WULF APPLICATION FORM
Please refer to the WULF Prospectus for guidance when
completing the application
SECTION 1 – DESCRIPTION, COST AND NEED
1. Name of Applicant Union
Lead partner responsible for submitting the application and financially
managing the project.
2. Name of Union Contact
Please state who will have responsibility for managing the project.
Please note that the named contact will have responsibility for returning
the quarterly grant claims, project progress reports and annual
expenditure forms.
Name:
Tel No:
Fax No:
Email:
3. Contact Address
Address:
Post Code:
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4. Project Title
5. Project Budget
Total Project Budget
6. Your Background
Please provide a brief description of your union/organisation
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7. Project Summary
What will the project deliver?
Please include a brief description of: Why is the project required? What
will the developments, improvements and outputs be? How will they be
delivered and monitored? When will they be achieved?
What will the overall impact of the project be and how will this be
measured?
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8. Location
What is the geographical focus of your project? Please state the
region(s), where applicable, or if it is pan-Wales. Please also state what
employment sector(s) it is based in.
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9. Main aims and objectives of Project
Please outline the aims and objectives of your proposed project.
Set out the link between the aims and objectives sought, the specific
activities planned and the achievement of targets. Proposals should
focus on addressing Essential Skills and learning that support economic
growth and improved productivity.
Explain how each of these will be delivered, managed and monitored to
ensure all activity will be completed within the approved timescales.
Use clear SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Realistic and
Time- bound) criteria wherever possible.
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10.
Previous WULF Funding
Please state the project title(s) and start and end date(s) of any previous
WULF projects that your organisation has received funding for.
If your new proposed project has similar aims and objectives to any
previous WULF projects you have delivered, please state if the previous
project is now running without support from WULF. Please also state
why you are seeking funding for a similar project. You should provide
information about how the aims and objectives of the proposed project
cannot be met by the existing project.
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11.
Why are you seeking WULF support
Please explain why WULF funding is needed, including how the project
will contribute towards the ‘specific objectives’ of the Fund.
Please describe the evidence you have used as the basis for this
project.
Have you explored any other avenues of support and, if so, what are
they? Why do they not apply to this project?
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12.
Delivery and Expenditure
To provide us with the necessary information to ensure the effective
management of expenditure against delivery of activity and achievement
of key targets, you are required to provide an accurate project profile
using the profile template provided.
This profile must be equal to the value of your allocation. Please note
that underspends cannot be carried forward from one financial year to
the next.
You must use the budget headings that are outlined in the profile
template, which has been attached at the end of the application form, for
ease of use. (Delivery Profile Template)
Where you plan to purchase equipment, please provide details of the
cost of the equipment and why this is necessary. How will the equipment
fit in with your targets?
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13.
Measurable targets
Set realistic targets and ensure that they align with your key aims and
objectives.
Clearly define who the beneficiaries will be and how many will benefit.
Please profile your measurable targets by completing the delivery profile
template at the end of the application form.
Target
Number
Target
Link to
aim/objective
Who is the
beneficiary
How
many
people
will
benefit
Measurable
Target 1
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14.
Additional Targets & Outcomes
Please provide information about any additional outcomes that you feel
might be delivered through the project that have not already been
captured in the specific aims, objectives and measurable targets detailed
in your application
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15.
Widening Participation, Access and Equality of
Opportunity
The Wales Union Leaning Fund gives priority to projects that widen
access to lifelong learning for people in Wales, irrespective of their
background or current personal circumstances.
Please provide details of how your projects will address equality of
opportunity by widening access to learning, e.g. by targeting nontraditional learners, vulnerable or atypical workers and those who may
currently be prevented from accessing learning due to barriers that may
arise from structural, personal, occupational or work-based factors.
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16.
Contribution towards the Programme for Government
agenda in respect of addressing Essential Skills in the
workplace
Will your proposals significantly improve essential skills in the
workplace?
Does the project demonstrate effective support to any of the 9 priority
sectors identified by Welsh Government?
Does the project provide opportunities for employees to develop their
skills and progress to further learning?
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17.
Promoting Partnership
Please explain how your project will demonstrate and sustain effective
partnerships in an effort to maximise the education and training
opportunities available. This might include working with employers, other
Trade Unions, learning providers, Regional Skills Partnerships or
community-based organisations,
Please note that any partners who are named in your bid must provide a
letter of support outlining their commitment to the project. These letters
must be attached to your bid at the time of submission to the Welsh
Government.
Please use the pages at the end of this application to list the names,
location and contact details of project partners and employers.
