name:
Email:
Phone:
Skype:
1.6 Are you applying on behalf of a consortium?
[Please refer to the application guidance below for the definition of a 'consortium': Partnerships and
Consortiums]
1.6.1 What are the names of the other organisations in your consortium?
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1.7 Do you currently hold, or have previously received, funding from the Department of
International Development (DFID)?
1.8 Please provide a list of acronyms related to this application, along with their definition.
[Please try to refrain from using too many acronyms in your application.]
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2. Organisation Financial Health
2.1 Please state your total annual organisational income over the past three years.
Income for 2019 (£)
Income for 2018 (£)
Income for 2017 (£)
2.2 Please state your total annual organisational expenditure over the past three years.
Expenses for 2019 (£)
Expenses for 2018 (£)
Expenses for 2017 (£)
2.3 Please upload copies of the last three annual audited accounts for your organisation.
Upload the accounts of your organisation as the main applicant and proposed grant holder.
If you have been in operation for less than 3 years, please submit available audit documentation based on
your years of operation.
These files should be labelled 'Audited Accounts (year) (name of applicant)'. These should be submitted as
PDF files. If audited accounts are not yet available, interim financial statements will be accepted.
The file size limit for each file is 25 MB.
2.4 Please state the most recent values for the following balance sheet categories.
Fixed Assets (£)
Current Assets (£)
Current Liabilities (£)
Long Term Liabilities (£)
2.5 Is your organisation a going concern?
An organisation is considered a going concern if the organisation is in a position to continue its activities for the
foreseeable future. If your auditor has expressed concerns related to the organisational financial stability, then you
should answer 'No'.
2.6 Please state the most recent values for your organisational reserves.
Restricted Funds (£)
General/Unrestricted Reserves (£)
Other Reserves (£)
3. Proposed Project
3.1 What is the proposed project title?
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3.2 Summarise your proposed project including the key objectives.
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3.3 In which country/countries will your proposed project be implemented?
[Please refer to the list of eligible countries on the UK Aid Direct website.]
3.4 What regions will the intervention cover within the country or countries of
implementation and why?
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3.5 How long will your project last in months?
Please enter only the number of months.
3.6 What is your project's primary sector?
3.7 What is your project's secondary sector?
3.8 Which Global Goal is your primary focus?
[More information on The Global Goals can be found here: https://www.globalgoals.org/]
3.9 Which Global Goal is your secondary focus?
[Your secondary goal must be different to your primary goal.]
3.10 Who are your primary beneficiaries?
[Primary beneficiaries are individuals who directly benefit from project interventions. Depending on the
project, this could be people who participate in training or women who receive livestock, for instance. It
is important to note that primary beneficiaries are directly connected with project outputs and outcomes,
and should be easily identified and described.
Please define your primary beneficiaries by clicking the button below and selecting the relevant
population type, age and gender.]
3.11 What is the total number of primary beneficiaries you intend to reach?
4. Context
4.1 What specific problems will this project address? Provide facts and figures to illustrate
the scale of these problems.
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4.2 Outline the anticipated impact of COVID-19 on your target population. Use examples
of evidence and data to explain the specific problems.
[We appreciate that the context may be significantly different between now and when projects are
planned to start, and ask that applicants outline the anticipated consequences of COVID-19 when
providing the rationale for the proposed interventions.]
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4.3 Which stakeholders have you consulted with during the design of the project and why?
[Stakeholders may include your target beneficiaries, local and national government, local communities, schools
etc.]
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5. Approach and Delivery
5.1 Outline the specific activities you will undertake as part of this project and explain how
these will help you to achieve your objectives.
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5.2 What evidence do you have that this is the most effective and appropriate approach to
address the identified problems?
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5.3 How will you accurately identify and include the most vulnerable and marginalised
groups of beneficiaries?
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5.4 What beneficiary feedback mechanisms will you incorporate into the project and why?
[You may find the following guidance useful: Beneficiary Feedback Mechanisms]
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5.5 How will your project be adapted if the COVID-19 pandemic does not evolve as
anticipated?
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5.6 After this UK Aid Direct grant is finished, how will change be sustained?
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5.7 Please explain clearly how the benefits will outweigh the costs and how the project
represents value for money.
[You may find the following guidance useful: Value for Money]
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5.8 Please detail how you are addressing and improving gender equality through your
project.
[You may find the following guidance useful:Gender Equality]
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5.9 How will this project improve the lives of people with disabilities?
[You may find the following guidance useful: Disability Inclusion]
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6. Capacity
6.1 Please explain how your past experience (and your implementing partners) enables you
to implement your proposed project.
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6.2 Summarise your (and your implementing partners') existing in-country capacity to
deliver the proposed project
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7. Risk
7.1 What are the key risks associated with delivering your proposed project and how will
you mitigate against them?
[In this section please identify risks that you may encounter during your project and the approach you will take to
mitigate these risks.
Alongside the broader project delivery risks, please include risks around safeguarding and fraud, as well as the
COVID-19 pandemic. Click the 'Add Risk' button below to enter a risk.]
Level Risk descriptions
7.2 What safeguarding measures do you have in place to prevent and respond to
exploitation, harassment and abuse of project beneficiaries and staff?
[Please focus on the project-level approach to safeguarding, rather than your organisational approach.]
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8. Proposed Grant Financing
8.1 Please provide the total budget (in GBP £) for your project (including match funding
amount).
[Please ensure that the figure you provide in your application is converted into pounds sterling (£) otherwise your
application may be deemed ineligible. Always round the figure to the nearest £1 and do not use punctuation such as
decimal points or commas. Any missed or incorrect punctuation could mean that your project budget reads as
£19,800,039 (ineligible) rather than £198,000 (eligible). Please refer to the applicant guidance for further
information.]
8.2 Please provide the total budget (in GBP £) that you are requesting from the Department
for International Development (DFID).
[Please ensure that the figure you provide in your application is converted into pounds sterling (£) otherwise your
application may be deemed ineligible. Always round the figure to the nearest £1 and do not use punctuation such as
decimal points or commas. Any missed or incorrect punctuation could mean that your project budget reads as
£19,800,039 (ineligible) rather than £198,000 (eligible).]
8.3 Total match funding (in GBP £) to be provided:
8.4 Please state the source of match funding outlined above.
[Match funding is not a requirement, however, if you will be providing matched funding, please give more details
below.]
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8.5 Please upload a summary budget for your project using the template provided below.
[The summary budget template can be downloaded by clicking here.
Please complete and submit the summary budget template with your proposal. This template requires your
estimated total annual project costs at a budget sub-heading level only and no detailed budget is required at this
stage of the application process. For your application to be eligible, you must use the template provided. To
correctly complete the template please enter the total proposed cost for each main budget heading for each year of
the duration of the project, with costs being separated to clearly identify the DFID funding requirement and the
proposed match funding being sourced (if applicable). Project activity costs should be included at each activity
output level. You are also required to indicate the countries in which funding will be expended. We accept that, at
this stage that your costs may be based on estimates but every effort should be made to ensure that these are as
realistic as possible. A detailed budget will be expected at full application. Please provide only one file - you can
upload a new copy when one is already uploaded by clicking "Update" against the file. Please note that there is a
file size limit of 25MB.]
