Free Being Me FundApplication Pack

Information

Who is this fund for?

  • WAGGGS Member Organisations (MOs)
  • Groups of Member Organisations
  • Component Associations (CAs) within a Member Organisation

(If applying as a regional group of Member Organisations, the application will need to come from one lead MO on behalf of all MOs involved.)

What is this fund for?

The aim of the Free Being MeFund is to help reach more girls and boys with quality Free Being Me experiences by assisting with specific costs.

Here are some examples of costs which could be funded(this list is not exhaustive):

  • Hire of training venue
  • Printing Free Being Me activity packs
  • Transport costs for volunteers to attend training
  • Translating Free Being Me to your language
  • Transport and accommodation costs to invite a WAGGGS Global Trainer to support a national event

Where is funding coming from?

The Free Being Me Fund is funded by Dove, through the global WAGGGS-Dove partnership

What level of funding can you apply for?

We suggest applying for any amount between £100 and £3,000 (GBP).

When will you find out if you are successful?

The Free Being Me team aim to make a decision within ten working days of receiving your application. You may be asked for further information about your application. It is possible that you will be awardeda portion of the total funding applied for.

If you are successful, how is the money paid?

There are two options:

  1. Direct payment: WAGGGS pays a company or supplier you have received services from(for example a company that you contract to translate the activity packs). You will receive invoice instructions from WAGGGS.
  2. MO invoice: WAGGGS pays your MO based on a payment you have made to a company or supplier. Your invoice will show the amount and the reason; an invoice template can be provided.

We will agree with you the way for the payment to be made and inform you when it is processed.

How to apply

1)Fill out the Application Form, in English, Spanish or French

2)Complete an MO Action Plan – this is your work plan and national strategy for rolling out Free Being Me. The level of detail submitted in this plan will help us assess the funding application.

3)Email to

When applying, please consider resources and opportunities you already have that you can contribute to rolling out Free Being Me in your MO (consider human resources, upcoming events already planned etc as well as financial resources). Where you can demonstrate ways your MO can contribute to the Action Plan, this will be looked on favourably when allocating funding.

Free Being Me FundApplication Form

Member Organisation(s) / Component Association
Contact name and role/position
Contact email address
Date submitted
Chief Commissioner’s Approval signature

YOUR FUNDING REQUEST

Target for number of girls/ boys reached by Free Being Me by (please insert timescale of project eg December 2019):
(Please note that if one girl/ boy completes the FBM programme this will account for three Lives Reached, given that they will reach two others with their Take Action Project e.g. 900 lives reached will mean 300 girls/ boys have completed FBM)
Total funding requested in GBP:
(You can use this currency converter)
Breakdown of costs:
Reason for cost / How this meets the aim of reaching more boys and girls with quality Free Being Me experiences / Cost (GBP) / Amount requested from the Free Being Me Fund to help cover this cost
(you may wish to part-fund from other budgets or alternative funding streams)
Eg. Hire of training venue / More leaders trained to deliver FBM to their groups / 700 GBP / 350GBP

Declaration

On behalf of the above named organisation(s), I confirm that all funding requested on this form is to be used to reach girls, or girls and boys, with quality Free Being Me experiences.

If the funding request is successful, I commit to send a report each quarter on the progress of Free Being Me in my MO/CA, using the MO Reporting Template.

Signed:

Print name:

Role/position:

Free Being Me

Member Organization Action Plan

Purpose:To create a work plan for the delivery of Free Being Me programme in your MO.

Directions:

  1. Use this form as a template. Develop a work plan for each objective.
  2. Modify the form as needed.
  3. Share this Action Plan with everyone involved.
  4. Keep the plan up to date bring to national planning meetings. You may decide to develop new Action Plans as the project goes on.

Target:

Number of girls (and boys) who will do the Free Being Me curriculum by (please insert timescale of project eg December 2019):
Number of ‘lives reached’ by (please insert timescale of project eg December 2019):(This is the number of girls/ boys doing the curriculum multiplied by three, because each participant will reach two others with their Take Action Project. For example if 300 girls/boys complete Free Being Me, there is a total of 900 lives reached):
Number of leaders who will receive training on Free Being Me by (please insert timescale of project eg December 2019):
On average how many girls/ boys are in a group/unit/troop?

Free Being Me National Team:

Team member names / Role/ Responsibility / Contact details
Objectives
What we want to achieve? / Action
What will we do? / Responsibilities
Who will do what? / Timeline
By when? Day/
Month / Resources
(financial, human, & other)
  1. Resources available
  2. Resources needed
/ Opportunities
What elements external or internal to your MO can you use to develop further the FBM programme and your MO / Potential Barriers
A. Who or what could stop the project’s success?
B. What can we do to avoid/ minimize this?
Delivering Free Being Me activities:
Where and how: e.g. School-based groups, weekly meetings, camps, events
Adaption and translation
Do you need to translate /adapt Free Being Me activities and Leader Guide to work in your national context?
Training:
How will you train the following: (Consider events already planned where Free Being Me sessions could be delivered)
Trainers
Leaders
Peer Educators
(if applicable)
Do you already have Peer Education, or could you use this opportunity to introduce peer education?
Communication
How will you tell members about Free Being Me and how they can take part?
Fundraising
Will you need to do any fundraising for the project?
What organisations/ partners / donors can you approach for funding?
Badges Will you use badges as reward for completing activities / count lives reached?How will you distribute badges & record no. of badges given out? If you will not use badges, what other method will you use to count lives reached? (e.g. downloads)
Advocacy Would your MO be interested in taking part in Wagggs body confidence advocacyactivities?What kind of advocacy activities would you suggest? What support would you need from WAGGGS?