Champion grants scheme

7. What happens next

You will receive an email or letter informing you of the decision.

If the funding has been awarded to you, you need to allow three to four weeks after receiving the email for the payment to be made into your organisation's bank account. When you receive this email, you can make the purchases you planned to make with the funds awarded.

You can use your organisation's own funds while you're waiting for the money to be paid. Any receipts must be dated after the date of the decision, as set out in the email / letter.

Please keep the receipts. Our monitoring team will ask you to provide these and a copy of your organisation's bank statement showing the award being paid in and the money being spent.

If the cost is less than anticipated or you don't spend the money because of a cancellation for example, please contact the grants team. Do not spend the money without contacting us first as you may need to return the funds.