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Application Form
Food for Thought: Education Fund Phase 4
The aim of the fund is to provide :
 progressive, high quality learning experiences in food education, allowing learners to
develop their knowledge and skills
 the opportunity to plan and implement learning experiences which build sustainability
and capacity for future development
 the opportunity to embed food education into the ethos of the school
Name of Local Authority
Name of School/s
Application completed
by
Deadline for
Applications
Timescale for our
Decision
Period of Fund
To arrive no later than midnight Sunday 17th April 2016
End of May 2016
Successful applicants will receive notification of funding by the
end of May 2016. Project activities should take place between
August and December 2016 and final reports should be submitted
by end of January 2017.
Level of Grants
Funding awards will be up to £3,000 per project. When applying
as a cluster or associated school group each school may apply
for funding. Each application should be completed individually. It
may not be possible to fund every element of each successful
proposal. The total amount for food education projects will be
subject to budget availability.
Business Partnership
In order to enhance skills for learning, life and work it is essential
that you work in partnership with a business for this funding.
Business in the Community Scotland can help you to link to a
business or community organisation(s) that can fulfil this role. These
partners are not required to be a food based business/community
organisation. Schools can work with existing partners or create
their own new partnerships.
Eligibility
Applications are invited from practitioners in early years centres
schools/clusters/associated schools groups across Scotland. NB:
We will accept one application per school. ASN schools in the
independent sector are also eligible to apply.
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 Midnight on Sunday 17 April 2016 is the final deadline for bids.
 Failure to meet the deadline may render your application invalid.
 If any sections are incomplete then this will impact on the assessment of your application.
 Only return the completed application form. Supporting documents are not required.
 Please ensure that you retain a copy of the application form for your own records.
Please complete this form in type
Foodforthought@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk
in the spaces provided and email
your application to:
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SECTION 1: ABOUT YOU
Local Authority:
Please give the name and contact details of the
person within your establishment/school who will
deal with this application, all correspondence
relating to it and the management of the Food for
Thought Fund.
The person named here must be authorised to
answer all queries and to sign all paperwork relating
to this application and be responsible for the overall
management and co-ordination of the project. The
named person should also be the first point of
contact for Education Scotland.
Name:
Position:
Establishment/School:
Address:
Postcode:
Direct Telephone:
Mobile:
Email:
1.
Has your establishment received Food for Thought
Funding previously? Please tick all that apply:
Phase 1 
Phase 2 
Phase 3 
2.
Please go the Education Scotland website for further information about Food for Thought.
http://www.educationscotland.gov.uk/learningteachingandassessment/curriculumareas/healthan
dwellbeing/supportmaterials/foodforthoughteducationfund
You will find additional support on completing your application on the Glow Health & Wellbeing
Community at http://bit.ly/foodforthoughtsupport This support includes examples from Phase 3
schools.
A Food for Thought Glow Meet has been organised for Thursday 24rd March at 4pm. This will take
the form of a Question and Answer session giving advice on completing the form, the business link
or any other aspect of your project. Details on the website.
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SECTION 2: OVERARCHING THEMES:
Please tick any that will apply to your project.
Developing the Young Workforce
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics) and food education :
Inequity/attainment gap
Digital Learning and food education
Progressive Interdisciplinary Learning around food education
Learning for Sustainability and food education
Outdoor Learning and food education
Parents/Community and food education
SECTION 3: MAKING LINKS Please indicate which of the following national events, initiatives
and Scottish Government guidance will relate to your project.
Becoming a Good Food Nation: follow up to Recipe For Success - Scotland's National Food
and Drink Policy http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0045/00453219.pdf
Better Eating, Better Learning: a new context for school food, follow up to Hungry for Success
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00445740.pdf
Beyond the School Gate: improving food choices in the school community
http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/0044/00449317.pdf
Setting the Table: nutritional guidance for early years providers in Scotland
http://www.healthscotland.com/uploads/documents/21130-SettingtheTable_1.pdf
Scotland’s Year of Innovation (Architecture and Design) 2016
Olympic Games 2016
World War One Centenary 2014-2018
Other (please indicate)
SECTION 4: YOUR BUSINESS LINK
Establishments must make a link with at least one business / community partner to help address skills
