Lord Mayor's Charitable Trust - Christmas Grant 2024

The Lord Mayor's Charitable Trust - Grant Application

Apply: from 9am 21 October 2024 - until 5pm 1 November 2024

IMPORTANT: Please read information below to assist you in completing your application online.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Welcome to the Lord Mayor's Charitable Trust's online grant application service, powered by SmartyGrants.

You may begin anywhere in this application form. Please ensure you save as you go.

For queries about the guidelines, deadlines, or questions in the form, please contact us on lmct@brisbane.qld.gov.au or 07 3403 5381 and quote your submission number.

Click here to view the guidelines.

CHRISTMAS GRANT INFORMATION – PLEASE READ

For our Christmas 2024 grant round, if you have met the eligibility criteria, you can apply for any or all of the four grant options available noting they must be used for the option applied for and supported:

• Christmas toys (uncapped)
  Although there is no cap on the number of toys you can apply for, we cannot guarantee that all toys requested can be granted. However, we will do our best to meet all requests.
  
  
• Cash grant (capped at $2,000) for a Christmas celebration
  Each year, workers, volunteers, and those committed to their charities, selflessly give their time to ensuring others’ needs are met. The Trust believes it is important for these people to come together to celebrate Christmas and the year’s achievements. This cash grant is intended to provide charity supporters a Christmas Celebration, which can include (but is not limited to) catering/ modest restaurant meals, activities.
  
  
• Cash grant (capped at $2,000 or larger amounts at the discretion of the Board) to supplement meal services over the festive season
  This grant (proudly supported by Mosaic Property Group) is intended to subsidise charities providing meal services for the vulnerable and those experiencing food insecurity over the Christmas and New Year period. This grant can be used to supplement the charities usual offerings with special festive foods/goods, for both the Christmas and New Year period or also to expand services during this period.
  
  
• Cash grant (capped at $1,000) to purchase gift cards for clients
  The Trust recognises that some clients may need additional support over the Christmas period. This grant is intended to enable charities to purchase small denomination gift cards for those clients that may need support to buy food and small gifts. This grant is subject to the following requirements:

• • Receipt of gift card purchase/s must be provided at acquittal
  • Gift cards must not be used for items such as cigarettes, alcohol and online gaming

 All receipts must be provided and detailed on your acquittal form. Unspent funds will be required to be returned. It is important that the funds are expended in accordance with the above criteria and your supported grant application.

If you need more help using this form, download the Help Guide for Applicants or check out Applicant Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)

NAVIGATING (MOVING THROUGH) THE APPLICATION FORM

On every screen (page of the form) you will find a Form Navigation contents box, this links directly to every page of the application. Click the link to jump directly to the page you want.

You can also click 'next page' or 'previous page' on the top or bottom of each page to move forward or backward through the application.

SAVING YOUR DRAFT APPLICATION

If you wish to leave a partially completed application, press 'save and close' and log out. When you log back in and click on the 'My Submissions' link at the top of the screen, you will find a list of any applications you have started or submitted. You can reopen your draft application and start where you left off.

You can also download any application, whether draft or completed, as a PDF. Click on the 'Download PDF' button located at the bottom of the last page of the application form.

SUBMITTING YOUR APPLICATION

You will find a Review and Submit button at the bottom of the Navigation Panel. You need to review your application before you can submit it.

Once you have reviewed your application you can submit it by clicking on 'Submit' at the top or bottom of the screen or on the navigation panel. You will not be able to submit your application until all the compulsory questions are completed and there are no validation errors.

Once you have submitted your application, no further editing or uploading of support materials is possible.

When you submit your application, you will receive a confirmation email with a copy of your submitted application attached. This will be sent to the email you used to register.

If you do not receive a confirmation of submission email then you should presume that your submission has NOT been submitted.

Hint: also check the email hasn't landed in your spam or junk email folder.

ATTACHMENTS AND SUPPORT DOCUMENTS

You may need to upload/submit attachments to support your application. This is very simple, but requires you to have the documents saved on your computer, or on a storage device.

You need to allow enough time for each file to upload before trying to attach another file. Files can be up to 25MB each; however, we do recommend trying to keep files to a maximum of 5MB – the larger the file, the longer the upload time.

COMPLETING AN APPLICATION IN A GROUP/TEAM

A number of people can work on an application using the same log in details as long as only one person is working at a time. Ensure you save as you go.

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