SWEF Enterprise Fund 
Start-Up Grant Application Form

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The SWEF Start Up Fund awards grants of up to £500 to young people in Kent and Medway who need support with business start-up costs.

Please make sure you have read our eligibility information on our website before completing the form.






A majority shareholder owns more than 50% of the business. Applications are also assessed on shareholder age and involvement. Shareholders aged over 30, who are actively involved in the business, render an application ineligible. Exceptions may be considered case-by-case. If your shareholder set up is unusual, or you are not sure if it will make your application ineligible, please email individuals@kcf.org.uk and we can advise, before you progress your application further.


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Don't forget to send your reference the link to the SWEF Enterprise Reference Form

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About You

About You




















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About your Business

Business

This is the legal/registered name as on the governing document


e.g. Gardening and Landscaping





The statement should be for your organisation’s day to day operating account and show a full month’s activity.
It will ideally be no more than one month old OR your most recent bank statement. It can be downloaded straight from your online banking or scanned to us, but must not be a spreadsheet export.
This is so we can check your organisation has its own bank account, verify bank details, and check the activity on the account looks normal. This should be your day to day operating account.
If you wish to blank out individuals' names that is fine, but please do leave all other descriptions/date/amounts as visible as possible.











Grant Request



If you intend to use a SWEF business grant to help fund an item costing more than £2,000, SWEF may consider awarding up to £2,000 towards a single item or piece of equipment, provided the total cost does not exceed £10,000. Funding can be considered for refurbished IT hardware - computers, tablets, phones (cameras, printers and card readers can be new) on a match funded basis (SWEF may cover 50% of the cost and ask how you plan to cover the other 50% of the cost). However, in order to be successful, you will need to explain why the computer, tablet or phone will transform your business. A link to the refurbished item will also be required, with an explanation of why you need this piece of specific technology.



e.g. Business Plan (if you already have one), screenshots of item/service costs etc. (if all item/service links have not already been provided).

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Don't forget to send your reference the link to the SWEF Enterprise Reference Form

Terms and conditions

Please download our full terms and conditions before submitting. Some key points are stated below.

Declaration

By submitting this application to Kent Community Foundation (KCF) you agree to your information being used by KCF to record, process, assess your application for a grant and to make any subsequent payments and to follow up on the grant after any award is made. We will hold and manage the information supplied in the line with our privacy policy. We ask that you read the policy and familiarise yourself with how we process your information.

It is essential that your organisation updates KCF on any changes to the application, including changes in main contact so correspondence is sent to the correct recipient.


By submitting this application

  • I understand that any grant is awarded on the basis of the information supplied in this application
  • I understand that any and all monies awarded must be used as per this application and any subsequent mutually agreed grant conditions.
  • I undertake that an End of Grant Form will be completed and returned to Kent Community Foundation
  • If your application is successful, you are agreeing to any information about your organisation being used in publicity by KCF and third party funders in partnership with Kent Community Foundation. (This does not include personal data, we will always seek permission before publicly sharing personal data.)
  • I understand that failure to comply with any of the above will impact on future applications for funding and in serious cases may result in grant monies being reclaimed  



If successful I agree that...
  1. I will spend the grant within 1 month and only spend the grant for the purposes outlined in the application, unless I have received written confirmation from SWEF that I can make a variation of spend.
  2. I accept that SWEF will under no circumstances, be liable for any damage, injury or loss of any kind whatsoever to any property or persons occurring because of activities undertaken with this grant.
  3. I give permission for SWEF to record the application information electronically and contact me by phone, mail or email should they need to discuss the grant further.
  4. SWEF runs quarterly ‘community meet-ups’, and you agree to receive invitations to these events by email. They are run on Microsoft Teams and will last no more than an hour. The purpose of these forums is to allow successful grant applicants to have an opportunity to discuss business ideas and pose questions to other successful applicants.
  5. SWEF is obligated to provide feedback on the effectiveness of the grants to its donors. Therefore, if you accept the SWEF grant, you must send us feedback when we ask for it which is currently 12 months after the grant is paid. The short feedback form will be supplied via a link in an email.
  6. SWEF sends out a quarterly newsletter and you consent to receiving this newsletter.  You can unsubscribe at any time if you no longer wish to receive it.
  7. SWEF regularly features case studies of grantees in its marketing. You consent to SWEF or its third-party marketing company to contact you about this.

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