Sustainable Steps Wales Green Careers - Questions in the Expression of Interest form

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What we'll ask in your expression of interest form

Here are all the questions we ask in the application form for Sustainable Steps Wales – Green Careers. The guidance gives you more details about what you will need to tell us in your answers.

Your project

Question Guidance
What is the name of your project? The project name should be simple and to the point
Tell us all the locations the project will run in In your own words, describe all of the locations that you’ll be running your project in. For example, ‘Bangor’, ‘Ceredigion’ or ‘Cardiff’.
What is the postcode of where your project will take place?

If your project will take place across different locations, please use the postcode of the building or address where most of the project will take place. You must provide the full postcode.

If you do not know the postcode, you can use the Royal Mail Postcode Finder to try and find it.
Tell us how much development grant you need

Give us a list of budget headings (for example, staff time, engagement sessions with young people and hosting partnership meetings).

You can write between 50 and 500 words for this section
What will you spend the development grant on? If your project will take place across different locations, please use the postcode where most of the project will take place.

For example: EC4A 1DE

If you do not know the postcode, you can try and find it with the Royal Mail Postcode Finder.
Tell us when you'd like to get the money if you're awarded a development funding.

You must spend the funding by 14 January 2025.

Don't worry, this can be an estimate.
What would you like to do?

We want to know:

What your project idea is.

You should include how your project meets the outcomes we’re aiming for. You should follow the format for writing outcomes and indicators that’s described in our guidance page.

The outcomes for this project are to:

  • help young people with disabilities and young people from ethnically minoritised communities to get into green careers. This might include skills development, voluntary and paid work experience, and longer term employment
  • increase young people’s awareness of green careers
  • make sure employers are able to support young people with disabilities and young people from ethnically minoritised communities
  • plan to share your learning and achievements to raise awareness and influence policy and practice.  We may ask for some data to be collected in a consistent way. We’ll provide guidance to support help you do this.

You should also tell us:

  • your estimated total project cost and how long you need the money for
  • your main activities and the key features of your service
  • information about how your project will meet Supported Employment National Occupation Standards (NOS). For example, how you’ll make sure that all young people will have access to a job coach or mentor.

You can write between 50 and 1500 words for this section.
How does your idea fit in with other activities?

We want to know:

  • how this project complements existing and future services and fills a gap
  • how your project will support local, regional and national plans or strategies
  • how you will connect with other services that will help you deliver the project.

You can write between 50 and 1000 words for this section.
How does your project involve young people from your target audience, employers, trainers and other stakeholders?

Tell us about:

  • who you have involved in the design of the project so far - you should include how many young people you’ve engaged with and how you did this. You should also include details of organisations you’ve engaged with.
  • your future plans for involving others in the design and delivery of the project.

You can write between 50 and 1000 words for this section.

Tell us about your partnership and why it is the right one to manage this project

Tell us about:

  • each organisation in your partnership and their relevant experience for this project
  • other organisations you have made connections with that will help your project. For example, organisations that may refer young people to your project.

If one or more partners will share the development grant, you must provide a draft partnership agreement.

You can write between 50 and 1,000 words for this section.

Your organisation

Question Guidance
What is the full legal name of your organisation? This must be as shown on your governing document. Your governing document could be called one of several things, depending on the type of organisation you're applying on behalf of. It may be called a constitution, trust deed, memorandum and articles of association, or something else entirely.

You might find it on a registration website - for example, Companies House or a Charities Register.
Does your organisation use a different name in your day-to-day work?
  • Yes
  • No
 This is how you might be known if you're not just known by your legal name (the legal name is on your governing document or registration website).
If yes - What is the name your organisation uses in your day-to-day work? This is how you might be known if you're not just known by your legal name
What is the main or registered address of your organisation? Enter the postcode and search for the address, or enter it manually
When was your organisation set up?
  • Day, Month, Year
 This is the date your organisation took on its current legal status. It should be on your governing document. If you do not know the exact date or month, it can be an approximate date.
What type of organisation are you?

If you're both a charity and a company—just pick ‘Not-for-profit company’ below.


  • Unregistered voluntary or community organisation:
    An organisation set up with a governing document - like a constitution. But isn't a registered charity or company.
  • Not-for-profit company
    A company limited by guarantee - registered with Companies House. And might also be registered as a charity.
  • Registered charity (unincorporated)
    A voluntary or community organisation that's a registered charity. But isn't a company registered with Companies House.
  • Charitable Incorporated Organisation (CIO or SCIO)
    A registered charity with limited liability. But isn't a company registered with Companies House.
  • Community Interest Company (CIC)
    A company registered with Companies House. And the Community Interest Company (CIC) Regulator.
  • Faith-based group
    Like a church, mosque, temple or synagogue.
What is your accounting year end date?
  • Day, month
 For example: 31 03
What is your total income for the year? This should be based on your most recent accounts, or a 12-month projection (if you’ve been up and running for less than 15 months). Use whole numbers only - for example, 12,345 and not 12,345.67.