for learning, life and work. You may have identified a suitable partner yourself but Business in the
Community Scotland can provide support and advice if required. BiTC will be represented at the
Food for Thought Support Event in June or you may wish to contact Vivian Maeda from BiTC
directly: Vivian.Maeda@bitc.org.uk In the meantime, please give as much information about your
potential business link as you can when completing Section 5.
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SECTION 5 : ABOUT YOUR PROJECT
Please give a 50 word summary of
your project
Please note that we may use this
wording in reports and in press
releases, so it should be a concise
statement of your proposed plans.
Please give an overview of your plans, school based activities and deadlines, with reference to
Sections 2, 3 and 4. (a timeline can be very helpful). You may go to a second page for this section.
Please refer to the guidance on how will we assess your application.
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SECTION 6: YOUR PROJECT BUDGET
Please include a breakdown of costs. Consider how you intend to ensure the fund will build a
legacy for food education in your school. Rows may be added if necessary.
PLEASE NOTE LIMITED OR NO DETAIL MAY RESULT IN YOUR APPLICATION BEING UNSUCCESSFUL.
Detail
Amount
Supply cover (if applicable) for one practitioner to attend the support event for
successful bids (note, this will take place mid-June 2016)
Travel and subsistence to attend support event
Food for Thought Total Expenditure
£
Any additional Income
£
Total Project Expenditure (receipts for items of £500 + must be retained)
£
SECTION 7: How will we assess your application?
Criteria
How well does the bid address the aims of the fund? (page 1)
How well does the bid address the themes of the fund? (page 3)
How well does the bid engage with national initiatives and
current national support documents? (page 3)
How well does the bid represent value for money?
Is establishment receiving FfT funding for the first time?
Total
Score
(0-4)
Weighting
(1-5)
5
5
3
Max Score
available
20
20
12
3
12
1
4
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The criteria above will be scored using the following scale (with the exception of the final criteria).
0 Unacceptable
Nil or inadequate response. Fails to meet the requirements.
Response is partially relevant but generally poor. The response addresses
1 Poor
some elements of the requirements but contains insufficient/limited detail.
The response addresses a broad understanding of the requirements but may
2 Acceptable
lack details on how they will be fulfilled in certain areas.
The response is sufficiently detailed to demonstrate a good understanding
3 Good
and provides details on how the requirements will be fulfilled.
The response is comprehensive, unambiguous and demonstrates a thorough
4 Excellent
understanding of how the requirements will be met in full.
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SECTION 8: YOUR STATEMENT AND SIGNATURE
Before submitting your application, please ensure that you have:
 answered all sections and questions
 not submitted a copy of a previous application
 not submitted the same application as another establishment
 signed the form using a digital signature if possible
If you are successful, we will inform you in writing by the end of May 2016 and the grant letters will be
issued by the beginning of June 2016. On receipt of the correctly completed funding letter from your
authority, funding will then be transferred to the local authority, where schools will then be able to
download their allocated funding so that projects can begin in August 2016. Once we have
awarded a grant we cannot give any more funding for the project.
Monitoring and Evaluation of your Grant
We need to monitor your grant so that we can account for how you have used our funds. This will be
ongoing throughout the duration of the project and will contribute to the final end of project report.
Please note that we will ask you for an end of project report in full by the end January 2017.
Publicity
Information on grants awarded may be made public by Education Scotland.
Images submitted in support of your application may be stored electronically by us. If we later seek to
use these for publicity purposes, we will contact you in order to obtain permission to do so.
Complying with Conditions of Grant
You must keep to the grant conditions shown in both our offer letter and any accompanying
documents. In particular:
 you must not make changes to your project without notifying us first
 you must carry out your project in line with the timescales given in your application, and
within the time limits shown in our offer letter, It is very important that you let us know about
any delay or difficulties in keeping to the conditions so that we can give advice and help
as necessary
 you will be required to acknowledge our funding in any publicity relating to this project
Your Statement

I confirm that all the information in this application is true and correct.
I confirm that I am happy for you to provide copies of this form to any person or organisation you
need to consult about this application.

I note that any grant awarded will be subject to standard and specific conditions.

I confirm that I have the power to accept the grant under conditions you set and to repay the grant if
we do not meet them.
Name
Position
Digital
Signature
Date
Submit application by email to foodforthought@educationscotland.gsi.gov.uk
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