Withdrawing a grant

Cash for Kids has a duty of care to ensure that the grants it distributes achieve the intended outcomes. If we believe that the terms and conditions of a grant have been breached, we take this seriously and will take appropriate action.

If we, at our sole discretion, consider the breach(es) to be serious and unresolvable, we may take one or both of the following actions:

• Suspend the organisation or individual from making future grant applications.
• Recover all or some of the grant funds received from Cash for Kids.
• We will notify you in writing of our decision to take one or both above actions.

Reasons why we may request return of grant funds

We will give you the opportunity to try and resolve any issues and will only request the return of grant funds if we believe that the situation cannot be resolved. Below is a list of circumstances that may result in a request to return grant funds and prohibit you and / or the organisation making future applications. This list is not exhaustive, and other reasons may also apply:

• An applicant or grant holder provides false or misleading information at any stage of the grant application, grant fulfilment or grant evidence process.
• Grant funds are spent on items or services that do not relate to the original application for funding, where a change of use has not been approved by Cash for Kids.
• The grant holder does not provide the required grant monitoring / financial evidence within six months of approval, unless an extension has been approved by Cash for Kids.
• The receipts / financial evidence that the grant holder has provided in relation to the grant do not total, or exceed, the full amount of the grant.
• Someone involved in the project or organisation is under investigation by us, a regulatory body or the police.
• The grant holder has failed to comply with the terms and conditions set out in the grant agreement or any additional terms and conditions to which it has signed up.
• A pre-agreed project has not been completed within six months, unless an extension has been granted by Cash for Kids.
• Information received that a beneficiary is planning to, or has, ceased trading.

Requesting a review of a decision to withdraw a grant

You may only request a review of the decision to withdraw a grant / suspend future grant applications if you can demonstrate that there has been significant errors in the facts used to make the decision.

Requests to review must be made in writing to complaints@cashforkids.org.uk with the title ‘Request to Review’ and including the grant reference number.