Dance Fund Application Save my progress and resume later | Resume a previously saved form Resume Later In order to be able to resume this form later, please enter your email and choose a password. Your Email: A Password: Confirm Password: Password must contain the following: 12 Characters 1 Uppercase letter 1 Lowercase letter 1 Number 1 Special character Guidance Notes In order to apply for one of our grants, we need to ask you a range of questions about yourself, your income, your activities and your needs. All of the information that you provide in this application form will be kept confidential in line with our Privacy Policy and The Dance Professionals Fund will never use it for any purpose other than in relation to your application for support.Please note that we will need you to upload the following documentation when completing this form. A copy of your dance CV (Word or PDF format)Any supporting documentation around your income e.g. benefit entitlementCopies of your most recent monthly bank statementsIf applying for living costs, quotes or supporting evidence for consumer itemsIf applying for our retraining grant, documentation relating to your courseIf applying for our wellbeing/injury grant, documentation relating to your medical treatment How can we help you? We need to know what kind of help you are asking for and the details of support you have received so far. This excludes any benefits, as we will ask for these later on, but does include support from any other theatrical funds or other charities. What do you need help with?Living costsWellbeing/InjuryCareer SupportPension Support Are you a member of any dance professional organisations? YesNoE.g. Equity, One Dance UK, RAD Please specify Have you applied anywhere else concerning this request?YesNo Where, and when, do you expect to hear if you have been successful? Have you received any grants from other sources in the last 12 months?YesNo Please tell us how much money you received, and where was this from? Your details. We need to gather some information about you including details of your dance career. This will require uploading a copy of your professional CV. First name Last name Date of birth DD/MM/YYYY Are you a UK resident?YesNo Address line 1 Address line 2 Town/City County Postcode Country Contact number Email Address Please upload a copy of your CV with specific dates/duration of each employment. (Word or PDF document only. Other formats will not be accepted) More about you. We need to get some details on your current employment status, your household situation and your caring responsibilities. Are you registered disabled?YesNo What is your employment status?EmployedSelf-employedUnemployedOn Sick LeaveRetiredOther Please tell us your employment status Do you have children under 18 years old?YesNo Number of children?Please select... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Age of first child Age of second child Age of third child Age of fourth child Age of fifth child Age of sixth child Age of seventh child Do they live with you?Full-timePart-timeNo What is your housing status?Living aloneLiving with partnerHouse shareLiving with parentsOther Please tell us your housing status About your income. We need to know about your income. This is the income that you are currently receiving and includes any benefits that you receive. If you live with your partner, providing their average monthly income helps us better understand your total household incomings. From the following, which of these incomes do you have? Earnings after taxYesNo Average per month £ Working tax creditsYesNo Average per month £ Child BenefitYesNo Average per month £ Child Tax CreditYesNo Average per month £ Childcare Tax CreditYesNo Average per month £ PensionYesNo Average per month £ Partner’s EarningsYesNo Average per month £ Housing BenefitYesNo Average per month £ Council Tax BenefitYesNo Average per month £ Income Support/Job Seekers AllowanceYesNo Average per month £ Universal CreditYesNo Average per month £ Grants from other CharitiesYesNo Average per month £ Any other income/benefits (includes maternity pay)YesNo Average per month £ Total income per month £ If receiving benefits, please upload benefit statement About your expenditure. We use something called the Minimum Income Standards (A standard below which no one should be expected to live) to assess your expenditure, for instance on food and drink. In this section, we need to know about your contribution to outgoing costs listed below.From the following, which of these outgoings do you have? Water RatesYesNo Contribution per month £ Council TaxYesNo Contribution per month £ House InsurancesYesNo Contribution per month £ Gas/ElectricityYesNo Contribution per month £ PhoneYesNo Contribution per month £ ChildcareYesNo Contribution per month £ RentYesNo Contribution per month £ MortgageYesNo Contribution per month £ Travel and vehicle expensesYesNo Contribution per month £ Debt repayments (loans, credit cards)YesNo Contribution per month £ Total expenditure per month £ Your savings and assets. Please provide details from all of your bank and savings accounts. SavingsFrom the following, which of these savings do you have? Bank Balance/s £ Other savings balance/sYesNo £ Total savings £ AssetsFrom the following, which of these assets do