Reach

Your charity must have an income of £1.5m or less

You cannot apply if you are a newly registered charity operational for less than one year with no accounts lodged at OSCR

You must be a charity registered in Scotland, operational for more than one year.

You cannot apply if you do not have all your regulatory returns up to date at OSCR and Companies House

Make sure you put the correct charity number on your application.

You cannot apply if you are a charity whose purpose is:

• Political organisation

• Animal welfare

• The promotion of religion

• Medical research

• To make grants, donations, loans, gifts or pensions to individuals

Make sure your annual accounts are signed by both an independent examiner and a member of the Board. Computer generated or signatures that are blacked out will not be accepted.

You cannot apply for donations to:

• individuals

• advertising

• sponsorship

• foreign trips

• overseas projects

In your A4 information, describe how you plan to spend any funding award and explain how your community will benefit from it.

You cannot apply if you are currently in receipt of a grant.

Make sure your additional A4 information is no more than one page long.

If you applied to Reach but received a letter from us saying your application was declined, you must wait 6 months from the date of the letter before reapplying for that programme.

Charities are able to apply to Reach for funding for a period of 12 months or less. All funds must be spent with 12 months of receipt of funds.