Application process

Before you apply

We encourage all potential applicants, after reading the application materials, to contact the grants team to informally discuss your proposal. This enables us to establish whether your planned work fits within the general requirements of the programme and offers you an opportunity to find out more about what we are looking for.

Please note that discussing your proposal with the grants team does not guarantee the success of your application.

Only one application per grant round will be considered from each hospice.

Applying online

Grants can be applied for quickly and easily online. There is more guidance on setting up and using your online account elsewhere on our website.

If successful the account is needed to access online various reports to complete throughout the life of the grant, so we suggest the applicant applies for a grant from their own online account.  

Accessing and completing your application form

To begin a new St. James's Place Foundation pilot project grant online form open a new application form and complete the requested information. The first page after signing in will be the eligibility quiz.

To return to a saved application, sign into your existing account. This will take you to a page which displays both your completed and in-progress applications.

When you are filling in your application form, please give concise answers as some questions have a limit on the number of words you can write.

Applications can be spell checked before submission by clicking the tick beside each box. However it may be easier to compile your answers in a word document first, then copy them into the online application form. This makes it is easier to count the number of words as well as check for any spelling and grammatical errors.

If you are successful, we will ask you to report back on your grant by referring to the answers written on your application form, so it is important to be realistic in your answers.

Submitting the online form

Once you have completed the form you can submit it online. To submit, go to the last page of the application form and at the bottom is a ‘review and submit’ button. This allows you to check through your application before sending it. Once you are happy with it, click ‘submit’.

You will receive an automated email confirming your application has been submitted and is now under consideration. 

If you do not receive a confirmation email then the application has not been submitted.

A copy of your application is available for you to access on your account page under submitted applications.

Supporting documentation

Please send the following by post or email (scanned copies) to the grants team:

• a signed statement of support on hospice headed paper from your chief executive or equivalent
• letters of support from partner organisations, if applicable
• any other supporting information, such as a feasibility study or scoping exercise, that identifies the need for the pilot project.

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