.
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18.
Participant Investment
Please outline how your project will implement a suitable level of
financial investment from Union/employer/employee when agreeing to
fund learning activities.
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19.
Sustainability
What will happen when WULF funding for the project comes to an end
and how will progress made be continued? You should indicate how
Trade Union policies, systems, working practices and future resource
planning (including staffing) will evolve to help sustain learning activities
and services beyond the duration of WULF funding.
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20.
Project Timetable
Please set out a detailed project timetable below including the key
milestones and when they will be achieved. This must include the project
start and completion dates and other key progress points, such as the
appointment of project staff, launch, learning needs analyses, course
dates, purchase of equipment, dissemination events.
The project timetable must be sufficiently detailed to enable Welsh
Government to keep track of your project’s progress.
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21.
Project Management and Delivery
Please show clearly how the project will be managed and how outcomes
are going to be achieved. This should include reference to the role of
steering groups, project managers and project workers.
What are the key barriers and risks to the project and how will you
remove or mitigate against them? Please include a risk register with your
proposal. A template has been provided at the bottom of this application
form. (Risk Register Template)
Applicants must demonstrate how their project will be linked to and
supported by their wider union infrastructure and/or linked to other
partners and schemes.
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22.
Monitoring and Evaluation
What systems will you put in place to effectively manage and report on
what the impact of the project has been?
The Welsh Government will expect the impact of the project to be clearly
visible; for example, if you are holding awareness raising events, you will
be expected to record how many people attended and gather feedback
about what the benefit was for them, including any progression on to
further project-funded activity.
The Welsh Government has allocated funding for an independent
external evaluation in Year 2 of the projects. Please outline the systems
you will have in place for collecting and sharing learner and employer
data to support this evaluation. Please include details of how you will
meet the requirements of the Data Protection Act 1998 and how you will
collect participants’ consent to share information with the Welsh
Government.
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23.
Project Partners Letters of Support
Please note that partners who are named in your bid must provide a
letter of support detailing their commitment and contribution to the
project. These letters must be attached to the bid at the time of
submission to the Welsh Government. Failure to attach letters of
support to the bid will mean that the relevant partner will be removed
from the bid.
(a)
Employers
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
Email:
Email:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
E-Mail:
E-Mail:
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Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
(b)
Unions
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
Email:
Email:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
E-Mail:
E-Mail:
Role:
Role:
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Letter attached
Letter attached
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(c)
Learning Providers
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
Email:
Email:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
E-Mail:
E-Mail:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
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(d)
Voluntary, Community and other Partners
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
Email:
Email:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
Name:
Name:
Address:
Address:
Post Code:
Post Code:
Tel:
Tel:
Fax:
Fax:
E-Mail:
E-Mail:
Role:
Role:
Letter attached
Letter attached
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23.
Applicant’s Check List
Please tick to confirm:
Yes
No
Have all sections on the
form been completed?
Have all original letters
of support from the
project partners been
attached? These letters
must give details of the
partner’s commitment to
the project.
24.
Authorisation
I confirm that this application has the support of the union leadership.
Name (block capitals)
Position
Signature
Date
THIS FORM MUST BE RETURNED IN HARD COPY TO JENNY MADGE AT THE
ADDRESS SHOWN BELOW, BY 8th JANUARY 2016
Welsh Government
Tŷ’r Llyn
Clos Llyn Cwm
Swansea
SA6 8AH
Please also e-mail an electronic copy of the application to:
Jenny.Madge@wales.gsi.gov.uk
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Delivery Profile Template
Budget Heading
Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Total Year 1 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Quarter 4 Total Year 2 Project Total
Learning Delivery Costs actual course delivery
Learning Development Costs new course activity only
Learning Events - including
awareness raising events
Learning Centres - include all
associated costs inc ICT
Promotion
Project Manager Salary
Project Support Staff Salary
T & S - including expenses
and mobile phones excluding
overheads
Equipment
Total Expenditure
Please profile the projects measurable targets by quarter
easurable Target 1 (replace with actual target)
Measurable Target 2 etc
Total Target
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Risk Register Template
Please provide as much detail as possible; the Register will need to be updated as the project progresses.
Please insert additional lines if required.
Project management and governance arrangements
Risk Description
Likelihood
Impact
(1 – 10)
(1 – 10)
Total
Risk
Controls to be established
Owner
Review
Date
Summary of totals
Low Risk = 1 – 30
Medium Risk = 31 – 70
High Risk = 71 - 100
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