you have? Property value (single/joint ownership)YesNo £ Second property/s valueYesNo £ Total assets £ DebtsFrom the following, which of these debts do you have? Bank account overdraftYesNo £ Credit card balanceYesNo £ Other loansYesNo £ Mortgage or rent arrearsYesNo £ Total debts £ Please upload copies of the bank statements that your income/benefits are paid into Please upload copies of your savings account Bank details. Please enter the bank details for the account that your grant will be paid into if your grant application is successful. Bank account name Account number Sort code About your application. Please make sure you have selected which grant you are applying for on page 2. Please use this section to explain more about your circumstances and why you require a financial grant. Examples of this could be an illness that has affected your ability to earn as much as you used to. If you are applying for specific items as part of this request, please attach quotes if possible. Please provide some information about your current circumstances Please provide a statement about how a grant/bursary will help you in your current circumstances Please attach quotes or supporting evidence for household goods Please use this section to explain more about your circumstances and why you require a financial grant. Examples of this could be an injury that requires rehabilitation or you may have indentified a course of councelling that would benfit you. We will require your outlined treatment plan. Please provide as much information as you can about your diagnosis Please provide a statement about how a grant/bursary will help you in your current circumstances Has your treatment been recommended?YesNo Please provide details of recommended treatment and cost of treatment Please attach letter/report of recommendation- we are unlikely to fund treatment without this Please use this section to explain more about your retraining plans and why you require financial assistance. You will need to attach the acceptance letter from your training provider, with details of course costs. If you are applying for costs outside of the training course, attach details of these, e.g. rental agreement. Please tell us exactly what activities you would like to complete with the upskilling grant and why now? Please tell us how these activities will impact your dance career and ability to increase income? What steps have you already taken towards this goal? Please attach your budget for your activities and any relevant documentation, such as course provider and acceptance/offer letter. Consent. The details and sensitive information you have provided in this application form will be kept confidential in line with our Privacy Policy. The Dance Professionals Fund will never use it for any purpose other than in relation to your application for support.Please read and approve the declaration: I give my consent to Dance Professionals Fund to process this information for the purposes of:My application being considered for a grant by the Applications Committee.The Dance Professionals Fund sharing my details with other charities that may be able to assist me (where this is the case, we have sharing agreements in place, in line with UK GDPR) I agree I have read the Dance Professionals Fund Privacy Policy.The particulars that I have given on this application form are to the best of my knowledge correct. I agree Where did you hear about the Dance Professionals Fund?Word of mouthNewsletterOnline searchTurn2usSocial mediaOther Please tell us how you heard about the Dance Professionals Fund DPF Dancer's Monitoring Form What is your age?16-2425-2930-3435-3940-4445-4950-5455-5960-6465+Prefer not to say What is your gender? WomanManNon-binaryIntersexPrefer not to sayOther(If you prefer to use your own term, please specify in the 'Other' box.) Please tell us your gender What is your sexual orientation? HeterosexualGayLesbianBisexualPrefer not to sayOther(If you prefer to use your own term, please specify in the 'Other' box.) Please tell us your sexual orientation Do you consider yourself to have a disability? If so, please tell us below. (Under the Equality Act 2010 you’re disabled if you have a physical or mental impairment that has a ‘substantial’ and ‘long-term’ negative effect on your ability to do normal daily activities.) What is your ethnicity? White EnglishWhite WelshWhite ScottishWhite Northern IrishWhite IrishWhite BritishWhite Gypsy or Irish TravellerMixed White and Black CaribbeanMixed White and Black AfricanMixed White and AsianAsian/Asian British - IndianAsian/Asian British - BangladeshiAsian/Asian British - ChineseBlack AfricanBlack CaribbeanArabPrefer not to sayOther(If you prefer to use your own term, please specify in the 'Other' box.) Please tell us your ethnicity What is your marital status?SingleMarried/Civil PartnershipCo-habitingDivorcedSeparatedWidowedPrefer not to say Do you have caring responsibilities? Primary carer of a child/children (under 18)Primary carer of disabled child/childrenPrimary carer of disabled adult (18 and over)Primary carer of older personSecondary carer (another person carries out the main caring role)NonePrefer not to sayOther(If you prefer to use your own term, please specify in the 'Other' box.) 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