Senior contact

Question Guidance
Senior contact

Please give us the contact details of a senior member of your organisation.

Your senior contact must be at least 18 years old and is legally responsible for ensuring that this application is supported by the organisation applying, any funding is delivered as set out in the application form, and that the funded organisation meets our monitoring requirements. Our identity checks may appear on a credit report, but it’s not a credit check and can only be seen by the person we’re checking, so their credit rating won’t be affected. Find out more about the checks we carry out on your information.
Senior contact: Role
  • Chair
  • Chancellor
  • Chief Executive
  • Chief Executive Officer
  • Company Director
  • Company Secretary
  • Deputy Parish Clerk
  • Director
  • Elected Member
  • Head Teacher
  • Parish Clerk
  • Religious leader (eg. rabbi, imam, vicar)
  • Secretary
  • Treasurer
  • Trustee
  • Vice-chair
  • Vice-chancellor
Senior contact: Full name of senior contact
  • First name
  • Last name

This person has to live in the UK.

(This can't be a nickname—or a short version of their name. We need their full first name to check their identity. If you don't give us this, it could delay your proposal.)
Senior contact: Date of birth
  • Day, month, year

We need their date of birth to help confirm who they are. And we do check their date of birth. So make sure you've entered it right. If you don't, it could delay your application.

For example: 30 03 1980
Senior contact: Home address Have they lived at their home address for the last three years?
If not, we'll also need a previous home address
Senior contact: Email We’ll use this whenever we get in touch about the project
Senior contact: Telephone number -
Senior contact: Tell us about any particular communication needs this contact has, including what language we should use to contact them.

For example, if we should contact them in English or Welsh.

Main contact

Question Guidance
Main contact

Please give us the contact details of a person we can get in touch with if we have any questions. The main contact is usually the person filling in the form—so it's probably you. The main contact needs to be from the organisation applying, but they don't need to hold a particular position. Our identity checks may appear on a credit report, but it’s not a credit check and can only be seen by the person we’re checking, so their credit rating won’t be affected. Find out more about the checks we carry out on your information.

The main contact must be a different person from the senior contact. The two contacts also can't be:


  • married to each other
  • in a civil partnership with each other
  • in a long-term relationship together
  • living at the same address
  • or related by blood.
Main contact: Full name of main contact
  • First name
  • Last name

This person has to live in the UK.

This can't be a nickname—or a short version of their name. We need their full first name to check their identity. If you don't give us this, it could delay your proposal.
Main contact: Date of birth

We need their date of birth to help confirm who they are. And we do check their date of birth. So make sure you've entered it right. If you don't, it could delay your application.

For example: 30 03 1980
Main contact: Home address Have they lived at their home address for the last three years?
If not, we'll also need a previous home address
Main contact: Email We’ll use this whenever we get in touch about the project
Main contact: Telephone number -
Main contact: Please tell us about any particular communication needs this contact has, including what language we should use to contact them. For example, if we should contact them in English or Welsh.

Supporting documents

QuestionGuidance

Upload draft partnership agreement(s) if any of your partners will share the development grant (Optional)

File must be a PDF, PNG or JPEG and less than 20MB.
Upload a copy of your latest financial accountsFile must be a PDF, PNG or JPEG and less than 20MB.

Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) monitoring information


Question Guidance
Is your project open to everyone or is it aimed at a specific group of people?
  • My project is aimed at a specific group of people
  • My project is open to everyone

If at least 75% of the people you support share characteristics, then your project is for a specific group.

Your specific group may share one or more characteristics. For example, if 80% of the people you work with are female refugees, this means you support a specific group of people. In this example, they share two characteristics — women and refugees.

We know this can only be an estimate. It’d be too difficult to work out exactly, especially if this is a new project.

If you select an option, we will ask you to tell us more about that group.
Who is your project for?
  • Communities experiencing ethnic or racial inequity, discrimination or inequality
  • Faith communities
  • People who emigrate
  • Disabled people
  • Older people (65 and over)
  • Younger people (under 25)
  • Women and girls
  • LGBTQ+ people
  • People who are educationally or economically disadvantaged
  • Specific groups that are not included already

If 75% or more of the people supported or benefitting from your project come from one specific group, tell us who they are.

If you select an option, we will ask you to tell us more about that group.
Do most of your leadership team self-identify as belonging to a specific group of people?
  • Communities experiencing ethnic or racial inequity, discrimination or inequality
  • Faith communities
  • People who emigrate
  • Disabled people
  • Older people (65 and over)
  • Younger people (under 25)
  • Women and girls
  • LGBTQ+ people
  • People who are educationally or economically disadvantaged
  • Specific groups that are not included already
  • No
  • Prefer not to say


Tell us what specific group they belong to if at least:

  • 75% of your board of trustees or management committee share one or more characteristics
  • and 50% or more of senior staff share one or more characteristics.

If you select an option, we will ask you to tell us more about that group.