Application process

After reading these, we encourage you to contact the grants team in the first instance to informally discuss your proposal. This ensures that your planned work fits within the general requirements of the programme. It also offers 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 round will be considered from each hospice.

A PDF with an overview of the questions that will be asked in the online form is provided so that you know what to expect. Further information on how to complete each question is provided in the application form guidance notes.

If you cannot access the online form for any reason, you can also apply by completing a paper application form. Please contact us to request a paper version of the application form.

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.  

Before you can access the online application form you will be asked several questions in the eligibility filter. Responses to this are not sent to Help the Hospices but, if answered correctly, will allow you to access the form.

Accessing and completing your application form

To begin a new Widening Access through Nurse Leadership major 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, provide concise answers as some questions have a limit on the number of words you can write.

We recommend compiling your answers in a word document first, then copying 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 you have 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’ and a message should appear stating that it has been sent.

You will also receive an automated email acknowledging receipt and on your account page, the application will show under ‘submitted applications’ rather than ‘open applications’.

If this does not happen then the application has not been submitted.

Supporting documentation

Send either by post, or scanned in and attached to an email:

• your two page CV

• a signed statement of support from your chief executive, clinical director or equivalent on hospice headed paper

• letters of support from partner organisations

• any other supporting information such as local census data and/or research references

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